5th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade
The 5th Field Artillery Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The brigade was established on October 1, 1901, was part of the 5th Division and had its command in Fürth .
The large association was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.
In the further course of the war, the Deputy General Command of III. Army Corps formed from the command of Artillery Commander No. 5 in accordance with the Ordinance of the War Ministry of February 22, 1917 .
After the end of the war, the command returned home on December 17, 1918, where it was demobilized and finally dissolved in Fürth at the end of December 1918.
Insinuation
Before the beginning of the First World War, the following units were subordinate to the brigade:
- 6th field artillery regiment "Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Calabria" in Fürth
- 10th field artillery regiment in Erlangen
- Landwehr Inspection Nuremberg
March 20, 1918
- 10th Field Artillery Regiment
- III. Department / 1st foot artillery regiment "vacant Bothmer"
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Johannes Streck | October 1, 1901 to August 19, 1905 |
| Major general | Ludwig Steindel | August 20, 1905 to November 18, 1906 |
| Major general | Julius Burkart | November 19, 1906 to April 23, 1911 |
| Major general | Robert Paul | April 24, 1911 to April 21, 1915 |
| Major general | Arnold Müller | April 22, 1915 to December 5, 1916 |
| Colonel | Karl von Bomhard | December 6, 1916 to April 28, 1917 |
| Colonel | Arthur Merlack | April 29, 1917 to February 25, 1918 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Emil Beckh | February 25, 1918 to March 1, 1918 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Hermann Dietl | March 1 to June 30, 1918 |
| Colonel | Karl Rosenberger | July 1 to September 1, 1918 |
| Colonel | Hugo Blanc | September 2 to December 1918 |
literature
- Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1. Militaria Publishing House. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 . P. 129.
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Origin and development of the individual formations. Volume 10: Bavaria. Infantry Leibregiment, Infantry Regiments 1–23, Jäger Battalions 1–2, 1st Machine Gun Division. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984. ISBN 3-7648-1241-9 .
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max Joseph order. Self-published by the kb Military 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 Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 710.
