6th Royal Bavarian Landwehr Division

The 6th Royal Bavarian Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Bavarian Army during the First World War .

6th Royal Bavarian Landwehr Division
active	1915 to 1919
Country	Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces	Bavarian Army
Armed forces	army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	see: Outline

structure

Division of War of March 25, 1915

• 1st Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 1
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 2
• 2nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 3
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 12
• 2nd Landwehr Squadron / 1st Army Corps
• Landsturm Field Artillery Division 1 (three batteries of six guns)
• 5th battery / 2nd foot artillery regiment (four 10 cm cannons)
• Landsturm Pioneer Company 1

Division of War of March 10, 1918

• 2nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 1
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 3
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 12
• 2nd Squadron / 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis"
• Artillery Commander No. 23
  • Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment 6
• Staff Engineer Battalion 26th
  • Reserve Engineer Company 16
  • Landwehr Pioneer Company 10
  • Mine thrower company 306
• Division News Commander 506

history

The division was originally to be set up as a Württemberg formation. By order of the Ministry of War No. 2610, 15 A 1 of February 9, 1915 and No. 2936, 15 A 1 it became Bavarian. The personnel, which consisted mostly of members of the Landwehr , was used exclusively on the western front in the area of ​​the Vosges to secure Alsace-Lorraine . After the end of the war, the large association was demobilized and finally dissolved in January 1919.

The division was classified as third class by the Allied reconnaissance .

Battle calendar

1915

• from January 29th --- position battle in Upper Alsace
  • February 19 to March 20 --- Battle of Münster
  • April 16 --- Battles in the Kaysersberg Valley
  • June 21st --- Battle in the Kaysersberg Valley
  • July 20 to October 14 --- Second battle for Münster

1916/17

• January 1 to December 31 --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace

1918

• until November 11th --- position battle in Upper Alsace
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Guido Sunday	January 25 to March 19, 1915
General of the cavalry	Otto von Schmidt	March 20, 1915 to April 24, 1916
Lieutenant General	Friedrich Spennemann	January 5 to August 20, 1918

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military publishing house, Berlin 1927, pp. 62, 99.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 188.