Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3

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Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
Jäger Sturm Battalion No. 3

Hunter 3.jpg
active June 21, 1815
to April 11, 1919
Country coat of arms Kingdom of Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service Hunter
Type battalion
structure See outline
Subordinate troops

See MG Division No. 7

Insinuation See submission
Location Luebben
Former locations See locations
Origin of the soldiers Brandenburg Province
march A hunter from the Electoral Palatinate
Fridericus Rex
Yorckscher Marsch
Battles and skirmishes See mission history
commander
Commanders See commanders

The Brandenburg Rifle Battalion. 3 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

History and formation

Hunter in 1815.
Hunter in 1864.

The origins of the Prussian Jägertruppe can be traced back to the year 1744, this year was Frederick the Great an existing volunteer "military police corps walk" put together. The volunteers, preferably forest workers, sons of forest workers and hunter boys. They were later to prove themselves in the Fourth Coalition War in 1806/07, among others . The Prussian hunters, led by Colonel Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg , fought successfully in the battle of Altenzaun .

In the Wars of Liberation of 1813–15 , the Prussian hunters proved their worth again, and this should ultimately also influence the decision to reorganize another hunter association. Therefore, King Friedrich Wilhelm III ordered. On June 21, 1815, his Minister of War Hermann von Boyen set up a further Jäger Battalion, the 2nd (Magdeburg) Jäger Battalion, whose tribe was formed by the battle-tested Jäger company of the Russian-German Legion , the Banner Freiwilliger Sachsen and the Saxon Jäger Battalion . Captain Ferdinand von Logau was entrusted with the formation of the battalion. The newly established Jäger Battalion remained in France as an occupying force until December 1818. After the end of the mission in France, the battalion was relocated back home to move into the new garrison in Halle (Saale) .

On April 13, 1821 there was a division into the 3rd and 4th hunter departments. The 3rd (Brandenburg) Jäger Department, now the commanding general of III. Subordinate to the Army Corps , it was then relocated to Grünberg in Silesia until they finally moved into the Lübben citizens' quarters on September 28, 1827 . With the AK0. on November 21, 1848, the formation of further fighter battalions was ordered. In the course of this, the 3rd (Brandenburg) Jäger Department received a 3rd Company in order to subsequently strengthen the 3rd Jäger Battalion that was to be newly formed. The 3rd Jäger Battalion had emerged from the 3rd Jäger Department of the 2nd (Magdeburg) Jäger Battalion. A 4th company was then formed on the basis of the AKO of June 7, 1852.

On July 4, 1860, the 3rd Jäger Battalion was named Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3. In 1866, parts for the establishment of Jäger battalions No. 9 and No. 11 were given up. In the following years the structure of the battalion remained almost unchanged.

At the beginning of the new century, the German infantry experienced an increase in combat strength through the establishment of new units and restructuring. On the basis of the AKO of March 20, 1902, the machine gun department No. 7 was attached to the battalion on October 1, 1902 , which belonged to the battalion until 1913. A machine gun company and a cycling company were then set up.

As a result of the mobilization of the field battalion on August 2, 1914, a replacement division divided into two companies was set up. Furthermore, the replacement Jäger Battalion No. 3, which was commanded by Major von dem Knesebeck, was set up.

In 1915 a second cyclist company was formed. The two Lübben cyclist companies were later directly subordinated to the 2nd Cavalry Division .

On June 6, 1916, the Lübben Jäger Battalion underwent profound changes. On the instructions of the Supreme Army Command , the battalion was transformed into a Jäger- Sturm battalion . In the course of the reform, the battalion was assigned a mortar division , a flamethrower platoon and an infantry gun battery. The mine throwing department had previously been set up in the Mine Throwing Park in Cologne. The newly attached infantry gun battery No. 3 came from the "Rohr" storm battalion . The newly assigned flamethrower platoon, however, was a contribution from the 2nd Guard Pioneer Replacement Battalion.

In the course of the transformation to the storm battalion, the crew was also partially replaced. The newly supplied replacement came mainly from the replacement hunter battalion No. 5. Service in a storm battalion made high demands on physical fitness, which, however, was not the case with some hunters.

At the end of December 1916, the 1st machine gun company was divided, whereupon the 2nd machine gun company was formed. The weapons stock was also divided, so each company had six machine guns.

In the four and a half years of the war, a total of 4,052 soldiers served in the battalion.

garrison

Citizen quarters Lübben

The hunter companies were housed in decentralized citizens' quarters until April 1883. The quarter houses were spread across the entire city of Lübben and were provided or rented by the owners for an appropriate fee. Within the city, the battalion was given further buildings for use, for example a building on the market served as the main guard and an old gym on the Kleiner Hain was used as a parade hall.

Barracks Lübben

Jägerkaserne Lübben, driveway.
Jägerkaserne Lübben around 1910.

On April 1, 1883, the hunters moved into the main building of the hunter barracks at the main station, which was built in the neo-Gothic style . The barracks included the luxuriously furnished officers' mess on Bergstrasse, the on- site hospital built in 1908 and the military bathing facility on the Spree. After the machine gun department no. 7 was incorporated, additional barracks, stables and a riding arena were built. In 1913 the barracks were expanded again; this structural expansion served to accommodate the newly formed cycling company. Until 1919 in the use of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3, the barracks went over to the use of the Reichswehr . Mid-1930s, after the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the Movement barracks Luebben was expanded to other buildings and remained until May 1945 in the use of the armed forces . After the end of the war, the Soviet armed forces ( GSSD ) used it again for military purposes . The new buildings erected by the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht were used by Soviet tank and communications units until 1991.

The imposing neo-Gothic building fell victim to the flames in 1945 and was torn down in 1950.

Interior design

Corridor with hunting trophies.

Over the years, the interior of the barracks became more and more of a hunting museum. The corridors of the company headquarters and the Oberjäger casino were decorated with hunting trophies, most of which were donated by former hunters. In addition there were the memorial plaques for the fallen, the portraits of former Lübben hunters and the pictures with hunting motifs.

A small forest museum was also set up for the future foresters, which housed numerous objects from the local forest.

Garrison hospital

A military hospital , which was built in 1830 , also belonged to the barracks . It was on Logenstrasse leading to the Lübben train station, a few hundred meters from the Luckauer Tor. The military hospital with 25 beds began its regular operations on October 1, 1835. In the hospital, which is less than a kilometer from the Jägerkaserne, a medical officer and two military nurses took care of the sick.

Location overview

Location Period
Halle (Saale) December 26, 1818 to November 1, 1821
Grüneberg ( Silesia ) November 13, 1821 to August 1827
Luebben September 28, 1827 to September 14, 1830
Halle (Saale) September 22, 1830 to March 20, 1831
Brandenburg (Havel) March 26, 1831 to September 17, 1832
Luebben September 23, 1832 until dissolution in 1919

Mission history

Spandau 1832

The 3rd Jäger Department received the order in April 1832 to relocate to Spandau in order to provide watch duty there during the spring training period of the Guard Corps . On April 11th the division marched from Brandenburg to Spandau. The following mission lasted until May 25th.

