2nd Royal Bavarian Cavalry Brigade
The 2nd Cavalry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The large association was originally formed on November 27, 1815 as the 3rd Brigade of the Munich General Command. From June 1, 1822 to November 19, 1848 it was called the Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Army Division and then formed the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the war against Prussia in 1866, the large association was assigned to the Reserve Cavalry Koprs as the 1st light cavalry brigade.
The brigade was disbanded at the beginning of the First World War . According to the war organization of the Bavarian Army as of August 2, 1914, the 4th Chevaulegers Regiment was subordinated to the 2nd Infantry Division and the 8th Chevaulegers Regiment to the 1st Infantry Division .
The command was in Augsburg .
structure
In 1914 the brigade was part of the 2nd Division and was subordinate to:
Commanders
Until 1872 the commanders used the designation commandant.
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Franz von Elbracht | November 27, 1815 to February 20, 1824 | |
| Anton von Kirschbaum | February 21, 1824 to August 20, 1827 | |
| Major general | Albert von Pappenheim | August 21, 1827 to December 19, 1836 |
| Colonel / Major General | Siegmund von Bieber | December 20, 1836 to August 20, 1848 |
| Major general | Georg Friedrich von Flotow | August 21, 1848 to September 17, 1852 |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm von Völderndorff-Waradein | September 18, 1852 to June 21, 1857 | |
| Friedrich von Spreti | June 22, 1857 to March 9, 1863 | |
| Major general | Ludwig in Bavaria | March 10, 1863 to May 2, 1867 |
| Major general | Anton von Mayer on Zaar | May 3, 1867 to April 23, 1873 |
| Major general | Karl Anton von Weinrich | April 24, 1873 to July 23, 1878 |
| Major general | Emanuel of Kiliani | July 24, 1878 to December 31, 1882 |
| Colonel | Maximilian Dürig | January 1, 1882 to December 2, 1884 |
| Colonel | Hermann Scheffer | December 3, 1884 to November 26, 1886 |
| Major general | Gustav von Horn | November 27, 1886 to February 12, 1891 |
| Major general | Albert von Koenitz | February 13, 1891 to September 23, 1894 |
| Major general | Ernst Beulwitz | September 24, 1894 to March 20, 1900 |
| Major general | Günther from Le Suire | March 21, 1900 to May 11, 1903 |
| Major general | Theodor von Pfetten-Arnbach | May 12, 1903 to May 2, 1905 |
| Major general | Albert Koch | May 3, 1905 to September 11, 1907 |
| Major general | Maximilian Zeller | September 12, 1907 to May 25, 1910 |
| Major general | Serious of scrap | May 26, 1910 to August 1, 1914 |
literature
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 700f.
