6th Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade
The 6th Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army . The brigade command was in Landau .
In 1914 the brigade was part of the 3rd Division . You were subject to the following units:
- 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff" in Germersheim
- 18th Infantry Regiment "Prince Ludwig Ferdinand" in Landau
- District command Neustadt an der Hardt
The brigade was used at the beginning of the First World War as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front.
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Clemens von Joner on Tettenweis | January 8, 1869 to March 22, 1870 |
| Major general | Börries from Wissell | July 24, 1870 |
| Colonel | Hugo Diehl | September 15 to October 3, 1870 (in charge of the tour) |
| Major general | Hugo von Diehl | October 4, 1870 to April 23, 1873 |
| Major general | Gustav von Mühlbauer | April 24, 1873 to November 26, 1875 |
| Major general | Heinrich von Wirthmann | 1875 to 1884 |
| Major general | Carl von Gropper | 1884 to 1886 |
| Major general | Karl von Hoffmann | November 22, 1886 to 1890 |
| Major general | Adolar Bresselau from Bressensdorf | 1890 to 1895 |
| Major general | Hermann Leeb | 1895 to 1898 |
| Major general | Ernst Bayl | 1898 to 1901 |
| Major general | Siegmund von Weech | 1901 |
| Major general | Georg Prand | 1901 to 1902 |
| Major general | Hermann Gemmingen von Massenbach | 1902 to 1905 |
| Major general | Ludwig Naegelsbach | 1905 |
| Major general | Johann longhouses | October 17, 1905 to 1908 |
| Major general | Heinrich Meyer | November 18, 1908 to 1910 |
| Major general | Franz von Zech on Neuhofen | September 22, 1910 to 1912 |
| Major general | Leonhard Mark | 1912 to 1913 |
| Major general | Eugene von Clauss | December 17, 1913 to September 28, 1916 |
| Lieutenant General | Gustav von Heydenaber | September 29 to December 22, 1916 |
| Colonel | Karl Graßmann | December 22, 1916 to July 7, 1917 |
| Colonel | Peter Hauser | July 7, 1917 until the end of the war |
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.