Use in the interior of the country in 1848

In March 1848, Prussia was hit by revolutionary unrest, so part of the Prussian army was mobilized , including the 3rd Jäger Department. Subsequently, the Prussian military was deployed to keep the authorities in power .

On April 6th, a detachment of hunters was sent to Luckau . There the detachment was supposed to fight the insurgents and ensure the maintenance of "peace and order". Another commando was sent to Cottbus on April 21 with the same order . The order of the Lübben hunters was limited to the guard and patrol duty. There was no use of weapons, rather the intimidating effect of the military operation was relied on.

The Cottbus detachment was able to end its mission on May 29th. The detachment deployed in Luckau ended its deployment on June 13th.

After the war effort in Schleswig-Holstein, the 3rd hunter division moved to Potsdam for the time being. From November 10, 1848, the Lübben hunters were deployed in Berlin as part of the 13,000-strong Prussian troops that were supposed to end the unrest in Berlin . With the end of the state of siege proclaimed by General von Wrangel and the disarmament of the Berlin vigilante groups , this mission of the hunters also ended.

Schleswig-Holstein War 1848

In the course of the mobilization of the German Armed Forces , the Brandenburg hunters moved out of Lübben on June 14, 1848, in order to be transported to Rendsburg by train.

In the Schleswig-Holstein War, the 1st and 2nd companies of the 3rd Jäger detachment - assigned to the Bonin Infantry Brigade - fought in the battles and skirmishes of the campaign. The Lübben hunters were mainly used in patrol and outpost service, the aim of which was to identify and avert Danish landing attempts at an early stage. These patrols consisted of one head hunter and 10 hunters and could be increased to up to 30 hunters if necessary. It is worth mentioning that the initial guard and patrol services were carried out in close cooperation with the Ziethen Hussars .

On August 5th, the first encounter with the enemy took place near Kolding. During the reconnaissance patrol of the 1st Jäger Company, a skirmish developed there with half a squadron of Danish dragoons . The patrol against Wonsild carried out on August 17 marked the end of the combat activity. At the end of August, the department was moved to Hadersleben , where it was again used to guard the beach.

After the armistice, the 3rd Jäger Division began the march back home on September 2, 1848. The destination was not Lübben, but Potsdam. The hunters stayed in Potsdam from September 18, 1848 to January 15, 1849.

Mission calendar

  • 23 June - Lifeguard station in Bockholm (2nd company)
  • 0July 4th - Securing of the Jutian border between Wandrup and the Koldinger Bucht
  • 0August 5th - Reconnaissance patrol over Wonsild against Kolding
  • August 17th - patrol against Wonsild

Inland deployment in 1849

At the beginning of 1849 there were also unrest in the cities of Niederlausitz. For this reason, the battalion was once again deployed to restore "peace and order". The detachments used in the following had a crew strength of up to 100 men.

One of the operations led to Luckau on January 29th, where parts of the population had previously tried to storm the local prison. Following this, Luckau was repeatedly used by the Brandenburg hunters.

Mission calendar

  • March 14th to 24th - deployment in Kalau
  • 0May 1st to 17th - posting to Straupitz
  • May 19 to June 4 - Keeping the calm in Lübbenau
  • June 14th to July 2nd - Another posting to Lübbenau
  • 0September 4th to 12th - Order maintenance at a jury trial in Cottbus
  • November 13th to December 23rd - deployment in Ogrosen near Vetschau , suppressing an uprising

Border guard 1850

Due to the autumn crisis of 1850, the battalion was used again. On October 8th the battalion moved out to join Prince Radziwill 's division. Half of the 3rd Company was then deployed in Schleida to observe the Bavarian border. The majority of the battalion, however, went to Fulda on November 2nd . After arriving in Fulda, the hunters took over the outpost service south of the city . The hunters then expanded their defensive position, small entrenchments were built and trenches dug. The battalion was relocated again on November 9, this time to Friedewald and Herta near Hersfeld in Hesse . The Lübben hunters stayed there until December 11th. After the return transport to Herzberg, a parade in Berlin and the subsequent stay in Frankfurt (Oder) , the hunters moved back into the Lübben garrison on February 12, 1851.

Readiness for war 1859

Due to the acts of war in connection with the Sardinian War, the German Federal Army was put in readiness for war. As a result, the battalion received the order of readiness for war on April 20, 1859. On June 14th, the order to mobilize followed. On July 12, the battalion moved out in war strength, with the goal of Jüterbog. Shortly after arriving in Jüterbog, however, the battalion received the order to return. The preliminary peace signed on July 11, 1859 in Villafranca made an operation unlikely. On July 20, the Jäger Battalion returned to Lübben.

Patrol service 1863

During its time of existence, the battalion was often used to support the rural gendarmerie . One such special case occurred in February 1863. After a robbery had escaped from the Luckau prison, the local gendarmerie needed urgent support. So it made sense to bring the Lübben hunters to action. A detachment of 67 hunters was put together for this mission. The now operational command then left the Lübben barracks on February 16. First the hunters went to the Drehna area . After several days of patrol duty, the Lübben hunters were finally able to track down the escaped man in his shelter near the village of Babben on February 24th. He saw himself in a hopeless situation and shot himself. The reward for the capture of 100 thalers was paid to a chief hunter and two hunters of the 4th Company. The mission ended on February 26, 1863.

German-Danish War 1864

On January 16, 1864, the Lübben battalion received the order to increase its budget to 802 men. The reason was the impending war with Denmark. The manpower was finally reached on January 27th. After mobilization on February 5, the battalion moved out on February 9 with a total of 724 men.

In the following German-Danish war , the battalion fought in the Association of the I. Prussian Army Corps, and was also involved in the storming of the Düppeler Schanzen .

After the fighting ended, the battalion returned to its garrison on December 22, 1864.

Battle of Kjär

During the action in Kjär on June 29th - now assigned to the 26th Infantry Brigade under Major General von Goeben - Major von Witzleben was seriously injured by a shot in the chest. The battalion was nevertheless able to successfully stop the offensive movement of the Danes, which should cause a separation of the 12th and 26th Infantry Brigade. The total losses amounted to 4 dead and 22 injured.

Mission calendar

  • February 22nd - Battle at Wielhoi
  • March 17th - Battle at Rackebüll-Düppel (without 3rd Company)
  • March 29th to April 17th - Siege of the Düppeler Schanzen
  • April 18th - Storming of the Düppeler Schanzen (without 1st company)
  • June 29th - Crossing to Alsen (Battle of Kjär )

German War 1866

On June 24, 1866, the battalion marched into Bohemia as part of the 6th Infantry Division; in the following battle near Königgrätz , the Brandenburg hunters were held in reserve. A total of three hunters were killed and 18 hunters injured on July 3, 1866. The losses were a result of enemy artillery fire on the reserve's staging area.

In the association of the III. Army Corps, the Jäger companies marched on towards Vienna until they reached Bockfließ on July 22nd . On the same day the armistice was announced, thus ending the fighting and the further advance. After the peace agreement, the Lübben hunters returned to their garrison on October 3rd.

