3rd Division (Reichswehr)
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| active | 1921 to 1934 |
| Country | German Empire |
| Armed forces | Reichswehr |
| Armed forces | Imperial Army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | See organization |
| Location | See garrisons |
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| Commanders | See commanders |
The 3rd Division was a large unit of the Reichswehr . The headquarters were in Berlin in military district III .
history
Lineup
The division was formed by order of July 31, 1920 to reduce the army by October 1, 1920 from Reichswehr Brigades 3, 5, 6, 8 and 15 of the transitional army .
In the course of the increase in the army , the divisional staff was given the code name Commander of Frankfurt (Oder) on October 1, 1934.
Garrisons
The divisional headquarters were in Berlin .
Commanders
The respective commander was also the commander in Military District III . As military district commanders, the division commanders were the legal successors of the previous commanding generals . For the leadership of the units they were subordinate to an infantry and an artillery leader, both with staffs.
| Rank | Surname | date |
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| Lieutenant General | Hermann Rumschöttel | February 8, 1920 to June 15, 1921 |
| Lieutenant General | Richard von Berendt | June 16, 1921 to August 3, 1921 |
| Lieutenant General | Rudolf von Horn | August 4, 1921 to January 31, 1926 |
| Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry | Otto Hasse | February 1, 1926 to March 31, 1929 |
| Lieutenant General | Rudolf Schniewindt | April 1, 1929 to September 30, 1929 |
| Lieutenant General | Joachim von Stülpnagel | October 1, 1929 to December 31, 1931 |
| Lieutenant General | Gerd von Rundstedt | January 1, 1932 to September 30, 1932 |
| Lieutenant General | Werner von Fritsch | October 1, 1932 to January 31, 1934 |
| Lieutenant General | Erwin von Witzleben | February 1, 1934 to September 9, 1935 |
| Infantry leader III | ||
| Major general | Karl von Fabeck | October 1, 1920 to March 31, 1921 |
| Major general | Ernst Hasse | April 1, 1921 to March 31, 1922 |
| Major general | Gottfried Edelbüttel | April 1, 1922 to January 31, 1925 |
| Major general | Friedrich von Esebeck | February 1, 1925 to October 30, 1926 |
| Major general | Heinrich von Bünau | November 1, 1926 to January 31, 1929 |
| Major General / Lieutenant General | Wolfgang Fleck | February 1, 1929 to April 30, 1931 |
| Major general | Hugo Zeitz | May 1, 1931 to September 30, 1931 |
| Major general | Ulrich von Waldow | October 1, 1931 to January 31, 1933 |
| Major general | Maximilian von Weichs | February 1, 1933 to September 30, 1934 |
| Major general | Hermann Hoth | October 1, 1934 to September 30, 1935 |
| Artillery Leader III | ||
| Major general | Georg von der Lippe | October 1, 1920 to January 31, 1922 |
| Colonel / Major General | Erich von Botzheim | February 1, 1922 to December 31, 1923 |
| Colonel / Major General | Hermann Schirmer | January 1, 1924 to March 31, 1925 |
| Colonel / Major General | Victor von Aigner | April 1, 1925 to June 30, 1927 |
| Colonel / Major General | Otto Lorenz | July 1, 1927 to January 31, 1929 |
| Colonel / Major General | Kurt Spemann | February 1, 1929 to October 31, 1930 |
| Major general | Theodor Endres | November 1, 1930 to September 30, 1931 |
| Major general | Günther von Kluge | November 1, 1931 to September 30, 1933 |
| Major general | Wilhelm Keitel | October 1, 1933 to March 31, 1934 |
| Major general | Heinrich Höring | April 1, 1934 to April 30, 1935 |
organization
Association membership
The division was under group command 1 in Berlin .
structure
The major association was structured as follows:
- Infantry Leader III in Potsdam with
- 7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
- 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
- 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
- 3rd (Prussian) Pioneer Battalion (directly subordinate to the division from 1930)
- Artillery Leader III in Berlin with
- 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment
- 3. (Prussian) driving department
The division was also responsible for:
- 3. (Prussian) news department
- 3. (Prussian) motor vehicle department
- 3. (Prussian) medical department
In addition, the military district commander reported:
- the command offices in Berlin, Breslau , Küstrin , Glatz , Glogau and Oppeln
- the military training areas Döberitz , Neuhammer , the shooting range Kummersdorf , the artillery firing range Jüterbog and the pioneer training area Klausdorf
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 189ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ HVBl 1920, No. 942.
- ^ Georg Tessin: German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 153 f.
- ^ Georg Tessin: German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 229.
- ^ Edgar Graf von Matuschka: Organization of the Imperial Army. in: Handbook on German Military History 1648–1939. Military History Research Office (Ed.), Freiburg (Breisgau). Part VI: Reichswehr and Republic (1918–1933). Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Defense, Frankfurt am Main 1970, p. 317.
- ↑ 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. 787 ff.