11th Division (German Empire)
The 11th Division , also known as the 11th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .
11th division |
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active | November 5, 1816 to 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | see: Outline |
Insinuation | VI. Army Corps |
structure
The command was in Breslau , and the division was part of the VI. Army Corps .
Peace structure 1914
- 21st Infantry Brigade in Schweidnitz
- 22nd Infantry Brigade in Wroclaw
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11th Cavalry Brigade in Wroclaw
- Leib-Cuirassier Regiment "Great Elector" (Silesian) No. 1 in Breslau
- Dragoon Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 8 in Oels , Kreuzburg in Upper Silesia (2nd Squadron ), Bernstadt (3rd Squadron) and Namslau (5th Squadron)
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11th Field Artillery Brigade in Wroclaw
- Field artillery regiment "von Peucker" (1st Silesian) No. 6 in Breslau
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42 in Schweidnitz
- Wroclaw Landwehr Inspection
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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21st Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38
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22nd Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 11
- 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51
- 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 11
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11th Field Artillery Brigade
- Field artillery regiment "von Peucker" (1st Silesian) No. 6
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42
- 1st Company / Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 6
Division of War 1918
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21st Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38
- 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51
- 2nd Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2
- Artillery Commander No. 11
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 131
- Engineer Battalion No. 122
- Division News Commander No. 11
history
The large association was originally set up as a troop brigade in Breslau on November 5, 1816 and then expanded to a division on September 5, 1818.
Franco-German War
During the Franco-Prussian War , the division took part in the bombardment of Pfalzburg and Toul and the battle at Moulin Saquet.
First World War
Battle calendar
1914
- August 22-23 - Battle of Neufchâteau
- August 24-29 - Battle of the Meuse
- August 30th to 31st - pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne
- August 31st to September 14th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
- September 2nd to 3rd - Battle of Varennes-Montfaucon
- Argonne September 4-5 - pursuit west of Verdun and through the
- September 6-12 - Battle of Vaubecourt-Fleury
- September 13th - St. Menéhould
- September 15-16 - Cernay-Binarville
- from September 15 - trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
1915
- to January 26th - Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
- January 27th to 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
- 1st to 5th February - Battle of Perthes les Hurlus and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes)
- February 17-18 - Fights for Vauquois
- February 21 to March 20 - Winter battle in Champagne
- February 28th to March 15th - Fights for Vauquois
- March 21 to June 18 - Trench warfare in Champagne
- June 21 to July 23 - Battle of La Bassèe and Arras
- July 24th to September 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- September 25th to October 5th - autumn battle at La Bassèe and Arras
- from October 7th - trench warfare west of Péronne
1916
- until June 23rd - trench warfare west of Péronne
- June 24th to August 1st - Battle of the Somme
- 2nd Army Reserve August 1-7 -
- August 7th to September 1st - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
- September 2nd to October 26th - Battle of the Somme
- October 27th to December 12th - Trench warfare in Champagne
- from December 13th - trench warfare on the Somme (reserve of the OHL )
1917
- until January 6th - trench warfare on the Somme (reserve of the OHL)
- January 6th to March 15th - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
- March 16-21 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- March 21-27 - Reserve of the OHL
- March 27th to April 1st - Trench warfare in Champagne
- trench warfare on the Yser April 1 to 12 -
- April 12-16 - the spring battle at Arras
- April 16 to May 26 - Trench warfare on the Yser
- May 27th to June 28th - Battle of Flanders
- June 28th to July 8th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- July 9th to September 26th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
- September 28th to October 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
- October 31 to November 11 - Battle of Flanders (near Passchendaele )
- November 13th to December 7th - Reserve of the OHL
- from December 11th - trench warfare in Champagne
1918
- until January 16 - trench warfare in Champagne
- January 16 to February 25 - Reserve of the OHL
- February 26th to April 15th - Trench warfare in Champagne
- April 15 to June 8 - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
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Matz
- June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
June 9th to August 7th - fighting on the Avre and -
Oise
- August 9-27 - Battle of Roye and Lassigny
August 8th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and - September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- Antwerp- Maas position November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Friedrich Erhard von Röder | November 5, 1816 to April 2, 1820 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Oldwig from Natzmer | April 3, 1820 to February 11, 1827 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | August Hiller von Gaertringen | February 12, 1827 to June 22, 1830 |
unoccupied | June 23 to December 7, 1830 | |
Major general | Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block | December 8, 1830 to March 29, 1832 (in charge of the tour) |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block | March 30, 1832 to March 29, 1838 |
Lieutenant General | Friedrich Wilhelm Count of Brandenburg | March 30, 1838 to November 28, 1839 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | August von Koch | February 19, 1852 to July 22, 1857 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Eduard von Schlichting | July 23, 1857 to June 30, 1860 |
Major general | Eduard of Oriola | July 1, 1860 to July 23, 1861 (in charge of the tour) |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Eduard of Oriola | July 24, 1861 to October 20, 1862 |
Lieutenant General | Louis of Mutius | October 23, 1862 to January 28, 1863 |
Lieutenant General | Adolf von Zastrow | January 29, 1863 to October 29, 1866 |
Lieutenant General | Helmuth von Gordon | October 30, 1866 to October 10, 1871 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Friedrich of Brandenburg | October 11, 1871 to January 12, 1880 |
Major general | Rudolf von Wechmar | January 13 to March 21, 1880 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Rudolf von Wechmar | March 22, 1880 to September 9, 1881 |
Major general | Ernst von der Burg | September 20 to November 14, 1881 (responsible for the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Ernst von der Burg | November 15, 1881 to September 8, 1884 |
Major general | Karl von Schaumann | August 2 to September 18, 1888 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Karl von Schaumann | September 19, 1888 to June 8, 1891 |
Major general | Viktor von Lignitz | June 9 to November 16, 1891 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Viktor von Lignitz | November 17, 1891 to February 5, 1896 |
Lieutenant General | Emil von Meerscheidt-Hüllessem | February 6, 1896 to May 21, 1899 |
Major general | Louis by Stephani | May 22 to June 14, 1899 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Louis by Stephani | June 15, 1899 to March 5, 1902 |
Lieutenant General | Reimer from the end | March 22, 1902 to May 18, 1903 |
Lieutenant General | Konrad Ernst von Goßler | May 19, 1903 to April 15, 1908 |
Lieutenant General | Eugen von Falkenhayn | April 15, 1908 to May 2, 1910 |
Lieutenant General | Gustav von Oertzen | May 3, 1910 to June 12, 1911 |
Lieutenant General | Eberhard von Claer | June 13, 1911 to January 4, 1913 |
Dignity. Lieutenant General | Eugen von Dorrer | April 1, 1913 to March 2, 1914 |
Lieutenant General | Richard von Webern | March 3, 1914 to September 23, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Arthur von Eisenhart-Rothe | September 24, 1916 to December 17, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Roderich von Schoeler | December 18, 1916 to May 10, 1917 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Günther von Etzel | May 11, 1917 to June 22, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck | June 22, 1918 to November 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 64, 105-106.
- Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). United States War Office as War Department Document No. 905, Office of the Adjutant, 1920, pp. 197-200.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 105 f.