Franco-German War 1870/71

On July 16, 1870, the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 received the order to mobilize. After mobilization, the battalion with a total strength of 1048 men went to war against France and was transported by rail to Saarbrücken on July 24, 1870 .

Then on August 6th the battle for the Spicherer Heights broke out . In the course of the battle, the battalion was successfully used in the battle around the village of Stiring-Wendel .

On the night of 16 August 1870, the battalion crossed the Association of II. Army, the Mosel in the amount of Gorze . After the first skirmishes, the battalion took part in the siege of Metz , where several attacks by the French were repelled. After the siege of Metz, the battalion advanced towards the Loire . There it came to the first skirmishes with newly formed French units at Beaune-la-Rolande and Nancray . In the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande on November 28th, the battalion's deployment in the 5th Infantry Division contributed significantly to the defeat of the French. During the pursuit of the French, there were further skirmishes. Subsequently, the Brandenburg hunters took part in the Battle of Orléans . Further reconnaissance battles followed until January 1871, before the multi-day battle of Le Mans began on January 10 , which ended on January 14 with the invasion of the city by the Prussians. Until the armistice was declared on January 31, further investigations were carried out. Peace was then concluded on May 10, so that the Lübben hunters could return to their home garrison, where they entered on July 6, 1871.

Eight officers, four sergeants, 28 chief hunters and 279 hunters, i.e. 319 combatants, or 32% of the battalion's strength, died in the fighting.

Battle in Vionville Forest

On August 16, at 9:00 a.m., the battalion passed the deserted town of Gorze , only a little later the hunters were to be involved in heavy fighting.

The vanguard of the “III. Army Corps ”reported to its commander, Lieutenant General von Alvensleben , that the French had moved into camp between Vionville and Rezonville , but the strength of the enemy troops could not be assessed. The commander of the III. Army Corps ordered the attack anyway. The units attacked at around 9.30 am, including the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 and the Infantry Regiment “von Stülpnagel” (5th Brandenburg) No. 48. The hunters' target was the forest of Vionville and parts of the wood St. Arnold. After the successful penetration, the French artillery began to take fire in the forest. The French infantry also covered the forest with violent gunfire. As a result, numerous hunters fell victim to the artillery shells and bullets, including Lieutenant Graf von Bredow. The precarious situation was to worsen, however, because suddenly the hunter companies, weakened by the losses, were attacked by superior enemy forces. In this difficult situation, the hunters benefited from their good shooting and individual training. The enemies, which were not repelled at a distance, penetrated the lines of the hunters. A brutal hand-to-hand combat developed in the undergrowth of the forest, pardon was not granted. The Brandenburgers won the terrible struggle for every meter of ground. Subsequently, the French attacked twice, but without being able to break through the lines of the hunters. In the course of the fight the total strength of the battalion was reduced to 120 men. The hunters were nevertheless able to carry out a counter-attack, because the resistance of the French had noticeably decreased. Numerous prisoners were brought in. As darkness fell, smaller advances were made. The losses of the hunters were considerable, one officer, 7 head hunters and 55 hunters were killed. There were also the numerous wounded, including almost all officers.

Battle at Chilleurs-aux-Bois

In the course of the Battle of Orléans there was a battle at Chilleurs-aux-Bois on December 3, in which the “Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3” achieved a remarkable success. At this time the battalion had the task - in cooperation with the Dragoons Regiment von Arnim (2nd Brandenburgisches) No. 12 - the left wing of the “III. Army Corps ”. During the execution of this mission, the battalion was able to achieve a remarkable success in the fight against French units. The French who were in position near Santeau were completely surprised by the actions of the Lübben hunters. Without being noticed by the enemy, the 1st and 4th companies of the Lübbener Jäger were able to take up their attack position in a homestead which was only 180 meters from the positions of the French battalions. Immediately both companies swarmed two platoons each, which immediately opened gunfire on the surprised French, the effect was devastating. The bulk of the French withdrew under cover of a rifle line, which was however taken under fire by another platoon of the Brandenburg hunters. The initially orderly withdrawal of the French units developed under the impact of the bombardment into an escape movement. The battle was thus decided. While the losses of the Prussians were small, the French suffered numerous casualties. Subsequently, the Lübben battalion and other units of the 5th Infantry Division advanced against the forest of Orléans, targeting a French gun battery. This order was only partially fulfilled, the removal of the gun battery failed, and the French cover team was able to successfully cover their retreat.

Battle calendar

1870
1871
  • January 10th to 12th - Battle of Le Mans
    • January 10th - Battle at Parigné-l'Évêque (without 3rd and 4th companies)
    • January 10th - Battle at Change (without 4th Company)
    • January 11th - Battle at La Landire-Le Tertre (without 3rd Company)
    • January 12th - street fight in Le Mans (without 3rd company)
  • January 29 - Skirmishes at Evron-Vaiges (one division)

First World War 1914–1918

Prussian hunters, contemporary representation.

Immediately after the German declaration of war on Russia, on the evening of August 1, 1914 , Lieutenant von Saher read the mobilization order for August 2, 1914 and the orders of the garrison elder of the Jäger Battalion on the town's market square . On the evening of August 2, 1914, the battalion was then transported from the Lübben freight station towards the Belgian border, where it was ordered to march into neutral Belgium after the German declaration of war on France.

As the vanguard of the 11th Infantry Brigade, the battalion crossed the border into Belgium on August 4th and marched into Liège on August 7th . There, the Jäger Battalion took over the security of the Maas bridges. The Lübben hunters then fought in the war of movement in Belgium and France , subsequently in the trench warfare .

At the end of September 1915, the battalion was relocated to Serbia , where it remained until the beginning of December 1915. After being relocated to the Western Front , the hunters of the battlefield of Verdun , where the battalion remained until the beginning of June 1916 , awaited the hunters . Particularly noteworthy are the heavy fighting around Fort Douaumont . After the deployment in Verdun, the battalion was transformed into the Jäger-Sturm-Battalion in June. In the months that followed, the battalion took part in further loss-making combat operations on the Western Front. At the end of September 1917, parts of the Jäger- Sturm Battalion were relocated to the South-West Front, where the Jäger u. a. on Monte Tomba. Finally, on December 3rd, the part of the battalion fighting in Italy was relocated to the Western Front. The other part of the battalion, the 1st and 2nd companies and the 2nd machine gun company, took part in the battles of the attack battle at Cambrai . In this attack battle, the hunter companies were divided into various infantry divisions as storm blocks in order to break the enemy resistance in the front line. On December 9, 1917, the battalion was reunited.

The hunters then proved themselves again during the fighting in the course of Operation Michael in March 1918. The Jäger-Sturm Battalion No. 3 was to intervene in the fighting in the following weeks and remain on the western front until the end of the war.

War crimes in Ayeneux, 1914

On August 5, 1914, there was a night fire attack in Ayeneux, in which two hunters were injured. Ultimately, the local residents were accused of being responsible. The residents of the village were the victims of retaliation, members of the battalion shot dead five male residents of the village.

