1st Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade

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Commemorative badge for the 100th anniversary of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment and the 24th anniversary of the 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1924

The 1st Field Artillery Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

history

The large formation was originally established on February 1, 1869 as the 1st Artillery Brigade and renamed the 1st Field Artillery Brigade on January 1, 1873. She was part of the 1st Division and had her command in Munich .

The brigade was not used as a closed unit during the First World War . The two artillery regiments were depending on location and focus with the two infantry brigades of the Division relies on cooperation. The commander of the artillery brigade was integrated into the division of war as an artillery commander in the division staff.

In the further course of the war the Artillery Commander No. 1 was formed from the command of the War Ministry of February 22, 1917 . After the end of the war, the command returned home, where it was demobilized and finally disbanded on December 18, 1918.

Insinuation

Before the beginning of the First World War, the following units were subordinate to the brigade:

Both regiments, whose members were also called "Luitpold cannoniers", were housed in the Max II barracks .

The regiments consisted of two divisions each with three batteries of field cannons or field howitzers and a light ammunition column.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Maximilian Herdegen 0January 8, 1869 to April 28, 1870
Major general Ferdinand of Malaisé April 29, 1870 to March 17, 1872
Major general Nepomuk von Müller March 18, 1872 to November 2, 1878
Major general Theodor of Fries 0November 3, 1878 to March 8, 1880
Major general Hugo von and zu Tann-Rathsamhausen 0March 9, 1880 to November 1, 1882
Major general Ludwig von Mussinan 0November 2, 1882 to March 7, 1889
Major general Eugene of Malaisé 0March 8, 1889 to June 12, 1893
Major general Johann von Böck June 12, 1893 to May 30, 1895
Major general Eugen von Keller May 31, 1895 to April 19, 1898
Major general Maximilian von Gerstner April 20, 1898 to October 19, 1901
Major general Ludwig von Perfall October 20, 1901 to August 30, 1905
Major general Friedrich Deppert 0September 1, 1905 to December 13, 1906
Colonel / Major General Martin von Denk December 14, 1906 to April 27, 1908
Major general Maximilian Höhn April 28, 1908 to March 10, 1910
Colonel / Major General Ludwig von Seither March 11th to October 22nd, 1910
Major General / Lieutenant General Hermann von Stein October 23, 1910 to December 1, 1914
Major general Maximilian Siebert 0December 1, 1914 to September 7, 1917
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hugo Heidemann 0September 8, 1917 to December 16, 1918

literature

  • Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1. Militaria Publishing House. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 . P. 128.
  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.
  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max Joseph order. Self-published by the kb Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 707.