4th Guards Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)

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The 4th Guard Cavalry Brigade was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

history

In the course of the army expansion, the brigade was established by ordinance of the War Ministry from February 1 to April 1, 1890. The command was in Potsdam . The brigade belonged to the Guard Cavalry Division and the Leib-Guard Hussar Regiment and the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment were subordinate to it.

When the First World War broke out , the brigade was disbanded. The Leib Guard Hussar Regiment joined the 1st Guard Infantry Division as division cavalry , the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment joined the 2nd Guard Infantry Division .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel / Major General Adolf von Michaelis 0April 1, 1890 to May 19, 1893
Colonel / Major General Moritz von Bissing May 20, 1893 to August 31, 1894
Major general Friedrich Leopold of Prussia 0September 1, 1894 to September 9, 1898
Major general Albrecht of Württemberg September 10, 1898 to September 22, 1900
Colonel / Major General Hans von Dittmar September 23, 1900 to April 23, 1904
Colonel / Major General Alfred zu Dohna-Schlobitten April 24, 1904 to September 1, 1907
Major general Alfred von Kühne 0September 2, 1907 to January 26, 1911
Major general Konrad von Heuduck January 27, 1911 to April 2, 1913
Colonel Karl Otto von Senden 0April 3, 1913 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. 427.
  • Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, p. 176.

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. 427.