The following day, the battalion - as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade - was deployed in Magnée and Romsée. The residents of Magnée and Romsée also fell victim to retaliation.

Verdun 1916

Fight east and southeast of Fort Douaumont.

Verdun stands for one of the greatest material battles of the First World War. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers lost their lives in this cruel and inhuman battle.

Preparations for the attack on Verdun began in early 1916 . In preparation for the coming battles, the battalion was trained at the La Demi-Lieue exercise facility. On February 21, 1916 the attack on the strongest fortification of the time began. The first French trenches could be taken, but the attack stalled at the main fortifications.

The battalion was assigned to the infantry regiment “Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin” (4th Brandenburg) No. 24 on February 24th as reinforcement. The subsequently ordered attack on the northern edge of the Chaumewald and the storming of the same was successful, and the break into enemy artillery positions was also successful. The 24th Infantry Regiment reported an important success on February 25, the storming of Fort Douaumont . On February 26, the general attack came to a standstill, as it was not possible to take possession of the village of Douaumont for the time being . The decision was not made until the following day. The machine gun company of the Brandenburg battalion had played its part. This was followed by the storming of the Caillette forest, in which the battalion suffered heavy losses. The unsuccessful rush to Fort Vaux from March 8th to 10th again led to numerous losses among the hunters. On March 10, the hunters were in combat near the village of Vaux, again in an unsuccessful struggle for every meter of ground. A large part of the replacement that had just been delivered from Lübben bled to death in the wire obstacles in front of the French positions. Subsequently, the battalion had to be withdrawn from the fight due to the losses suffered. The total loss of dead and wounded amounted to 1,080 men.

At the end of April, the replenished battalion was made available as a corps reserve at Fort Douaumont . From May 22nd to May 26th, the hunters were once again engaged in heavy defensive battles against oncoming French units. The second mission in the Hell of Verdun ended at the beginning of June.

November 1918

On November 7, 1918, the Lübben hunters were placed under the Supreme Army Command . They received the order to move immediately to Spa at the main headquarters in order to ensure the protection of the abdicated emperor there. However, the battalion did not arrive in Spa until the evening of November 10th, the Lübben hunters, who were considered loyal to the emperor , could no longer carry out their mission, the abdicated emperor had fled to the Netherlands that morning .

On November 16, the battalion began to be evacuated towards the home garrison.

Mission calendar 1914–1918

Fighter of the replacement fighter battalion on the premises of the barracks Lübben.
Field postcard of the battalion.
Field postcard 1915.
1914
  • 0August 1st to September 6th - advance through Belgium and France
    • August 24th - Crossing the French border near Tournai
    • August 26th - Battle at Beauvois
  • 0September 7th to September 13th - march back behind the Aisne
  • from September 14th - trench warfare off Soissons
1915
  • until January 5th - trench warfare off Soissons
  • 0January 8th to January 15th - Battle of Soissons
  • January 18 to June 30 - Trench warfare on the Aisne-Oise Canal
  • 0July 1st to September 23rd - resting time at Donai and Cambrai
  • September 24th to December 3rd - Campaign in Serbia
  • from December 4th - rest period in Hirson
1916
  • until January 22nd - training for the attack on Verdun in the formation of the 6th Infantry Division
  • January 23 to June 5 - Battle of Verdun
  • 0June 6th to August 19th - reformed to form a storm battalion
  • from August 20 - Sturm Battalion in the 2nd Army
1917
  • February 27 to April 7 - Movement to the Siegfried Line
  • 0October 1 to December 9 - Campaign in Italy (parts)
  • 0April 8th to November 21st - fighting in the Siegfried position
  • November 22nd to December 9th - Assault battle near Cambrai
  • from December 10th - fighting in the Siegfried position
1918
  • until March 20 - fighting in the Siegfried position
  • March 21st to April 7th - Great Battle of France
  • 0April 8th to July 10th - teaching in the association of the 2nd Army or at the direct disposal of the OHL
  • to July 10th - Storm Battalion in the 2nd Army
  • July 11th to September 30th - Training of Austro-Hungarian officers at Sedan
  • 0October 1 to November 7 - Retreat battles in the 3rd Army

Loss numbers 1914–1918

  • Officers: 30 dead
  • Ensigns and flagjunkers: 10 dead
  • NCOs: 2 dead
  • Hunter and Chief Hunter: 787
  • Gunners, engineers and grenadiers: 11 dead
  • Total: 831 dead

Initially, a total of 831 casualties were registered for the period from 1914 to 1918, including the replacement units that had been brought in, more than 2,000 dead of the battalion by the end of the war.

Whereabouts

After the end of the war , the remnants of the battalion, led by Captain von Schweinitz, returned to the garrison town of Lübben on November 20, 1918. As a result of the provisions of the Versailles Peace Treaty , the battalion was demobilized and disbanded. The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of the Chief of the Army Command General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt from August 24th 1921 the 16th Company of the Training Battalion of the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Lübben, before it was moved to Liegnitz in 1930 . From 1931 until the end of the Second World War, the training battalion of Infantry Regiment 9 , which was previously located in Wünsdorf , took over the tradition.

Lübben November 1918

On November 9, 1918, the field battalion was on its way to Spa to the imperial headquarters and the Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 3 was deployed in Berlin . In the meantime, a soldiers' council was formed in the Lübben garrison . The following day, a delegation from the replacement hunter battalion No. 3 marched to the Lübben market with the red flag in hand. There, one of the hunters, in the presence of the mayor and the district administrator, proclaimed the formation of the soldiers' council and the ensuing takeover of power. A workers' council was formed after the rally.

In peacetime

The years of peace were used for intensive training, special attention was paid to shooting training. For the purpose of training, regular field maneuvers were also ordered, plus division and corps maneuvers . The maneuvers of the 5th and 6th divisions took place in autumn, at least until 1847. To carry out the maneuvers and training courses, a. a. the military training area of the III. Army corps used in Jueterbog .

Representative tasks and honorary services also accompanied the battalion during its entire existence.

timeline

  • 1852 - Great autumn exercise in the association of III. Army corps near Frankfurt , Müncheberg and Fürstenwalde .
  • 1856 - Autumn exercise of the 5th Division near Cüstrin .
  • 1857 - beginning of September, participation in the king maneuvers of the Guard and III. Army Corps. The Mecklenburg Division also took part in the maneuver.
  • 1860 - Participation in the 6th Division's maneuvers in the Wittstock and Pritzwalk area .
  • 1861 - A delegation is sent to Berlin for the ceremonial handover of the battalion flag on January 24th.
  • 1861 - Participation in the maneuvers of the 5th Division near Müncheberg.
  • 1877 - On September 28th, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry into the Lübben garrison, a parade was ordered in the market.
  • 1883 - Inauguration of the new barracks on April 4th, in the presence of the Chief Hunters and Riflemen Major General von Lesczynski.
  • 1890 - Celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the battalion on June 29th and 30th as well as inauguration of the memorial bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I , which was placed in front of the barracks.
  • 1895 - On August 15 and 16, celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Vionville.
    • August 15: Zap and torchlight procession in Lübben.
    • August 16: A delegation is sent to the inauguration of the monument near Vionville.
  • 1897 - Centenary celebration on March 22nd, in the presence of the battalion, wreath-laying ceremony at the Kaiser Wilhelm I monument. The battalion's parade rounded off the celebrations.
  • 1898 - A delegation is sent to Metz and takes part in the inauguration of the Prince Friedrich Karl memorial on March 20.
  • 1900 - August 26th to September 14th, participation in the imperial maneuver in the association of III. Army corps in the vicinity of Szczecin . The experimental machine gun section No. 7 also took part in the maneuver.
  • 1902 - Celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the entry into the Lübben garrison.
  • 1912 - On September 2, the imperial parade on Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin and subsequent participation in the imperial maneuver in the Association of III. Army Corps in Saxony .

