11th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
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| active | 1921 to 1934 |
| Country | German Empire |
| Armed forces | Reichswehr |
| Armed forces | Imperial Army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Regiment |
| structure | See organization |
| Location | See garrisons |
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| Commanders | See commanders |
The 11th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 37 and 38 of the transitional army . On May 29, 1922, the regiment was given the national designation "Saxon" in addition to its name.
In the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was divided into the first wave in 1934, forming the Leipzig Infantry Regiment and the Königsbrück Infantry Regiment.
Garrisons
- Leipzig : Regimental Staff, II. And III. Battalion and 13th ( MW ) company
- Glauchau , from 1923 Freiberg : 1st battalion with staff
- Löbau , from 1923 Döbeln : Training battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 1. | Colonel Bock von Wülfingen | January 1, 1921 | 1923 |
| 2. | Colonel Krantz | 1923 | September 30, 1927 |
| 3. | Colonel Hans Halm | November 1, 1927 | August 31, 1929 |
| 4th | Colonel Neumann-Neurode | September 1, 1929 | September 30, 1931 |
| 5. | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Erich Friderici | October 1, 1931 | September 30, 1933 |
| 6th | Colonel ??? | October 1, 1933 | March 31, 1934 |
| 7th | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hans Wolfgang Reinhard | April 1, 1934 | for dissolution |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader IV of the 4th Division in Magdeburg .
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 38,
- 2nd battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 37,
- III. Battalion with staff and news relay, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 37,
- Supplementary battalion, from March 23, 1921 a training battalion, emerged from the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 38.
Each field battalion was divided into three companies of three officers and 161 non-commissioned officers and men (3/161) as well as one machine gun company (4/126). In total, a battalion consisted of 18 officers and officials (including medical officers) and 658 men.
Armament and equipment
Main armament
The shooters were equipped with the K98a carbine . Each platoon had an MG 08/15 light machine gun .
In the machine gun companies, the 1st platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn in four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with three MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn in two horses.
The heaviest weapons in the regiment were the mortars in the 13th Company. The 1st train was equipped with two medium-sized launchers 17 cm, drawn in four horses, the 2nd and 3rd train with three light launchers 7.6 cm, driven in two horses.
Others
Takeover of tradition
In 1921 the regiment took over the tradition of the old regiments.
- 1st and 2nd Company: 10th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 134
- 3rd and 4th companies: 9th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 133
- 5th and 8th company: Infantry Regiment "Kronprinz" (5th Royal Saxon) No. 104
- 6th Company: Infantry Regiment "King Wilhelm II of Württemberg" (6th Royal Saxon) No. 105
- 7th Company: 15th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 181
- 9th Company: Infantry Regiment "King Georg" (7th Royal Saxon) No. 106
- 10th and 13th companies: 2nd (Royal Saxon) Pioneer Battalion No. 22
- 11th and 12th company: Infantry Regiment "Prinz Johann Georg" (8th Royal Saxon) No. 107
- 12th Company: Saxon Machine Gun Division No. 8
- 14th and 15th Companies: 11th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 139
- 16th Company: 14th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 179
Known members of the regiment
- Gerd Niepold (1913–2007), was from 1968 to 1972, as lieutenant general of the army of the Bundeswehr , commander of the III. Corps .
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918-1939, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , pp. 187ff
- Edgar Graf von Matuschka : Organization of the Reichsheeres in a manual on German military history 1648–1939 , published by the Military History Research Office , Freiburg (Breisgau), Part VI: Reichswehr and Republic (1918–1933) , Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Wehrwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1970 , Pp. 320-322.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Tessin : German Associations and Troops 1918–1939 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 188
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921