9th Royal Bavarian Infantry Brigade
The 9th Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army . The brigade command was in Nuremberg .
In 1914 the brigade was part of the 5th Division . You were subject to the following units:
- 14th Infantry Regiment "Hartmann" in Nuremberg
- 21st Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" in Fürth and Sulzbach
- District Command Amberg
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 | Franz Berg | October 1, 1890 to 1892 |
| Major general | Ludwig Lindhammer | September 18, 1892 to 1896 |
| Major general | Carl von Horn | May 10, 1896 to 1900 |
| Major general | Georg Prand | April 1, 1900 to 1901 |
| Major general | Siegmund von Weech | April 1, 1901 to 1903 |
| Major general | Ludwig Sirl | March 3, 1903 to 1904 |
| Major general | Leopold Fischer | September 21, 1904 to 1905 |
| Major general | Karl Fasbender | April 9, 1905 to 1907 |
| Major general | Oskar von Xylander | December 30, 1907 to 1908 |
| Major general | August Prager | November 18, 1908 to 1910 |
| Major general | Robert von Fischer | October 23, 1910 to 1911 |
| Major general | Ernst Rist | August 22, 1911 to 1913 |
| Major general | Otto von Jäger | January 23, 1913 to October 16, 1916 |
| Major general | August Grossmann | October 16, 1916 to January 11, 1918 |
| Colonel | Chrysanth Schöttl | January 11, 1918 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 bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984.
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr 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 Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 686.
