Field artillery regiment "King Karl" (1st Württembergisches) No. 13

Field Artillery Regiment King Karl (1st Württembergisches) No. 13
active	1873 to 1919
Country	Kingdom of Württemberg
Armed forces	Württemberg Army
Branch of service	artillery
Type	Artillery Regiment
structure	See outline
Location	See garrisons
management
Commanders	See list of commanders

The field artillery regiment King Karl (1st Württembergisches) No. 13 was an artillery association of the Württemberg army .

history

The regiment was provisionally set up on December 22, 1873 (Foundation Day) as Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 13 (corps artillery). On July 6, 1874, the 1st Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 13 was finally established. On 25 June 1889, King appointed Karl von Württemberg for a regiment and the Association resulted from that day until the dissolution of the designation Field Artillery Regiment King Karl (1. Württembergisches) No.. 13

Garrisons

Upper Danube Bastion (artillery barracks) in Ulm around 1900

The regiment was stationed in the Upper Danube Bastion (artillery barracks) in Ulm from 1874 . Parts of the regiment were also in the Deutschhaus barracks. The IV. Department, stationed in Ludwigsburg in 1893 , relocated to the newly built field artillery or Taubenheim barracks in Cannstatt in 1896 . There it was renamed to II. Department in 1899.

German War 1866

During the German War , the regiment fought against the Prussians as part of the 1st Division near Tauberbischofsheim , Gerchsheim and Würzburg.

Franco-German War 1870/71

During the war against France , the regiment initially took part in the battle of Wörth . On September 8, 1870, the 2nd, 3rd and 6th batteries were used in the bombardment of Lichtenberg . When closed, the regiment fought on September 1, 1870 at Sedan and from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871, during the enclosure and siege of Paris .

First World War 1914/18

The regiment was deployed on the Western and Eastern Fronts and in the Balkans during the First World War .

• 1914 Belgium, France
• 1915 Russia (today Poland), Austria-Hungary (today Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus), Serbia
• 1916 Belgium, France, Belgium, France
• 1917 France
• 1918 France

Whereabouts

After the Compiègne armistice , the remnants of the regiment marched back home. The association was demobilized in Stuttgart at the end of December 1918 and finally dissolved in September 1919. Two volunteer formations were formed from parts .

The tradition in the Reichswehr was taken over by the 8th battery of the 5th Artillery Regiment in Ludwigsburg by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt . In the Wehrmacht, the regimental staff and the 2nd battalion of Artillery Regiment 5 in Ulm continued the tradition.

organization

Association membership

From 1873 to 1888 the regiment belonged to the 13th Artillery Brigade (Kgl. Württ.) And then from 1888 to 1899 to the renamed 13th Field Artillery Brigade (Kgl. Württ.). In 1899 it was subordinated to the 27th Field Artillery Brigade and thus became part of the 27th Division . In December 1914 it was placed under the 25th Reserve Division , but then returned to the 27th Division in December 1915. In March 1917, the association left the division and was directly subordinated to the army field artillery. From January 25, 1918 to December 1918, the regiment was again under the 27th Division (2. Kgl. Württ.).

structure

When it was set up in 1873, the regiment consisted of two divisions , each with three batteries . In 1881 the departments were expanded by a fourth battery each by taking over the 4th battery of the 2nd Württ. Field Artillery Regiment No. 29, Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and a new battery set up at the regiment. In 1887 a 9th battery was set up, and the regiment was reclassified into three divisions of three batteries each. In 1890 the regiment gave its 4th battery to the 2nd Württ. Field Artillery Regiment No. 29, Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria, to set up his 4th division and instead formed a new 4th battery. In 1893 the 8th battery of the 2nd Württ. Field Artillery Regiment No. 29 and two batteries newly set up in the regiment were formed into a 4th Division. On October 1, 1896, the IV. Department moved to Cannstatt. In 1899 the II. And III. Division of the regiment handed over to the 3rd Württ. Field Artillery Regiment No. 49 for reorganization , and the previous IV. Division now became the II. Division. On February 20, 1917 there was a reclassification and the establishment of a III. Department.

August 1914

• Regimental staff
• Staff I. Department with 1st, 2nd, 3rd battery and light ammunition column I.
• Staff II. Division with 4th, 5th, 6th battery and light ammunition column II

March 1918

• Regimental staff
• Staff I. Department with 1st, 2nd, 3rd battery and light ammunition column 252
• Staff II. Division with 4th, 5th, 6th battery and light ammunition column 345
• Staff III. Section with 7th, 8th, 9th battery and light ammunition column 343

Regimental owners and chiefs

Rank	Surname	date
	King Karl of Württemberg	June 25, 1889 to October 6, 1891
	King Wilhelm II of Württemberg	December 23, 1891 to 1919

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Colonel	Hermann von Sick	1870
Colonel	Anton von Marchtaler	0March 4, 1872 to July 7, 1873
Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	Wilhelm von Lenz	December 25, 1873 to March 4, 1877
Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	Alaric von Gleich	0March 5, 1877 to September 26, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	Hermann von Fack	September 27, 1883 to May 25, 1888
Prussia. Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	Wilhelm von Nippold	May 26, 1888 to January 16, 1891
Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	Alfred von Dalbenden	January 17, 1891 to February 13, 1895
Prussia. Lieutenant Colonel Colonel	August Hüger	February 14, 1895 to June 16, 1897
Prussia. Colonel	Robert Koehne	June 17, 1897 to August 30, 1899
Prussia. Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Georg Heer	0October 1, 1899 to June 17, 1903
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	George of Logan	June 18, 1903 to May 21, 1909
Colonel	Karl von Kinzelbach	May 22, 1909 to May 16, 1910
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Wilhelm von Lotterer	May 17, 1910 to May 1, 1914
Lieutenant colonel	Count Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels	0May 2 to December 7, 1914
Lieutenant colonel	Richard von Haldenwang	December 12, 1914 to August 6, 1916
major	Hugo Breyer	0August 7, 1916 to January 18, 1917
major	Theodor Wollaib	January 19, 1917 to December 19, 1918
Colonel	Kurt von Watter	December 20, 1918 to September 17, 1919

Armament and equipment

Armpit flap of the field artillery regiment King Karl (1st Württ.) No. 13

Main armament

In 1874 the regiment was equipped with the C 73 cannon . In the course of the First World War, the conversion to the field cannon 96 a. A. Until 1914, the regiment was equipped exclusively with cannons; only during the war did the II. division receive field howitzers. At the turn of the year 1917/18, the 1st and 2nd divisions were converted: the 1st, 2nd and 6th batteries received the field cannon 16 and the 3rd, 4th and 5th batteries the light field howitzer 16 .

References

swell

• Main State Archives Stuttgart, holdings M 170, M 413, M 433/1, M 433/2, M 449, M 518.

literature

• Hans-Joachim Harder: Military history handbook Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009856-X .
• Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1, Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 , pp. 189–190.
• Royal War Ministry (Ed.): Military Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg, large edition, as of May 6, 1913. Stuttgart 1913.
• Hermann Pantlen : The Württemberg field artillery regiment King Karl (1. Württ.) No. 13 in the World War 1914-1918 . Belser, Stuttgart 1928. (Volume 43 from the series The Württemberg Regiments in World War I )
• Otto Rothermundt: With the Württembergians into enemy territory! First war experiences in France (Mein Vaterland. German youth books for the care of patriotic love, 25). 1915.
• Compiled by members of the regiment: The field artillery regiment "King Karl" (1st Württ.) No. 13 in the 1914–1918 war. (Photo book), undated

Web links

• Regiment casualty list

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 237.
2. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . Pp. 237-239.