3rd Royal Bavarian Jäger Battalion

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The 3rd Jäger Battalion was an association of the Bavarian Army . The last peace location of the battalion was Eichstätt .

Commanders

1825–1890:

First name Name Commander of up
Franz Zurnieden (January 20, 1778 - November 15, 1861) December 1, 1825 to December 15, 1825
Joseph von Brückner (born January 21, 1780 - † February 19, 1863) December 15, 1825 to June 15, 1830
Karl von Jeetze (* December 4, 1766; † November 10, 1848) June 15, 1830 to May 28, 1834
Georg Rohr (born November 21, 1776 - † November 4, 1854) May 28, 1834 to March 30, 1838
Heinrich Graf von Guiot du Ponteil (December 2, 1789 - August 2, 1861) March 30, 1838 to January 20, 1840
Friedrich Graf von Ysenburg-Philippseich (born January 3, 1787 - † September 5, 1859) January 20, 1840 to October 25, 1842
Karl Count von Verri della Bosia (born May 26, 1790 - August 2, 1878) October 25, 1842 to October 18, 1844
Georg Freiherr Haller von Hallerstein (* October 24, 1786 - September 1, 1854) October 18, 1844 to April 7, 1847
Bernhard von Heß (born May 22, 1792; † April 20, 1869) April 7, 1847 to May 17, 1849
Friedrich von Schintling (born March 11, 1791 - † April 25, 1850) May 17, 1849 to November 28, 1849
Georg Hertel (born August 11, 1792 - † August 22, 1863) November 28, 1849 to February 27, 1853
Philipp Mayer (born January 11, 1797 - † December 3, 1859) February 27, 1853 to June 22, 1857
Nepomuk Fuchs (born September 24, 1805 - † January 7, 1890) June 22, 1857 to May 9, 1859
Adalbert Högenstaller (* August 8, 1813; † September 11, 1880) May 9, 1859 to July 13, 1866
Baptist von Heeg (June 21, 1817 - April 13, 1892) July 13, 1866 to May 24, 1868
Maximilian Freiherr von Horn (born March 13, 1821 - † July 24, 1889) May 24, 1868 to March 27, 1871
Otto Correck (born November 17, 1829 - † April 16, 1893) March 27, 1871 to April 29, 1882
Karl Dohrer April 29, 1882 to November 17, 1886
Hermann Durlacher November 17, 1886 to October 1, 1890

history

The battalion was established in 1825.

The 3rd Jäger Battalion was deployed in 1848/1849 in the Reich service against insurgents of the revolution in Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach. In the war against Prussia in 1866 it was subordinate to the 4th Brigade (Major General von Hanser) / 2nd Division (Lieutenant General von Feder) and fought near Kissingen and Roßbrunn.

During the Franco-Prussian War , the battalion took part in the Battle of Sedan under the command of the 6th Infantry Brigade (Colonel Börries von Wissell) / 3rd Division (Lieutenant General von Walther) . It was involved in the meeting at Petit-Bicêtre and incorporated into the siege ring around Paris from September 1870 to January 1871 .

The battalion was renamed the 2nd Jäger Battalion on October 1, 1890 .

literature

  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser: The Bavaria Book of the World War 1914–1918 , Chr. Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930
  • Wegner, Günter: Germany's Heere until 1918, Volume 10 Bavaria, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984
  • Rudolf v. Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order , self-published by the kb military-max-Joseph-Order, Munich 1966