Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14

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Grand Ducal Mecklenburg
Jäger Battalion No. 14

Hunter No. 14 copy.jpg
active June 1, 1821 to March 1919
Country Mecklenburg Arms.svg Mecklenburg
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service Hunter
Type battalion
structure See outline
Insinuation See submission
Location See locations
march See battalion march
Anniversaries Foundation Day June 1, 1821
Battles and skirmishes See mission history
management
Commanders See commanders

The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Rifle Battalion. 14 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

Trunk and formation

Mecklenburg hunters

The parent battalion was on 1 June 1821 as lightest infantry - battalion built. The establishment was a consequence of the creation of the federal army . The battalion was largely formed from contributions from the 4th Company of the Grenadier Guard Battalion . At that time the battalion had a strength of 17 officers and 325 men, 135 of whom were on leave. In 1823 the 2nd Company was disbanded and divided between the two remaining companies. The companies from then on had a strength of 193 men each.

In 1845 the battalion was increased by two more companies. The increase was due to the maneuver of the 10th Federal Corps and the experience gained from it in September 1843. The battalion now comprised the 1st and 4th Jäger companies and the 2nd and 3rd rifle companies.

In 1850, the light infantry battalion became the "Mecklenburg-Schwerin Light Battalion". However, on October 24, 1857, the battalion was disbanded. The hunter companies of the light battalion then formed the trunk for the newly formed hunter battalion.

The newly formed Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion was divided into two companies and had a strength of 351 men.

The formation of the North German Confederation in 1867 was accompanied by fundamental military restructuring. In this context, the Mecklenburg associations occurred in the same year the IX. Prussian Army Corps . The battalion was now incorporated into the Prussian army and took over their numbering. Subsequently the battalion was increased by two companies and was thus again divided from four companies. Together with the other Mecklenburg regiments from then on it formed the Mecklenburg 34th Infantry Brigade . The Mecklenburg regiments and the Jäger Battalion No. 14 were also given the suffix “Grand Ducal Mecklenburg”. Likewise, the fitting of the headgear continued to show the Mecklenburg state coat of arms and the cockade the state colors.

On October 1, 1867, the battalion was given the name "Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14".

On July 24, 1868, Mecklenburg-Schwerin concluded another military convention with Prussia which regulated the transfer of Mecklenburg officers to the Prussian army. On September 11, 1868, the 17th Division therefore held a parade in front of King Wilhelm I in Groß Rogahn , which symbolically sealed the entry of the Mecklenburg officers into the Prussian army.

Further organizational changes followed in 1869. With effect from February 4, 1869, the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 was placed under the "Inspection of Hunters and Riflemen". With this, the battalion left the association of the 34th Infantry Brigade and was now under the direct command of the General Command.

In 1872 another military convention was concluded with Prussia, which came into force on January 1, 1873. In Article 9 of the Convention, the Mecklenburg military units continued to be given the name “Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisch”.

In 1890 the military necessity arose to relocate the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 to Colmar in Alsace . In the course of the transfer, the battalion joined the XVI. Army Corps .

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 October 1, 1902, the Mecklenburg battalion was assigned the newly established machine gun division No. 9, which remained in the association until autumn 1912 and was then dissolved.

On October 1, 1913, further important changes took place within the battalion association. These had a direct influence on the combat strength and mobility of the battalion. On that day a machine gun company and a cycling company were set up. The former comprised four officers and 71 men who were equipped with six machine guns. The cycling company, however, had a team of three officers and 113 men. It should remain the last major changes in peacetime.

In the course of the mobilization on August 2, 1914 , a replacement department was set up in Heidelberg, which was divided into two companies. On March 15, 1915, the second replacement department was set up in Heidelberg. The replacement departments should cover future recruitment needs. From the 1st replacement department, the replacement battalion of Jäger Battalion No. 14 was finally formed in September 1917. The 2nd replacement department was disbanded the following month, and its inventory was added to the replacement battalion.