organization

Insinuation

German war

Franco-German War

First World War

  • 0August 4th - With the 11th Infantry Brigade.
  • August 1914 - The battalion was placed under the Higher Cavalry Command No. 2 . The battalion was assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division, the 4th Cavalry Division and the 9th Cavalry Division in alternating subordination.
  • September 11, 1914 - Transfer to the II Army Corps .
  • 0October 9, 1914 - The battalion was subordinated to the 6th Infantry Division .
  • January 28, 1915 - Part of the 11th Infantry Brigade.
  • July 12, 1915 - The Quitzow Regiment was formed by order of the General Command, the Jäger Battalion now formed the 1st Battalion of the regiment, but remains subordinate to the 6th Infantry Division.
  • 0November 1, 1915 - The battalion was briefly subordinated to the 25th Reserve Division .
  • 0November 7, 1915 - The "Regiment Quitzow" was dissolved, the Lübbener Jäger remained subordinate to the 6th Infantry Division.
  • February 1916 - During the fighting for Verdun, the battalion was assigned to the infantry regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" (4th Brandenburg) No. 24.
  • May 14, 1916 - The battalion was placed under the 5th Infantry Division .
  • September 1917 - Parts of the Jäger-Sturm battalion were subordinated to the German Jäger Division .
  • 0October 8, 1918 - The battalion was placed under the 76th Reserve Infantry Division .
  • 0November 7, 1918 - The Brandenburg battalion was directly subordinated to the OHL, and then transported to Spa.
August 1914

Structure and staffing

Cyclists patrol

1902

  • Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
    • 1st Company (Captain von dem Knesebeck)
    • 2nd Company (Captain Boening)
    • 3rd Company (Captain von Arnim)
    • 4th Company (Captain von Leyser)
    • Machine Gun Department No. 7 (Captain von Peschke)

August 1914

  • Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
    • 1st Company (Captain Freiherr von Werthern)
    • 2nd Company (Captain Freiherr von Rechenberg)
    • 3rd Company (Hauptmann d.R. Reimnitz)
    • 4th Company (Captain du Moulin called von Mühlen)
    • Cycling company (Captain von Schweinitz)
    • Machine gun company (Captain von Wangenheim)

March 1916

  • Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
    • 1st Company (Captain von Baumbach)
    • 2nd Company (Lieutenant von Müller)
    • 3rd Company (Lieutenant d. R. Heyer)
    • 4th Company (Lieutenant d. R. Krottki)
    • Machine Gun Company (Lieutenant d. R. Heller)

December 1916

  • Jäger Sturm Battalion No. 3
    • 1st company
    • 2nd company
    • 3rd company
    • 4th company
    • 1st machine gun company (Lieutenant d. R. Ruef)
    • 2nd machine gun company (Lieutenant von Lattdorf)
    • Infantry Gun Battery 3
    • Mortar Department
    • Flamethrower Train

uniform

Tunic of peace uniform
Field uniform of the Prussian hunters.

Uniform 1816

In the early days the hunters wore dark green Kollets, with red collar and Swedish premiums . The lapels and collars of the Oberjäger were trimmed with golden braids . The dark green lap was trimmed with red lugs. Initially equipped with yellow armpit flaps, the red armpit flaps were worn from 1816.

The trousers were made of gray cloth and corresponded to that of the Prussian infantry.

A coat given to the hunters was made of gray cloth, with a ponceau red collar.

Tabard from 1843

With the AKO of October 23, 1842, the tunic was introduced and replaced the collets worn since 1808. The tunic of dark green color, with a green collar and red collar flaps . The red collar flaps were then replaced by the red collar on March 18, 1867.

With the AKO of July 22, 1845, the red armpit flaps of the hunters received the corresponding yellow battalion number (Roman numeral) as a badge.

Peace uniform 1905

As with all Prussian hunter battalions, the tunic of the peace uniform was dark green. The advances, the collar, the Swedish lapels and the armpit flaps , on the other hand, were ponceau red. Badges and buttons were yellow in color.

The trousers, a dark blue cloth trousers with ponceau-red lugs, the drill trousers made of white linen.

The gray coats had red collar tabs and the leather gear was black throughout. The swallow's nests at the horn players were studded with golden braids .

Field uniform 1915

In contrast to the infantry, who were clad in field gray with the field uniform of the 1910 model, the hunters received a gray-green uniform. This gray-green color scheme was adopted by parts of the police for their uniforms after the end of the First World War .

With the AKO of September 21, 1915, there were fundamental changes to the uniform for the last time.

The tunic, gray-green with light-green lugs, as well as the folding collar. Swedish cuffs gray-green, with light green lugs. The epaulettes are gray-green with a light green protrusion, badges like the tunic of the peace uniform, but with a red number.

The tunic was provided with matt crown buttons, which were made of tombac .

The trousers, gray-green with a light green protrusion on the side seams, in the officers' ponceaurot approach. As a result of the service as a storm battalion, the hunters received the leather-trimmed trousers and the typical wrap gaiters .

The infantry boots, issued in their natural color. According to the decree of September 21, 1915, these had to be blackened. The hunters also wore the 1901 lace-up boot.

Headgear

The high shakos of the newer model - made of black felt - were handed over to the hunters in March 1816. The shako was decorated with brass fittings, plus the black and white cockade as a badge. The cordons of the hunters were green, those of the chief hunters were of the same color, but with silver threads running through them. The black hair bush or the black and white hair bush for Oberjäger replaced the plume previously worn.

In 1843 the high helmet with a point was introduced to the hunters, with the heraldic eagle as a fitting, which was provided with the name "FR". The old shako of high form was abolished.

On March 14, 1854, the shako , of a cap-like shape, was introduced again as headgear for the hunter troops. The shako was made of black leather, the eye and neck shield with a brass surround. The flat scale chain was also made of brass, under the right scale chain rosette a cockade was attached. A brass braid with a button is used as a fitting . The black bush of hair was always worn in the beginning, from July 1856 then only for parades or on Sundays.

Through the AKO of July 20, 1860, the shako received the script "With God, For King and Fatherland."

