3rd Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade
The 3rd Field Artillery Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The large association was established on October 1, 1900 in Nuremberg . On October 1, 1901, it was renamed the 6th Field Artillery Brigade and at the same time reorganized as part of the 3rd Division with command in Landau in the Palatinate .
The brigade was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.
From February 22, 1917, the association was called Artillery Commander No. 3 .
Insinuation
The following associations were subject to her :
- 5th field artillery regiment “King Alfonso XIII. of Spain ” in Landau
- 12th field artillery regiment in Landau
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel / Major General | Friedrich Lobenhoffer | October 1, 1900 to September 30, 1901 |
| Colonel / Major General | Kaspar Häusler | October 1, 1901 to May 19, 1905 |
| Major general | Alfred von Kesling | May 27, 1905 to April 27, 1906 |
| Colonel / Major General | Lothar Straßner | April 28, 1906 to April 22, 1910 |
| Major general | Wilhelm Taubler | April 23, 1910 to July 23, 1911 |
| Colonel | Ferdinand Jodl | July 24, 1911 to October 27, 1913 |
| Major general | Franz von Held | October 28, 1913 to January 1919 |
literature
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Verlag Osnabrück 1984.
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Militär-Max-Joseph-Order, Munich 1966.
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 , p. 708.
