6th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade
The 6th Field Artillery Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The large association was established on October 1, 1901 by renaming the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade . She was part of the 6th Division and had her command in Nuremberg .
The brigade was deployed 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. 6 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 27, 1918, where it was demobilized and finally dissolved in Nuremberg at the end of December 1918.
Insinuation
Before the beginning of World War I, the brigade was subordinate to the following units:
- 3rd field artillery regiment "Prince Leopold" in Grafenwoehr
- 8th field artillery regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" in Nuremberg
March 25, 1918
- 3rd field artillery regiment "Prince Leopold"
- II. Department / 1st Foot Artillery Regiment "vacant Bothmer"
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel / Major General | Friedrich Lobenhoffer | October 1, 1901 to April 8, 1905 |
| Major general | Luitpold von Horn | April 10, 1905 to May 20, 1906 |
| Major general | Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels | May 21, 1906 to April 23, 1911 |
| Major general | Otto von Gyßling | April 24, 1911 to February 16, 1915 |
| Major general | Arthur Merlack | February 17, 1915 to April 28, 1917 |
| Major general | Karl von Bomhard | April 29, 1917 to December 1918 |
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
- ↑ 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. 710.
