71st Infantry Brigade (German Empire)

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71st Infantry Brigade

active April 1, 1890 to 1919
Country coat of arms Kingdom of Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service infantry
Type brigade
structure see structure
Location see garrison
management
Commanders See commanders

The 71st Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

organization

Insinuation

The 71st Infantry Brigade was part of the

structure

Division of War of March 25, 1918

Assignments

Since the 4th (half) battalions did not prove their worth, a request made by the Reich government to change the army command was accepted in August 1896. A new infantry brigade was to be set up in each army corps on April 1, 1897. Each division had to form a regiment of 8 companies from the half battalions.

In the area of ​​the XVII. Army Corps was created for the 35th Division, the 87th Infantry Brigade, which consisted of Infantry Regiment No. 175 and Infantry Regiment No. 176 . From the regiments of the 71st Infantry Brigade arose the 1st Battalion of the 176ers, which was gassed in Neufahrwasser.

history

founding

By law of January 27, 1890, the separation of the West and East Prussian provinces was also prepared in military terms. It determined that from April 1, 1890, the entire rulership of the German Empire should consist of twenty army corps.

The AKO of February 1st, based on this, says: The XVI. and XVII. Army Corps. The latter goes to the 1st Army Inspection and, from a military point of view, covers the area of ​​the Landwehr districts: Schlawe, Stolp, Konitz, Thorn, Graudenz, Danzig, Pr. Stargard, Neustadt, Osterode, Dt. Eylau and Marienburg.

The 71st Infantry Brigade was created on April 1, 1890 from the West Prussian Danzig Regiments No. 3 and No. 128 as part of the 36th Division , which was also newly founded .

garrison

City arms

The command was in Danzig .

resolution

In the course of the demobilization caused by the Versailles Peace Treaty , the brigade was disbanded in 1919.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Eduard Michaelis 0April 1 to August 11, 1890
Major general Viktor von Aigner August 12, 1890 to May 15, 1891
Major general Friedrich Metzler May 16, 1891 to May 15, 1894
Major general Louis von Heydebreck May 16, 1894 to April 16, 1897
Major general Carl von Rodewald April 17, 1897 to June 14, 1898
Major general Richard Fritsch June 15, 1898 to October 16, 1899
Major general Günther von Kirchbach October 17, 1899 to March 21, 1903
Major general Alfred von Briesen March 22, 1903 to October 15, 1906
Major general Paul Oldenburg October 16, 1906 to March 21, 1910
Major general Erwin von Kleist March 22 to April 5, 1910
Major general Bruno von Wühlisch 0April 5, 1910 to April 21, 1912
Major general Kurt Kruge April 22, 1912 to August 1, 1914
Major general Lutz von Dewitz 0August 2, 1914 to September 4, 1917
Major general Otto von Trautmann 0September 5 to December 8, 1917
Major general Eduard Weidtmann 0December 9, 1917 to 1919

References

literature

  • Gottfried Steuer: History of the Danzig Infantry Regiment No. 128. 1881–1906. Compiled on behalf of the regiment, printed by Siegfried Mittler and Son. Berlin 1906.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 , pp. 300-301.
  2. ↑ becomes governor of Danzig