In 1915 the battalion was increased by a cycling company, a machine gun company and a mine throwing company. The resulting new structure lasted until the end of the war.

garrison

Locations

Location Period
Schwerin June 1821 to August 1863
Ludwigslust August 1863 to October 1867
Schwerin October 1867 to April 1890
Colmar April 1890 to November 1918
Wismar March 1919 until dissolution

District houses and barracks

Werder barracks , quarters house No. III, then team house No. III
Jäger barracks in Colmar around 1900

The soldiers of the battalion were housed decentrally in the early years. Municipalities and cities were required by state law to provide the soldiers with quarters in return for compensation. This only changed in the 1860s, when the decision was made to build quarter houses. For the hunters in the Ludwigslust garrison, the former building of the grand ducal teachers' college at Kanalstrasse 26 (today's Fritz Reuter primary school ) was converted into a district house. The classicistic building was erected in 1829 under the direction of master builder Georg Groß. The canal barracks or barracks III. named building was taken over by the 1st Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 17 after the hunters left Ludwigslust .

Relocated to Schwerin again, the Jägerbataillon moved into Quartiershaus III in 1872. at the Güstrower Tor opposite the Neustädter Friedhof , today's Werderstrasse .

In 1890 the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 had to leave its previous garrison in Schwerin. From then on, the battalion garrisoned in Colmar in Alsace and remained there until the end of the First World War . Since the German troops had to evacuate Alsace in November 1918, the battalion Wismar was assigned as a new location. The Mecklenburg hunters remained in their new garrison until the battalion was dissolved.

Parade and shooting ranges

In the middle of the 19th century, the hunters practiced on a parade ground north of the Schwerin Paulskirche. Her parade house, which was later moved to Ludwigslust, was also located there. The hunters had their shooting range, which had twelve shooting lanes, in Schwerin Werderholz.

During their garrison in Ludwigslust, the so-called “paddock” was available to the hunters as a practice area. The area was located between the Patronenhaus, the old forester's house and the then Grand Ducal Kitchen Garden. They received their swimming training in the swimming facility on the canal, which was located behind the hereditary grand ducal stables.

Officers' mess

Like all officers of the Schwerin military units, the officers of the light infantry battalion or hunter battalion also used the officers' dining establishment in Schloßstraße, which opened in 1850 . This remained so until the relocation to Ludwigslust, where the hunter officers used the same premises. With the relocation to Schwerin in 1867, the officers again had the opportunity to come to the common officers' mess. Due to the increase in the officer corps, however, there was an increasing lack of space, so from 1868 the hunters had to rent the Schwerin "Hotel du Nord". It was not until 1882 that the Schwerin military administration was able to acquire a house for the hunters in Amtsstrasse, in which the officers' casino was subsequently set up. The casino in Amtsstrasse 7a remained in use by the battalion until the hunters were moved to Colmar.

Mission history

Use in the interior 1830/31

Schwerin Mint 1830

On September 18, 1830, there were sometimes violent unrest at the Schwerin Mint . On the orders of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I , the light infantry battalion was dispatched to the crackdown, which then proceeded with disproportionate severity using firearms. The actions of the infantrymen resulted in one death and several injured.

Border guard 1831

In order to prevent the introduction of cholera from Russia, parts of the light infantry battalion were also deployed at the borders. Their use was to last from summer 1831 to January 1832, but without achieving the desired effect.

Schleswig-Holstein survey 1848

After the march out on April 14, 1848, the combined detachment of the battalion commanded by Captain Count von Oeynhausen - like the other Mecklenburg troops - gathered in Rendsburg . Then the battalion took part in the association of the 3rd Infantry Brigade (Braunschweig) in the battles and skirmishes of the campaign. In June the battalion received reinforcements again and from that point on was led by Lieutenant Colonel von Nussbaum. After the end of the fighting, the battalion returned to Mecklenburg on September 4th.

Battle calendar

  • April 24th - Battle at Billschau Krug
  • May 28 and 29 - Battle near Nübel

Use in the interior of the country in 1848

Use in goods u. Torgelow

At the end of May 1848 revolutionary unrest broke out in the area of ​​Torgelow and Waren. On May 25th, 200 hunters were dispatched to Waren and Torgelow to suppress the uprisings . The hunters here joined the contingent of the Mecklenburg musketeers and dragoons. The hunters remained in the area of ​​Torgelow and Waren until June 6th and then transferred to the Schleswig-Holstein theater of war as reinforcements.

