3rd Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade

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The 3rd Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army . The brigade command was in Augsburg .

history

The brigade was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front. From April 1, 1915, it was called “4. Infantry Brigade ”.

structure

In 1914 she was part of the 2nd Division . The following units were subordinate to the brigade:

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Karl von Winther 0October 9, 1849 to September 27, 1851
Major general Jakob von Hartmann October 19, 1851 to July 31, 1861
Major general Baptist von Steinle 0August 1, 1861 to January 22, 1862
Major general Nepomuk von Fuchs January 23, 1862 to May 21, 1866
Major general Ignaz Schuhmacher May 22, 1866 to August 21, 1870
Major general Albert Roth August 22, 1870 to March 26, 1871
Major general Anton von Täuffenbach March 27, 1871 to April 30, 1873
Major general Adolph von Schrott 0May 1, 1873 to August 25, 1881
Major general Otto von Parseval August 26, 1881 to March 3, 1887
Major general Theodor von Angstwurm 0March 4, 1887 to March 7, 1889
Major General / Lieutenant General Heinrich von Xylander 0March 8, 1889 to June 13, 1894
Major general Karl von Lobenhoffer June 14, 1894 to December 31, 1896
Major general Joseph von Brückner 0January 1, 1897 to September 26, 1899
Major general August von Manz September 27, 1899 to February 1, 1902
Major general Hugo von Barth zu Harmating 0February 2, 1902 to May 17, 1903
Major general Alfred Poeppl May 18, 1903 to October 18, 1905
Major general Karl von Martini October 19, 1905 to August 4, 1909
Major general Christoph Kiefhaber 0August 5, 1909 to April 21, 1912
Major general Albert von Schoch April 22, 1912 to December 17, 1913
Colonel / Major General Emil Schoch December 18, 1913 to October 19, 1914
Major general Franz Maria Luitpold of Bavaria October 20, 1914 to March 31, 1915

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

  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. 676-677.