27th Cavalry Brigade (2nd Royal Württemberg)

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The 27th Cavalry Brigade (2nd Royal Württemberg) was a large unit of the Württemberg Army .

history

Uhlan regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20 on the march to the parade around 1907

The brigade was established on December 18, 1871 and was under the command of the cavalry until the brigade staff was set up on July 3, 1872. The garrison was initially in Ludwigsburg , from 1877 to 1882 in Stuttgart , then until 1908 in Ulm and then again in Ludwigsburg until it was dissolved. The brigade belonged to the 27th Division (2nd Royal Württembergische) and the 2nd Uhlan Regiment No. 20 and the 2nd Dragoon Regiment No. 26 were subordinate to it. The Dragoon Regiment left the Brigade Association in 1894 and was replaced by the Uhlan Regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 19 .

When the First World War broke out , the brigade was disbanded. The Uhlan Regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 19 joined the 27th Infantry Division as division cavalry, the Uhlan Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20 joined the 26th Infantry Division .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Prussia. Colonel / Major General Ferdinand von Massow 0December 2, 1871 to June 2, 1877
Obert / Major General Wilhelm of Württemberg 0June 3, 1877 to July 12, 1882
Obert / Major General Ludwig von Wagner-Frommenhausen July 13, 1882 to October 17, 1886
Obert Ferdinand von Zeppelin October 18, 1886 to November 14, 1887
Prussia. Colonel Ernst von Leipziger November 15, 1887 to August 22, 1888
Colonel Alfred von Roeder August 24, 1888 to July 13, 1889
Prussia. Colonel / Major General Konrad von Krell July 14, 1889 to February 16, 1893
Prussia. Colonel / Major General Werner von Below February 17, 1893 to May 19, 1897
Obert / Major General Eberhard von Roeder May 20, 1897 to June 18, 1901
Colonel / Major General Karl von Roeder June 19, 1901 to October 18, 1905
Prussia. Colonel / Major General Friedrich Schimmelpfennig from Oye October 19, 1905 to May 17, 1908
Colonel / Major General Karl Albert von Knoerzer May 18, 1908 to December 17, 1912
Colonel / Major General Max Thumb from Neuburg December 18, 1912 to April 18, 1914
Colonel Ulrich of Württemberg June 19 to August 1, 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 , p. 457.
  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, pp. 1130–1131.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curt Jany (ed.), Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in the World Wars 1914-1918. Military Publishing House Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1937 (History of the Royal Prussian Army and the German Imperial Army, Volume 5), p. 135.
  2. ↑ 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 , p. 457.
  3. ↑ Ulrich von Württemberg was assigned to this post on June 19, 1914 initially to represent the commander on leave. See: Military weekly . No. 86 of June 25, 1914, p. 1919.