Guard duty in Lübeck

At the request of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Mecklenburg sent troops to the city of Lübeck. They should strengthen the local troops and work together to ensure “peace and order”. The battalion entered the city on October 14, 1848. The Mecklenburgers performed their guard duty - without major incidents - until December 11th. After being replaced by the Mecklenburg Grenadiers, the 376-strong battalion finally left the Hanseatic city.

Baden Revolution 1849

Campaign 1849

In 1848/1849 Germany was hit by revolutionary unrest , as was the Grand Duchy of Baden . In order to end this militarily, the federal troops were deployed under Prussian leadership. These included the 1st and 4th Companies of the Light Infantry Battalion, which subsequently took part in the battles of the campaign.

Battle calendar

  • June 13th - Battle near Waldmichelsbach
  • June 16 - Battle of Greater Saxony
  • June 29th - Battle near Gernsbach
  • June 29th to July 8th - March from Gernsbach to Neustadt

Loss numbers in 1849

  • Fallen: 3 dead

Readiness for war 1859

Due to the acts of war in connection with the Sardinian War, the German Federal Army was also made ready for war. For the eventuality of mobilization, it was ordered on May 14, 1859 that the Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion with 10 officers, 25 NCOs, 7 minstrels, 250 hunters, 11 horses and 7 vehicles should move out. On the basis of the decree of July 2nd, those on long leave were also called up, who were released on July 19, 1859, because mobilization was no longer to be expected.

Coastal defense 1864

In the course of the war between the German Confederation and Denmark , the protection of the Mecklenburg coasts was also ordered. This measure was intended to prevent a possible landing by Danish troops.

On April 9, 1864, the Jäger battalion received the order to relieve parts of the "Grenadier Guard Battalion" that were in Warnemünde and Rostock . The mission was supposed to last until the end of May.

German War 1866

On June 21, 1866, the Mecklenburg associations were mobilized. The Jäger Battalion participated in the following campaign as part of the II Reserve Army Corps. After arriving in Leipzig, the march to Bayreuth and its occupation followed. The Jäger Battalion subsequently became involved in minor skirmishes and skirmishes.

After the armistice, the Mecklenburg hunters returned home. On September 24th, the 1st Company, which had previously been assigned to the ceremonial entry into Berlin, was finally demobilized.

Battle calendar

Loss numbers in 1866

  • Fallen: none

Franco-German War 1870/71

After the mobilization on July 16, 1870, Major von Gaza, part of the 17th Infantry Division, moved with his Jäger Battalion No. 14 for coastal protection to Hamburg, later to Wismar. The battalion did not move to France until the end of August. Once there, the 794-strong battalion took part in the following acts of war. The Mecklenburg hunters took part in the sieges of Metz , Toul and Paris and fought a total of 21 days of battle and engagement. The capture of a French field battery by the 1st Company at Beaugency and the storming of a hill with eight guns at Gidy by the 3rd and 4th Companies were remarkable . The battalion had its main day of action during the Battle of Loigny on December 2, 1870. On that day, the battalion lost 142 fighters to death or wounding.

After the end of the war and the armistice, he returned to Schwerin, where the Mecklenburg hunters arrived on June 14, 1871.

Fire attack on the quartermaker

Major of Gaza, battalion leader 1870/71

During the campaign, the French people also resisted by force. As a result, dragoons or hunters were usually ordered to hold back such movements or to take punitive measures, which in turn acted with disproportionate severity towards the civilian population.