On November 8, 1860, the shako was introduced with a low shape and a rounded visor. As a fitting, a reduced Prussian eagle of the line infantry made of yellow metal. The buckles and eyes of the leather chinstrap, as well as the pin and the hair bush funnel, were made of the same yellow metal. The head part of the shako, between the lid and waistband, was covered with black cloth. There was also a yellow shed chain for the officers and a black leather chinstrap for the crew and NCOs. For the parade a black hair bush (red for the horn players), falling down to the middle of the front screen, was carried.

The cap for the tunic of the peace uniform, made of dark green cloth, with ponceau red trim and a protrusion around the edge of the lid.

A hat made of gray-green cloth was worn with the field uniform model 1915, with a light green trim strip and a protrusion around the edge of the lid.

The shako continued to serve as headgear, initially made of leather. Worn in the field service with a gray-green protective cover. Due to a lack of material, the shakos were later made from felt.

In February 1916, with the beginning of the fighting at Verdun, the German troops were equipped with the model 1916 steel hard hat. So the hunters received this new headgear.

Flags and awards

Flags

Flag of the battalion

In the old Prussian army, the hunters and riflemen did not initially use any standard. The first flags were handed over in 1815.

After Wilhelm I ascended the throne , the Lübben Jäger Battalion was awarded a flag. Because of this, Commander Major Alfons Girodz von Gaudi and a delegation of the Jäger Battalion traveled to Berlin on January 18, 1861 to take part in the flag consecration in the city ​​palace . The actual handover of the flag to the battalion took place on January 24th in Lübben.

On August 28, 1902, the battalion received a new flag.

According to the instructions, the standard of the hunter battalions should remain in the garrison during the First World War. Nevertheless, the Jäger Battalions 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 carried their flags at the front. On July 12, 1915, Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the flags and standards to be returned to the deputy general commandos .

The battalion flag, which was awarded in 1902, has been lost since 1945.

Awards

  • 1861 - The battalion in Berlin was awarded a new flag with the ribbon of the military badge of honor for the 1848 campaign in Schleswig.
  • 1864 - The flag received the ribbon of the war memorial with swords for participation in the 1864 campaign.
  • 1865 - The flag was awarded the reserve ribbon of the Düppeler Sturmkreuz and the ribbon of the Alsenkreuz .
  • 1866 - Award of the ribbon for the 1866 campaign with swords.
  • 1872 - The battalion was awarded the flag ribbon in the colors of the Iron Cross as an award for participating in the campaign of 1870/71.
  • 1895 - Award of the 1870/71 memorial coin ribbon with clips on which participation in skirmishes and battles was recorded.
  • 1900 - The flags and standards of the German army were given a commemorative badge.

Armament and equipment

Armament

Rifle model 1898 with side gun.

Initially the hunters were armed with French rifles, but in 1815 these were gradually exchanged for Prussian rifles . In September 1815, 200 Liège fire lock rifles were given to the hunters. The armament now consisted of rifles that came from the Liège , Maastricht , Suhler and Neisser manufacturers, plus some corps and stalking rifles.

In March 1832 the rifles were switched to percussion . The entire gun inventory of the “3. Hunter Department ”came from a production facility in Potsdam.

The next changes took place in 1848. The rifles were gradually converted to the Thouvenian system , and new rifles of the 1847 model were procured from Potsdam .

At the beginning of 1858, the Second Lieutenant von Kottwitz was sent to the rifle factory in Sömmerda in order to familiarize himself with the latest technical developments. During the same period, the Prime-Lieutenant von Paczinsky was sent to Berlin to try out firing needle rifles.

On November 15, 1858, the battalion received 981 needle rifles of the model 1854. From this stock, 440 needle rifles were issued to the companies.

The battalion received new on July 15, 1860 Cutlass model 1857, the old Hirschfänger the Corps rifles were abolished then.

In 1865 the model 1865 hunter rifle was introduced, with an octagonal barrel and the attachable deer catcher model 1865.

In 1872 the 1865 model was replaced by the 1871 model rifle, which in turn underwent multiple modifications in the following years.

In 1886 the model 71/84 rifle was introduced, a repeating rifle with an 8 round magazine. The hunting catcher was kept for the time being, it was only exchanged for a short side rifle model 71/84 the following year.

The 1888 rifle was introduced in 1890 . The re-introduction of the hag catcher model 1871 was also carried out.

In 1906 the model 1898 rifle was introduced to the battalion. As part of the rearmament, the Model 1898 side rifle was also introduced.

The cycling companies were equipped in 1913 with the model 1898 carbine and the model 84/98 side gun. The medical sergeant was armed with the 08 pistol .

1915 1898 was the rifle the triple Goerz - scope as additional equipment.

In the course of the conversion to the storm battalion, the conversion to the model 1898 carbine was carried out in July 1916.

Shooting ranges

Combat target practice at the Briesener See.

The shooting ranges for short distances were set up in the immediate vicinity of the barracks. The combat shooting range, on the other hand, was located in the forest east of the city, where the hunters could practice their shooting skills at long distances. There was also a shooting and guard house on the site of the combat shooting range.

Once a year the battalion marched to the Briesener See to carry out target practice there.

Awards

The annual competition to win the Kaiserschießabzeichen was a particular highlight. The 4th Company won the badge in 1895 and the 3rd Company in 1913. The hunters wore the badge on the right upper arm of their tunic.

The Machine Gun Division No. 7, assigned since 1902, was awarded the Kaiserschießabzeichen in 1905.

The best shooter was also determined within the battalion in the annual royal shooting. This received a hag catcher donated by Field Marshal von Wrangel in 1848.

equipment

During the battalion's existence, a large number of changes in equipment took place. The canteen , crockery, knapsack and powder bottle have always belonged to this . Furthermore, the team equipment included the black and leather cartridge without fittings or cartridge pouches in various designs, the bandolier and the waist strap . After the insertion of the firing needle boxes was complete, the powder bottle and the flat ball pouch fell away.

Equipment 1915

The knapsack of the 1907/13 model was covered with field gray canvas, but the back was made of calfskin to minimize wear and tear. Other items of equipment include the canteen of model 1915 made of sheet steel (galvanized) with a field gray coating and the cutlery of model 1910 and cutlery. The body straps were made of natural-colored leather, including the cartridge pouches of the model 1909.

timeline

  • 1834 - With the AKO of March 18, 1834, the Brandenburg hunters received the so-called "badger", a knapsack with a flap made of badger skin. The old calfskin knapsack was then abolished.
  • 1848 - The hunter was worn on a black and leather goat from 1808 to 1848. With the introduction of the waist belt, the leather walk was abolished.
  • 1916 - The teams of the Jäger-Sturm-Battalion were equipped with the mountain equipment in July.

Furnishing

The hunters' war dogs

Registration dog in the First World War.

In 1888 the Prussian hunter battalions were assigned the first war dogs. Short-haired pointing dogs , poodles and shepherds were suitable for the demanding training and subsequent use . Their responsibilities included the reconnaissance and security service, reporting, maintaining connections between the posts and field guards, supporting the posts and transporting ammunition. They were also trained to track down the wounded. Each company was assigned two trained war dogs, which were led by a chief hunter.

