44th Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)

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The 44th 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 on October 1, 1913. The command was in Gleiwitz . The brigade belonged to the 12th Division and the Uhlan Regiment “von Katzler” (Silesian) No. 2 and the newly formed Jäger-Regiment on Horses No. 11 were subordinate to it.

When the First World War broke out , the brigade was disbanded for the duration of the mobile relationship. The Jäger Regiment on Horses No. 11 joined the 11th Infantry Division as division cavalry , the Uhlan Regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2 joined the 12th Infantry Division.

After the end of the war , the brigade command was briefly set up again and disbanded on November 15, 1919 after demobilization .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel Albert of Mutius 0October 1, 1912 to August 1, 1914
Major general Conrad Wolf January 18 to November 15, 1919

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. 467.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 120/125 of September 10, 1913, p. 2680.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ↑ 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. 467.