The Mecklenburg hunters also had the task of protecting transports because they feared they could be attacked. In the early morning of September 28, 1870, some Mecklenburg hunters and dragoons were assigned to cover a quartermaker command. The quartermaker of the Jäger Battalion: Lieutenant von Levetzow, five Oberjäger and four Jäger, the mounted field pharmacist of the 9th Field Hospital and the quartermaker of the 1st Squadron of the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 18 joined the command. So the column of cars began to move. At the height of the forest of Aumont, shots suddenly rang out, a dragoons hurrying ahead was shot from a horse and the hunters who had jumped from the wagon were now also in the area of ​​the enemy fire. One hunter was killed, one seriously injured and others slightly injured during the skirmish . The hunters avoided a nearby house, also to care for the injured. Suddenly French men in civilian clothes approached the occupied house. The civilians were now suspected of being responsible for the previous fire attack and were subsequently arrested. Naturally, this raised the suspicion that the Mecklenburgers were not in combat with regular French troops. The 1st, 3rd and 4th Jäger companies, which had been called in to reinforce the field pharmacist on horseback, were searching the neighboring forest. The 4th Company then took up position on the eastern edge of the forest. One of their patrols arrested a man who was armed with a rifle and wanted to flee to a forester's house. The Mecklenburg lieutenant shot the alleged franc shooter who was responsible for the perpetrators. The forester's house was also burned down as a punitive measure and the prisoners were brought to the headquarters for interrogation. The fallen head hunter was buried the following day in the churchyard of Bienville. In the days that followed, those arrested were released again as nothing could be proven.

After this escalation, the Mecklenburg troops proceeded with particular caution. In contrast, there was the French population, who had to live in fear of unjustified suspicions and punitive measures.

Combat and mission calendar

Loss numbers 1870–71

  • Fallen: 66 dead
  • Illness (deceased): 27 dead

First World War 1914–1918

In July 1914, the Mecklenburg hunters were at the Bitsch military training area in the Vosges. There they received the order to mobilize.

Their first task was border protection, which they carried out until August 16, 1914. Then they fought in the war of movement on the Western Front . After the front froze, the grueling positional war also began for the hunters in the west. During the trench warfare - in January 1915 still subordinate to the 42nd Cavalry Brigade - and in the battles on December 21 and 22, 1915 at Hartmannsweilerkopf, the hunters suffered heavy losses. The battalion was removed from the fighting several times, but the Hartmannsweilerkopf remained - mostly in the association of the 12th Landwehr Division - the main area of ​​operation until February 1916. The Mecklenburgers remained on the Western Front until August 1916. After being transferred to the Eastern Front, the Mecklenburgers fought in the association of the 108th Infantry Division in the area of Galicia / Volhynia . From March 1918 the battalion then fought in the association of the Baltic Sea Division in Finland.

Hartmannsweilerkopf and Hilsenfirst

Vosges December 1915

The 956 meter high mountain summit was of strategic importance for the German side as well as for the French side. The subsequent attacks and counter-attacks led to high losses and brought the mountain the ominous name "man-eater mountain". In December 1914, the hunters of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 appeared for the first time on the local theater of war. The Jäger Battalion was subordinate to the Heidborn Cavalry Brigade at this time. The rest of the Mecklenburg hunters then arrived at Hartmannsweilerkopf in mid-January to take a position at strategically important points. As a result, on January 19, 1915, in cooperation with other German associations, they attacked the “Ringburg” of the French associations. The attack was only partially successful. The locking of the position "Jägertanne-Süd" was successful and the line "Hirzstein – Jägertanne-Süd" was successfully brought under German control. The following counterattacks - on January 20th - by the French could be repulsed thanks to the shooting skills of the Mecklenburg hunters. The cycling company was then covered in its positions by heavy artillery fire on January 27th and suffered significant losses, which were made up for by the immediate introduction of replacement teams.

In addition to the Mecklenburg hunters, the 2nd Battalion of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 fought for a few months at Hartmannsweilerkopf.

On March 23, the Jäger Battalion No. 14 was relieved from their positions - after eventful weeks of fighting - and transferred by train to Colmar, and later to Mühlheim. A short period of calm followed. Meanwhile, fierce fighting broke out on the Hartmannsweilerkopf, as a result of which French units conquered the summit of the Hartmannsweilerkopf on March 26th. Heavy rain and snow turned the battlefield into a mud desert.

