14th (Bad.) Infantry Regiment (Reichswehr)
The 14th (Baden) Infantry Regiment was a southern German regiment of the Reichswehr .
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| active | 1921 to 1934 |
| Country | German Empire |
| Armed forces | Reichswehr |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Regiment |
| structure | See outline |
| Insinuation | 5th division |
| Location | See garrisons |
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| Commanders | See list of commanders |
history
In the Peace Treaty of Versailles , a demilitarized zone was established in a 50 km wide area along the right bank of the Rhine . As a result, most of Baden was in this zone. Baden troops were therefore only stationed in Constance , Donaueschingen and Villingen , as well as in Württemberg and, from 1921, in Meiningen ( Thuringia ).
Lineup
The regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 from the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 113 of the transitional army . On May 19, 1922, Reich President Ebert decided to add country team names to the associations, and the regiment was given the addition of "Badisches". In the early 1920s, the battalions in Constance and Meiningen exchanged their names.
As part of the reorganization of the Reichswehr regiments, the 1st Battalion came to the newly formed Meiningen Infantry Regiment on October 1, 1934 (from October 15, 1935, Rifle Regiment 2 ). Also on October 1, 1934, in the course of the expansion of the Reichswehr, the regiment was renamed the Constance Infantry Regiment and on October 15, 1935 the 14th Infantry Regiment .
Garrisons
- Constance staff, (I. Battalion ) III. battalion
- Tübingen II Battalion
- Meiningen (3rd Battalion) 1st Battalion
- Donaueschingen 13th, 14th and 15th company supplementary / training battalion
- Villingen, 16th company, supplementary / training battalion
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 1. | Colonel Adolf Steinwachs | October 1, 1920 | March 31, 1923 |
| 2. | Colonel Hermann von Brandenstein | April 1, 1923 | March 31, 1925 |
| 3. | Colonel Albert von Rotberg | April 1, 1925 | January 31, 1927 |
| 4th | Colonel Richard Waenker von Dankenschweil | February 1, 1927 | October 31, 1928 |
| 5. | Colonel Alfred Boehm-Tettelbach | November 1, 1928 | January 31, 1930 |
| 6th | Colonel Johannes Blaskowitz | December 1, 1930 | January 31, 1933 |
| 7th | Colonel Kurt Sieglin | February 1, 1933 | March 31, 1934 |
organization
Association membership
The regiment was subordinate to Infantry Leader V of the 5th Division in Stuttgart .
structure
The regiment consisted of the regimental staff with a news relay
- 1st battalion with battalion staff and news squadron, 1st to 3rd (rifle) company with 3 platoons of 3 groups each and 4th ( MG ) company,
- 2nd battalion with battalion staff and news squadron, 5th to 7th (rifle) company and 8th (MG) company,
- III. Battalion with battalion staff and news unit, 9th to 11th (rifle) company and 12th (machine gun) company,
- 13th (mortar) company,
- Supplementary battalion, from 1921 training battalion with 15th and 16 (recruit) companies and 17th company ( NCO training ).
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 3 MG 08 heavy machine guns on a carriage, drawn in four horses, the 2nd to 4th platoon consisted of three groups with 3 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 2 medium launchers 17 cm, drawn in four horses, the 2nd and 3rd train with 3 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 of the Baden Army :
- 1st and 2nd company: 1st Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No. 109
- 3rd Company: Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm I." (2nd Badisches) No. 110
- 4th Company 3rd Baden Infantry Regiment "Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm" No. 111
- 5th Company: Fusilier Regiment "Prince Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern" (Hohenzollernsches) No. 40
- 6th Company 4th Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112
- 7th and 8th companies: 7th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 142
- III. Battalion: 6th Baden Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Friedrich III." No. 114
- 13th Company: Baden Pioneer Battalion No. 14
- 14th Company: 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113
- 15th Company: 9th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 170
- 16th Company: 8th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 169
References
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops, 1918–1939. Old army. Volunteer associations. Reichswehr. Army. Air force. National Police . Edited on the basis of the documents of the Federal Archives-Military Archives; published with the support of the Federal Archives and the Defense Research Working Group . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 192 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Hans-Joachim Harder: Military History Handbook Baden-Württemberg , editor of the Military History Research Office , Kohlhammer Verlag Stuttgart, 1987, ISBN 3-17-009856-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article 43 Peace Treaty of Versailles
- ^ History of the main barracks - Meiningen City Archives
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command Colonel General Hans von Seeckt of August 24, 1921
Remarks
- ↑ The divisions and regiments were given aliases to camouflage the enlargement