Royal Bavarian 2nd Infantry Brigade
The 2nd Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The Royal Bavarian 2nd Infantry Brigade was originally formed on November 27, 1815 as an association of the Munich General Command and initially had its headquarters in Augsburg . From 1822 to 1825 the command was in Regensburg and then in Munich until it was dissolved in 1919 .
At the beginning of the First World War it was deployed as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front . It was reclassified on April 15, 1915 and then carried the designation 1. Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade .
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August 1, 1914
The brigade was part of the 1st Division and reported to:
- 2nd Infantry Regiment "Kronprinz" in Munich
- 16th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany" in Passau and Landshut
- 1st Jäger Battalion "König" in Freising
- District Command Passau
- District Command Wasserburg
Division of war on August 2, 1914
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Friedrich von Treuberg | November 27, 1815 to May 31, 1822 |
| Major general | Franz von Deroy | June 1, 1822 to February 10, 1824 |
| Major general | Franz von Pillement | February 11, 1824 to July 12, 1836 |
| Major general | Gallus Nickels | July 13, 1836 to March 29, 1838 |
| Major general | Johann von Kunst | March 30, 1838 to December 14, 1843 |
| Major general | William of Baligand | December 15, 1843 to March 31, 1848 |
| Major general | Friedrich of Saporta | April 1 to December 1848 |
| Major general | Charles of Verri della Bosia | December 1848 to 1853 |
| Major general | August by Frays | 1853 to February 26, 1854 |
| Major general | Bernhard von Hess | February 27, 1854 to July 31, 1861 |
| Major general | Gustav von Welsch | August 1, 1861 to May 24, 1866 |
| Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm Walther von Walderstötten | May 25, 1866 to September 5, 1867 |
| Major General | Klemens Pesenecker | September 6, 1867 to January 31, 1870 |
| Major general | Karl von Orff | February 1, 1870 to April 30, 1873 |
| Major general | Ludwig von Ysenburg-Philippseich | May 1, 1873 to December 3, 1874 |
| Major general | Maximilian von Heckel | December 4, 1874 to July 24, 1883 |
| Major general | Ludwig von Müller | July 25, 1883 to February 14, 1889 |
| Major general | Maximilian Karl Ernst Kühlmann | February 15, 1889 to May 21, 1893 |
| Major general | Maximilian von Giehrl | May 21, 1893 to January 14, 1898 |
| Major general | Ludwig von Grauvogl | January 15, 1898 to June 1, 1899 |
| Major general | Luitpold von der Tann-Rathsamhausen | June 2, 1899 to April 14, 1901 |
| Major general | Gottlieb von Thäter | April 17, 1901 to May 17, 1903 |
| Major general | Felix von Bothmer | May 18, 1903 to September 14, 1905 |
| Major general | Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein | September 15, 1905 to November 30, 1909 |
| Major general | Ferdinand Mueller | December 1, 1909 to September 30, 1912 |
| Colonel / Major General | Bernhard von Hartz | October 1, 1912 to March 27, 1913 |
| Major general | Nikolaus Endres | March 28, 1913 to April 15, 1915 |
literature
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984.
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Militär-Max-Joseph-Order, Munich 1966.
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 . Pp. 675-676.