The battalion arrived in Bollweiler on March 29th, with new replacements. On April 5th, some of the chief hunters and hunters were ordered to patrol the area of ​​the infantry regiment "von Lützow" (1st Rhenish) No. 25 and the 10th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 161 . There they were faced with a particular threat, the French snipers. As a countermeasure, the best riflemen of the Guard Jäger Battalion and Jäger Battalion No. 14 were selected and distributed at the front with rifles that were equipped with suitable optics.

At the end of April, the entire battalion received another order to move to the Hartmannsweilerkopf, where it arrived on April 29th. The Mecklenburg hunters were assigned to the 12th Landwehr Division there. In the positions of the 12th Landwehr Division, they operated as snipers and kept the enemy down.

On May 8th, the battalion was detached again and placed under the 8th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division as an army reserve, with quarters in Rufach . A replacement was then brought in to compensate for the losses suffered by the teams. This was followed in June by the deployment on Hilsenfirst and Barrenkopf. After this mission, the hunters were held as an army reserve in Rufach, where the battalion chief visited them.

In July 1915, the battalion fought again on Hilsenfirst, northwest of Metzeral and Sondernach . There it came to bitter hand-to-hand fighting, which led to numerous losses. After this mission, the battalion was again ordered to the Hartmannsweilerkopf. On August 22nd and 25th, the battalion released the Guard Jäger Battalion and Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 8 from their positions.

Under the leadership of Captain Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg, the battalion began an assault on French positions on September 9th. After the successful occupation of the positions, the counter-attacks by the French could - at least temporarily - be repulsed. The following weeks should also be marked by the grueling struggle.

On September 18, the Mecklenburgers were removed from their positions. The detachment turned out to be difficult because the artillery bombardment continued.

On the following September 29th, the hunters of the Guard-Jäger Battalion took over from the position known as the "Jew hat". Lieutenant Reuss and his 1st Bicyclist Company carried out a diversionary attack there on October 4th in order to cover up another undertaking.

Hartmannsweilerkopf battlefield

In mid-November the battalion went to its resting position in Bühl. Meanwhile, the MG company moved into quarters in Gebweiler. After a short period of silence, it was relocated to the Hartmannsweilerkopf.

Heavy fighting broke out there on December 21st and 22nd. In these battles the positions of the 1st and 4th companies of the Jäger Battalion No. 14 were overrun and the companies were almost completely wiped out. The remaining units of the Jäger Battalion No. 14 also had to withdraw from the fight and then marched to Gebweiler . From the remnants of the battalion only one company with a strength of 150 men could be formed, which was placed under the command of Lieutenant von Bornefeld. In addition, there was a part of the machine gun company, which had also survived the previous heavy fighting. The losses of the Mecklenburgers were devastating, over 800 men were killed or wounded.

On February 5, 1916, the Mecklenburg hunters left the combat area for good. The fight for the Hartmannsweilerkopf continued, however, and with it the senseless death on the German and French sides.

In Finnland

Finland campaign 1918
Landing of Aland Islands
Soldiers from the Åland expedition, including members of the battalion, on the deck of the liner SMS Westfalen on March 6, 1918

As a result of the Bolshevik revolutionary movement, violent unrest broke out in Finland on January 27, 1918. Its expansion was actively supported by Russian troops. However, parts of the population of Finland and the white protective corps put up a fight under the leadership of the former Russian General von Mannerheim . However, the opposing forces were not sufficient to carry out a really decisive military strike against the revolutionary forces. At this point the intervention of the German Empire was seen as necessary, with the benevolence of Ludendorff, who advocated intervention by German troops. So first the Jäger Battalion No. 27 was sent under the command of Captain Eduard Ausfeld. He crossed the frozen Gulf of Bothnia with his battalion in February and then marched into Vaasa . However, further efforts should be necessary in order to lead the company to success.

On February 22, 1918, the staff of the Baltic Sea Division was formed from the staff of the 12th Landwehr Division . As a result, the Baltic Sea Division was reorganized from available units from the Eastern Front , including the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14. The division now had a strength of about 12,000 men, which were later supported by the Navy and the Brandenstein division .

