General Inspection of Artillery
The General Inspection of Artillery was a military authority of the Prussian Army .
history
The General Inspection of the Artillery was created by cabinet order of August 8, 1808 as the "Brigade Command of the Artillery" based in Berlin . The Prussian, Brandenburg and Silesian Artillery Brigade were initially subordinate to it. On February 29, 1816, the authority was renamed "General Command of Artillery" and the three previous brigade chiefs were given the command of two to three artillery brigades, whose commanders carried the functional title of brigadiers. On September 13, 1820, the general command was renamed “General Inspection of Artillery”. The previous brigade chiefs became inspectors of the subordinate inspections of the artillery:
- 1st artillery inspection in Berlin
- 2. Artillery inspection in Wroclaw
- 3rd artillery inspection in Koblenz
On September 13, 1839, a 4th Artillery Inspection based in Stettin was created, which was given the No. 1. The previous 1st, 2nd and 3rd artillery inspections now took the numbers 2nd, 3rd and 4th and formed from this point on as follows:
- 1st artillery inspection in Szczecin
- 1st Artillery Brigade
- 2nd Artillery Brigade
- 2nd artillery inspection in Berlin
- Guard Artillery Brigade
- 3rd Artillery Brigade
- 4th Artillery Brigade
- 3. Artillery inspection in Wroclaw
- 5th Artillery Brigade
- 6th Artillery Brigade
- 4. Artillery inspection in Koblenz
- 7th Artillery Brigade
- 8th Artillery Brigade
From March 19, 1850 to June 29, 1860 and from June 16, 1864, the brigades were called regiments . On this date, the brigades received the rank of brigades for other weapons ( infantry / cavalry ).
In the course of the separation of the field and foot artillery, the General Inspection of the Artillery was established on March 30, 1887 from the General Inspection of the Artillery, which had existed until then , and the authority was renamed the General Inspection of the Field Artillery. This was abolished on March 14, 1889 and the field artillery brigades were directly subordinate to the General Command.
The task of the General Inspectorate was to manage the business and personnel affairs of the artillery as well as to supervise training and further training in weapons.
At the head of the authority stood the General Inspector of Artillery with the rank and fees of a Commanding General . He was directly subordinate to the Prussian king and curator of the United Artillery and Engineering School .
General inspectors
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Major General / Lieutenant General / Infantry General | August of Prussia | August 8, 1808 to July 19, 1843 |
| Major General / Lieutenant General | Adalbert of Prussia | July 31, 1843 to March 29, 1854 |
| Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry | Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Hahn | March 30, 1854 to December 19, 1864 |
| general | Gustav Eduard von Hindersin | December 20, 1864 to January 25, 1872 |
| Lieutenant General / General of the Cavalry | Theophil von Podbielski | February 3, 1872 to October 31, 1879 |
| Lieutenant General | Hans von Bülow | November 6, 1879 to December 11, 1882 |
| General of the Infantry / General of the Artillery | Julius von Voigts-Rhetz | December 12, 1882 to March 30, 1889 |
literature
- Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, pp. 799–801.
- Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914. Fourth volume, Verlag Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1929, pp. 137–140, 273–275.
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 , pp. 472-473.