The war dogs needed appropriate equipment to carry out their tasks. A canvas bag with buckles was used for the reporting service. The ammunition was transported by means of a leather saddle bag, which could hold 75 cartridges on each side.

One of the Lübben war dogs, the short-haired male "Treff", served with some volunteers from the battalion in the expeditionary corps of 1900 , which was sent to China. The male was "promoted" to private because of his merits.

Battalion chief and commanders

Battalion Commander

Chief of the battalion, Colonel General
Hans von Plessen
Rank Surname date
Colonel General Hans von Plessen June 15, 1913 to November 9, 1918

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Captain / Major Ferdinand of Logau July 21 to August 28, 1815
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich August Bock August 29, 1815 to August 30, 1819
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Karl Gottfried von Bockelmann August 31, 1819 to April 12, 1821
Captain Scipio Ludwig Karl von Taubenheim April 13, 1821 to March 29, 1828
Captain Georg Wilhelm Rumschöttel March 30, 1828 to March 29, 1830
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Hermann von Roeder March 30, 1830 to April 8, 1846
major Alexander von Pentz 0April 9, 1846 to June 13, 1854
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Otto von Stuckrad June 14, 1854 to May 15, 1857
major Theobald to Dohna May 16, 1857 to June 13, 1859
major Alfons Girodz by Gaudi June 14, 1859 to July 1, 1859 (in charge of the tour)
major Alfons Girodz by Gaudi 0July 1, 1859 to February 9, 1863
major Eric von Witzleben February 10, 1863 to June 29, 1864
Captain Wenceslaus von Paczinsky June 29, 1864 to November 6, 1864 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Eric von Witzleben 0November 7, 1864 to August 2, 1867
Lieutenant colonel Georg von Rechenberg 0August 3, 1867 to July 17, 1870
major Eduard of Jena July 18 to November 6, 1870
major Heinrich von Nordeck 0November 7, 1870 to June 1, 1871 (in charge of the tour)
major Anton from L'Estocq 0June 2, 1871 to February 13, 1874
major Georg von Wehren February 14, 1874 to February 11, 1876
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Hans von Willisen February 12, 1876 to January 13, 1879
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Hermann von Peschke January 14, 1879 to March 25, 1885
major Bernhard Friedrich von Krosigk March 26, 1885 to March 21, 1891
major Georg von Zastrow March 22, 1891 to July 17, 1896
major Vincentius de Paula of Brixen July 18, 1896 to February 16, 1900
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Otto Bock from Wülfingen February 17, 1900 to April 21, 1905
major Max Freiherr von Troschke April 22, 1905 to March 23, 1909
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Ernst von Eschwege March 24, 1909 to December 18, 1911
Lieutenant colonel Rudolf of the East December 19, 1911 to August 1, 1914
major Kuno von Quitzow 0August 2, 1914 to January 28, 1915
Captain Baron von Wangenheim January 28 to February 27, 1915 (entrusted with the tour)
major Kuno von Quitzow February 28 to July 31, 1915
Captain Baron von Wangenheim July 31 to November 7, 1915 (responsible for the tour)
major Kuno von Quitzow November 7th to December 2nd, 1915
major Max von Schenckendorff December 2, 1915 to February 1, 1916 (responsible for the tour)
major Kuno von Quitzow February 1 to February 26, 1916
Captain Wolfgang von Mühlen February 26 to March 19, 1916 (in charge of the tour)
major Kuno von Quitzow March 19 to December 30, 1916
Captain from Baumbach December 30, 1916 to January 22, 1917 (in charge of the tour)
major Walter von Goerne January 22, 1917 to March 30, 1918
major Max von Schenckendorff 0April 2 to July 28, 1918
Captain Wilhelm von Schweinitz August 28, 1918 to November
major Friedrich of Jena November 1918
major Justus von Seelhorst 0March 1, 1919 to January 1920

Memorial culture

Monuments

Ulkebüll Memorial

In the Ulkebüll municipal cemetery , a memorial in the form of a cross commemorates those who died in the battle near Kjär , which took place on June 29, 1864. The names of the deceased Brandenburg hunters can be found on the front of the cross.

War memorial from 1868

Lübben, town hall and war memorial on a postcard from around 1907

On August 14, 1868, a memorial for the fallen hunters of the campaigns in 1864 and 1866 was erected on the Lübben market square. The monument, a column made of Zöblitz serpentine resting on a pedestal , which was crowned by the Prussian eagle. On the front of the pedestal the inscription, opposite the names of the fallen. The battles listed on the left and right side of the base. The war memorial has not been preserved.

Memorial stone near Vionville

In memory of the fallen in the Battle of Vionville on August 16, 1870, a memorial stone was erected on August 16, 1895 on the former battlefield there. The black granite stone, ground on the front, is provided with a contemporary dedication and information about the loss. A carved iron cross, framed by a laurel wreath, crowns the inscription. The hunting memorial has been preserved, it is located on a hill approx. 2 km southeast of Flavigny.

Monument to the fallen of Lechelles

During the First World War, a memorial was erected in the battalion's memorial cemetery in Lechelles near Guise. After the end of the World War this cemetery was closed, the dead and the memorial were subsequently transferred to La Chapelle.

Hunter's Monument Lübben

In 1923, a monument by the sculptor Victor Seifert was inaugurated in the Hain in honor of the fallen hunters from Lübben .

Maintenance of tradition

One of the first associations of former members of the battalion was the “ Association of former Lübbener Jäger Berlin e. V. ". The association formed the link between active soldiers and veterans. During its existence, the association organized a large number of events. In the course of the 1920s, the former members of the battalion organized themselves into other newly founded war clubs , including the Lübben “ Association of Former Members of the Jäger (Storm) Battalion No. 3 1914/18 e. V. "

Special

The music corps of hunters

The Lübbener Jäger music corps was a welcome guest at many an event at the time, it consisted of the music master, ten French horn players and ten auxiliary horn players. In the summer the music corps played a. a. in the Berlin Zoological Garden and in the Treptow Spree Garden . During the First World War, some horn players were used as auxiliary patient carriers, while the music master and the four oldest horn players stayed with the large baggage. The buglers later also served in the replacement troops and in the cycling companies.

Known members of the battalion

  • Friedrich Salis , German historian , his studies mainly related to the history of Mecklenburg and Pomerania . From 1902, the young Friedrich Salis did his military service in the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3. In the rank of lieutenant d. R. served Salis at the beginning of the First World War in the 1st Battalion of the Landwehr Infantry Regiment 34, he died in the Battle of Tannenberg near Klein-Bössau.
  • Alfred Spangenberg , politician of the NSDAP and later Gauamtsleiter of the NSBO Berlin, he served in the 3rd company of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 during the First World War. As a hunter Spangenberg was slightly wounded in February 1915 in fighting on the western front. With the rank of vice sergeant , he was again slightly wounded in April 1916.

Assigned department

Machine Gun Division No. 7

To strengthen the firepower of the cavalry divisions, machine-gun detachments were set up on a trial basis in 1900 . The machine gun department No. 7 was then set up in Lübben. The hunter battalions initially provided the necessary personnel. The department consisted of the department leader (captain), three officers, one first lieutenant and one lieutenant each as platoon leader, six senior hunters as rifle drivers and 40 riflemen as crew of the six machine guns. In addition, there were 26 men who were responsible for the care of the 60 to 70 horses.