The German plan was to land in the small port of Rauma . However, this required prior protection. The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 was sent on March 5, 1918 to occupy the Åland Islands . The Mecklenburg hunters received support from Admiral Meurer's ships . The landing was delayed because of the pack ice in the landing area. It took the fleet association two attempts to reach the landing area. In the end the Jäger Battalion, a company from the Replacement Engineer Battalion No. 9 and a battery of light naval artillery were brought ashore, which then occupied the archipelago. Then the hunters were supposed to cross over to Abo ( Turku ) by sledge from the Åland Islands and take the place. During the advance on the islands of Nagu and Korpo , however, they were already involved in costly battles that made further advance impossible. Therefore, the hunters had to cross over to Ekenäs by ship on April 8th . This was followed by the fighting at Lahti - Tavastehus , in which the Jäger Battalion participated again, in support of the Brandenstein Landing Department . One month after the Baltic Division landed, the operational order could be fulfilled.

The revolution in Finland ended with Mannerheim's decisive victory at Wiborg . As a result of the victory there were numerous acts of revenge against the defeated. So supposedly Bolshevik sympathizers were interned under inhuman circumstances.

The Mecklenburgers remained in the association of the Baltic Sea Division until August 1918. The units of the division were entrusted with occupation tasks and they participated in the formation and training of Finnish military units. On September 13, 1918, the staff of the Baltic Sea Division received the designation "German General in Finland" and was directly subordinate to the Supreme Army Command . The mission finally ended in December 1918.

Battle calendar

Finland, on the advance from Hangö to Helsinki
Soldiers of the Baltic Sea Division in the armored train near Lahti, April 1918
1914
1915
  • June 14-21 - Battles at Hilsenfirst
  • 0July 1st to 03rd - Battles on Hilsenfirst
1916
  • until 0February 5th - battles at Hartmannsweilerkopf
    • January 17th to February 17th - Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • February 24th to March 25th - Border protection in Belgium against Holland
  • March 28th to June 30th - Trench warfare in French Flanders
  • 03rd to 28th July - Reconnaissance and demonstration skirmishes by the 6th Army in connection with the Battle of the Somme .
  • 0August 8-13 - Fighting east and north of Stanislau
  • August 13 to 25 - position battles on the Bystrzyca the Association of Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army .
  • August 31 to 0November 4 - Battle of Kovel
  • from 0November 5th - trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod
1917
  • until 0December 1st - trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
  • from 0December 2nd to 17th - ceasefire in the Volhynia war zone
  • from December 17 - armistice in the war zone Volhynia
1918
  • to January 25th - Armistice in the Volhynian war zone
  • 29 January to 22 February - transport via Zossen square
  • February 22nd to 0April 5th - Åland expedition and occupation
    • 0April 4 - Battle near Mielis (parts of 1st and 2nd MG company)
  • 0April 6th to December 16th - expedition in Finland

Whereabouts

The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 was demobilized after its return - on March 3, 1919 - in Wismar and subsequently disbanded.

Some of the hunters who remained in Wismar initially formed a volunteer association. Later he joined the provisional Reichswehr and was subsequently incorporated into the 9th Jäger Battalion, which in turn was part of the 9th Reichswehr Brigade. On June 26th, parts of the troops stationed in Wismar were ordered to Hamburg to take action against the angry population. Before leaving for Hamburg, however, there were clashes with local workers who tried to prevent the train from leaving. When they arrived in Hamburg, the hunters - along with other Reichswehr and Freikorp troops - violently intervened in the brawn riots . The violence resulted in numerous deaths. On July 25th, the hunters moved back to Wismar. They stayed there until the garrison was dissolved in late 1919.

Some former officers of the Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion continued to fight in Latvia. They served in Count Kanitz's volunteer battalion and in the 1st Courland Regiment of the Iron Division . The German soldiers staying in the Baltic States were finally asked to return home in November 1919 by the Reich government and the Mecklenburg State Ministry. Failure to do so could result in the soldiers being prosecuted for desertion and withdrawal of their German citizenship.

