21st Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)

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The 21st Cavalry Brigade was a large unit of the Prussian Army that existed from 1866 to 1914 .

history

After the German War won and the resulting expansion of the Prussian state territory, the formation of the XI. Army Corps on October 11, 1866 also established the 21st Cavalry Brigade. The command was in Frankfurt am Main and the brigade belonged to the 21st Division . The Rhenish Dragoon Regiment No. 5 and the Hussar Regiment No. 14 were subordinate to her.

For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , the command formed the staff of the 15th Cavalry Brigade in 1870/71 . In the 6th Cavalry Division it was used in August 1870 in the fighting near Neunkirchen, Ars-Laquenexy , Vionville , Gravelotte , Sivry . From September 21 to October 25, 1870, it was involved in the siege of Paris and in early December in the Battle of Orléans . This was followed by battles at Nouan-le-Fuzelier and Salbris, and in January 1871 at Saint-Amand.

After the war, the Hussar Regiment No. 14 left the Brigade Association in 1871 and was replaced by the 1st Hessian Hussar Regiment No. 13 . Before the start of the autumn exercises in 1894, the Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6 joined the brigade command for the "Freiherr von Manteuffel" (Rhenish) No. 5 dragoon regiment with the relocation of Mühlhausen and Langensalza to Hanau .

Through the formation of the XVIII. Army Corps on April 1, 1899, the 21st Division with the 21st Cavalry Brigade was subordinated to the General Command in Frankfurt am Main. On July 1, 1905, the Magdeburg Dragoons Regiment No. 6, stationed in Mainz , replaced the Hussar Regiment No. 13 .

When the First World War broke out , the brigade was disbanded on August 2, 1914. The Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6 joined the 25th division as cavalry , the Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6 joined the 21st Infantry Division.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel / Major General Gustav Waldemar von Rauch October 30, 1866 to May 22, 1871
Colonel Walter of Loë May 23, 1871 to October 30, 1872
Colonel / Major General Fritz von Bernuth October 31, 1872 to August 15, 1873
Colonel Wilhelm von Heuduck August 16, 1873 to May 27, 1874 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel / Major General Wilhelm von Heuduck May 28, 1874 to January 1, 1876
Colonel Wilhelm Dietrich of Gemmingen 0January 2 to November 10, 1876 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel / Major General Wilhelm Dietrich of Gemmingen November 11, 1876 to October 16, 1883
Major general Georg von Dicklage October 17, 1883 to February 10, 1886
Major general Alfred von Scholten February 11, 1886 to April 15, 1889
Colonel / Major General Philipp August von Croÿ April 16, 1889 to April 20, 1894
Colonel / Major General Adolf von Papen April 21, 1894 to June 15, 1896
Colonel / Major General Adolf von Bülow June 16, 1896 to November 1, 1897
Colonel / Major General Ernst Brinckmann 0November 1, 1897 to June 15, 1900
Colonel / Major General August von Festenberg-Packisch June 16, 1900 to April 9, 1906
Württ. Colonel Ernst of Saxe-Weimar April 10, 1906 to January 19, 1909
Colonel Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg January 27 to September 15, 1909 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel / Major General Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg September 16, 1909 to May 22, 1911
Colonel / Major General Reinhard von Wechmar May 23, 1911 to July 6, 1913
Colonel Gerhard von Glasenapp 0July 7, 1913 to August 2, 1914

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , pp. 452-453.
  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 739.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 452-453.