21st Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)
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 |
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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 | January 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 | November 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 | July 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
- ↑ 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.