In peacetime

The years of peace were mostly used for intensive training and the improvement of tactics and organization. For the purpose of training, field maneuvers were ordered each autumn, followed by corps maneuvers and regular brigade exercise. The maneuvers and training courses took place since 1872 on the military training area of ​​IX. Army Corps in the Lockstedt camp . With the relocation to Colmar, there were also changes in relation to the military training areas, which from then on were located in Bitsch and Oberhofen in Alsace .

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

timeline

  • 1821 - Due to the lack of a training area, the newly established battalion drilled on the Schwerin goat market. While later the battalion drill took place on an area behind Tannenhof.
  • 1843 - The light infantry battalion received orders to take part in the maneuvers of the X Federal Army Corps near Lüneburg, which took place from September 24th to October 8th. On October 2nd, 3rd and 6th, the battalion was able to prove itself in field maneuvers. At the end a big parade was held.
  • 1846 - The entire Mecklenburg brigade met on September 7th on the practice area at Haselholze. The exercises continued until September 27th.
  • 1853 - The battalion took part in September - together with the other Mecklenburg associations - in the corps maneuvers of the Prussian Guard Corps and the III. Army Corps near Berlin.
  • 1857 - To celebrate the inauguration of the Residenzschloss Schwerin, the battalion was ordered to Schwerin. The celebrations lasted from May 24th to May 27th. On May 26th, the Mecklenburg troops met in the Old Garden. The next day the big parade was finally held, in the presence of the grand ducal family.
  • 1858 - The X. Army Federal Corps met on September 10 at Nordstemmen. The Mecklenburg hunters took part in these exercises, which lasted until September 24th.
  • 1866 - The 1st Company was assigned to Berlin for the move-in celebrations - on the occasion of the 1866 campaign. Here she will be quartered in Charlottenburg on September 8th and subsequently took part in the ceremonial entry of the troops. The company did not return to the barracks in Ludwigslust until September 23.
  • 1868 - On September 11, participating in the parade of the 17th Division at wholesale Rogahn that in the presence of the Prussian King Wilhelm I. took place.
  • 1870 - Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II held a parade on the Heiligengeistfeld in Hamburg on August 23 , the troops concentrated in and around Hamburg took part in it. The corps command was then opened to the troops.
  • 1897 - A delegation with the battalion flag was sent to Ludwigslust on April 21st for the funeral of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III.
  • 1909 - On September 11th, the battalion took part in the parade of the XIV Army Corps on Forchheimer Feld under the leadership of its battalion chief. This was followed by participation - in the association of "blue troops" of the XV. and XIV. Army Corps - at the Imperial Maneuver from September 13th to 17th near Karlsruhe.

organization

Insinuation

Schleswig-Holstein survey 1848

  • X. Federal Army Corps
    • I. Avant-garde
      • 3rd Infantry Brigade (Braunschweig)
        • combined division of the light infantry battalion (Mecklenburg)
        • two squadrons Dragoons (Mecklenburg)

German War 1866

  • II. Reserve Corps
    • 1st (Mecklenburg) Division
      • 1st Infantry Regiment
        • (I.) Grenadier Guard Battalion
        • II Battalion
      • 2nd Infantry Regiment
        • III. battalion
        • IV Battalion
      • Dragoon Regiment
      • Mecklenburg-Schwerin Jäger Battalion
      • Fusilier Battalion of the 4th Guards Regiment

Franco-German War 1870/71

Campaign 1870/71

Peace Time 1899

Mobilization August 1914

Structure of the 12th Landwehr Division

Hartmannsweilerkopf 1915

Eastern Front 1916/17

Finland venture 1918

Åland Detachment
  • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 (Major Freiherr Schenk zu Schweinsberg) (self-employed)
    • Division / Replacement Engineer Battalion No. 9
Brandenstein Detachment
  • Brandenstein Detachment
    • Cycle Battalion No. 5 (Captain von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff)
      • 1st cycling company of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 (Captain Schrader)
Baltic Division
  • Baltic Division
    • 95th Reserve Infantry Brigade
      • Magdeburg Hunter Battalion No. 4
      • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14
      • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 3
      • 1st and 2nd cycling company of the Jäger Battalion Fürst Bismarck (Pommersches) No. 2
      • 1st and 2nd cycling company of the Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4
      • Cycling company 11
  • Brandenstein Detachment
    • 5th Cycling Battalion (Captain von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff)
      • 1st cycling company of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 (Captain Schrader)