In October 1902 the machine gun division No. 7 was assigned to the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 according to the budget. The department leader, Captain von Peschke, remained subordinate to the battalion commander of the Jäger battalion.

The department remained in Lübben until 1913, only to be relocated to Paderborn. Under the command of Captain Graf von Plettenberg , the division then fought from August 1914 in the association of the 9th Cavalry Division on the Western Front. The department was dissolved on September 20, 1917 and then divided into the Cuirassier Regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 and Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6 , where they each formed the 2nd machine gun squadron.

Reserve Association

Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 3

The Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 3 was set up in early August 1914, under the command of Captain von Wobeser. On August 11, 1914, ready to march out, the battalion was transported to the Belgian border. As part of the 5th Reserve Infantry Division , the battalion crossed the border with Belgium on August 17, 1914. The following day, the battalion and its hunters were involved in retaliatory measures in Haccourt-Halembaye, killing over 15 residents and destroying numerous houses, including the rectory and the church. The battalion was subsequently involved in the crackdown on the fortress of Antwerp . Next, the hunters proved their worth in the pursuit battles in Flanders and in the following Battle of the Yser . The fighting in Flanders resulted in numerous losses. At the beginning of December 1914, the battalion was transferred to the Eastern Front, where the reserve hunters remained until the end of April 1917. The reserve hunters then fought on the theater of war in France. In March 1918, the Brandenburg Reserve Fighters commanded by Major Graf von der Schulenburg-Lieberose were deployed in Finland as part of the German intervention . This last major mission in the Association of the Baltic Sea Division was to last until July 1918.

The Reserve Jäger Battalion was last deployed on November 9, 1918 in Berlin. The reliable Lübben reserve hunters who had proven themselves in Finland were deployed to protect the government district. They took up position at the Berlin Palace together with several armored vehicles.

The Lübben reserve hunters and other units finally refuse to use force against the demonstrators. Later the hunters took off their belts and removed the imperial cockade from their field caps.

Literature and Sources

  • Ludwig von Kusserow: History of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 and the Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4 from 1815 to 1865. Verlag von A. Bath, Berlin 1865 ( digitized ).
  • History of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 during the campaign of 1870–71. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1880.
  • Richard von der Lancken: History of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 from the establishment of the battalion to the year 1898. Verlag der Kleines Regimentgeschichten ( Gustav von Glasenapp ), Dievenow on the Baltic Sea [approx. 1898].
  • Rudolf Weise: The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion. His story and his home. J. Neumann, Neudamm 1901.
  • Karl Ernst Leopold Freiherr von Münchhausen: Officer master list of the Brandenbg. Jäger Battalion No. 3 and the Masch.-Gewehr-Abteilg. No. 7. Richter & Munkelt, Lübben 1909.
  • Friedrich Müller: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3. (= memorial sheets of German regiments . Volume 34). Verlag by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1922 (digitized urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201402236359 ).
  • August Rehbein: Book of Honor of Green Color. Schulz & Paschke, Berlin 1926, pp. 139–171.
  • Martin Lezius : Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Military publishing house, Leipzig 1927, pp. 27, 59, 61, 79, 95.
  • Walter Repetzky: History of the reserve battalion of the Brandenburg hunters (reserve hunter battalion No. 3). Verlag Tradition Wilhelm Kolk, Berlin 1929.
  • Claus-Just von Lattdorf: War history of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 (Jäger Storm Battalion No. 3) 1914–1918. Verlag Deutscher Jäger-Bund, Berlin 1940.
  • Otto Rasch: The Lübben hunters. In: Lübbener Heimatkalender 2000. Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 1999, pp. 42–53.
  • Otto Rasch: Lübben from 1743 to 1993. 250 years of garrison town. In: Festschrift 850 Years of Lübben 1150–2000. Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 1999, ISBN 3-929600-17-X , pp. 146-149.
  • Garrison town Lübben. In: Klaus Neitmann , Kathrin Schröder, Kärstin Weirauch: “Has been the ornament of the country”. Lübben (Spreewald) in the mirror of archival sources (= individual publication of the Brandenburg State Main Archives, Volume 2). be.bra-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-937233-28-8 , pp. 169-172.
  • Joachim Schobeß (Author), Volker Schobeß (Editor): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3. 1743–1945. 200 years of the military town of Lübben in the Spreewald. A troop and local history show. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86464-020-9 .

Web links

Commons : Brandenburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 3  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig von Kusserow: History of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 and the Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4 from 1815 to 1865. Verlag von A. Bath, Berlin 1865, p. 1 f.
  2. ↑ Joachim Schobeß (author), Volker Schobeß (ed.): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 1743–1945. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, p. 145.
  3. ↑ a b c Joachim Schobeß (author), Volker Schobeß (ed.): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 1743–1945. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, p. 103.
  4. ^ Carl Friedrich Gumtau: Hunters and Riflemen of the Prussian Army. Third part, In Commission ES Mittler, Berlin 1838, pp. 20-25 .
  5. ^ JG Droysen, Hans David L. York (Count of Wartenburg): The life of Field Marshal Count York of Wartenburg. Volume I. Verlag von Veit und Co, Berlin 1851, p. 155 .
  6. ↑ Joachim Schobeß (author), Volker Schobeß (ed.): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 1743–1945. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, p. 50.
  7. ↑ a b c Otto Rasch: Lübbener Jäger - a walk through history. In: Lübben - a gem of Niederlausitz . Stadtverwaltung Lübben (ed.), Heimat-Verlag, Lübben 1993, ISBN 3-929600-04-8 , pp. 46-50.
  8. ↑ a b c d Axel Pinkow: Lübben. Historical postcards in words and pictures. Self-published, Königs Wusterhausen 1999.
  9. ↑ War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1913. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913, p. 325, p. 332.
  10. ↑ War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 340.
  11. ↑ Martin Lezius: Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Military publishing house, Leipzig 1927, p. 78, p. 175 f.
  12. ^ Friedrich Müller: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 (= memorial sheets of German regiments, volume 34). Publishing house by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg i. O. and Berlin 1922, p. 50 .
  13. ↑ Joachim Schobeß (author), Volker Schobeß (ed.): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 1743–1945. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, pp. 122–126.
  14. ^ Friedrich Müller: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 (= memorial sheets of German regiments, volume 34). Publishing house by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg i. O. and Berlin 1922, p. 51 .
  15. ^ Friedrich Müller: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 (= memorial sheets of German regiments, volume 34). Publishing house by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg i. O. and Berlin 1922, p. 59 .
  16. ^ Friedrich Müller: Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 (= memorial sheets of German regiments, volume 34). Publishing house by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg i. Cit. And Berlin 1922, p. 117 ff .
  17. ↑ Joachim Schobeß (author), Volker Schobeß (ed.): Die Lübbener Jäger. The Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 1743–1945. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, p. 108.
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