structure

1845

  • Light Infantry Battalion
    • Rod
      • 3 officers, 1 horn player, 1 clerk
    • 1st Jäger Company
      • 3 officers, 11 NCOs, 4 buglers, 64 hunters
    • 2nd Rifle Company
      • 4 officers, 14 NCOs, 4 buglers, 114 riflemen
    • 3rd Rifle Company
      • 3 officers, 14 NCOs, 4 buglers, 114 riflemen
    • 4th Jäger Company
      • 3 officers, 11 NCOs, 4 buglers, 67 hunters

1906

  • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14
    • 1st Company (Captain von Falkenhayn)
    • 2nd Company (Captain von Schwartz)
    • 3rd Company (Captain von Rex)
    • 4th Company (Captain Erck)
  • Machine gun department No. 9 (Captain Freiherr von Mülheim-Rechberg) (assigned since 1902)

1913-1918

Cyclists patrol
  • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14
    • 1st company
    • 2nd company
    • 3rd company
    • 4th company
    • 1. Cycling company
    • 2nd cycling company (from 1915)
    • 1st machine gun company
    • 2nd machine gun company (from 1915)
    • Mine thrower company (from 1915)

Finland venture 1918

  • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 (Major Freiherr Schenk zu Schweinsberg)
    • 1st Company (Captain d. R. Schweinfurth)
    • 2nd Company (First Lieutenant von Bülow)
    • 3rd Company (Lieutenant Koch)
    • 4th Company (Lieutenant d. R. Konrad)
    • 1st machine gun company (Lieutenant d. R. Hartmuth)
    • 2nd machine gun company (Lieutenant d. R. Hess)

Cycling companies

As early as 1906, the first experimental cycling department was set up in Poznan. Due to the positive experience, it was decided to use them as a report driver or for the patrol service. In 1913 the first cycling company was set up in the Mecklenburg battalion. As it turned out, they were ideal for educational work and for carrying out surprise attacks. Your mobility should also prove itself in the First World War.

In August 1916, the second cyclist companies of the hunter battalions were combined to form independent battalions.

Machine gun company

In 1913 a machine gun company was set up in the battalion. In the course of the war and out of necessity, a second machine-gun company was set up.

uniform

Tabard 1821

Light Battalion Uniform
Uniform before 1890
Tabard 1890–1899
Mecklenburg hunters

Officers

  • Uniform : Dark blue collets with green collars and lapels, buttonholes on the collar and lapels embroidered in silver.
  • Trousers : Dark gray pantaloons with red side stripes.
  • Headgear : Shako with cockade, storm band, golden lanyard and coat of arms.

Teams

  • Uniform : dark blue collets with green collars, lapels and armpit flaps, red piped with white buttons. Gray sleeve jacket with green armpit flaps, piped in red.
  • Trousers : light gray pantaloons.
  • Headgear : Shako with cockade, storm bands and green pompoms, green lanyard around the plume. In the field service with shako cover. Blue polo cap with green stripes and red stripes.

Rank badge

  • Officers: waist belt, sash in gold and national colors, silver epaulettes with a golden crescent moon, in the fields with horn.
  • Sergeant : armpit flaps with double silver braids, cuffs with single silver braids, golden portepee and standard.
  • Sergeants and staff hornist : silver braids, the staff hornist with silver swallow nests .
  • Corporal : armpit panels and cuffs bordered with white ribbon braids.
  • Private: Arm badges made of camel yarn.

Portepees of the riflemen, with red (1st company), blue (2nd company) and green (3rd company) tassels. NCOs and the horn player wore portepees without company color.

Tabard from 1845

From 1845, the Mecklenburg hunters wore blue tunics with a green collar, yellow buttons and Brandenburg cuffs , which were replaced by Swedish cuffs in 1883. The cuffs and collar were piped in ponceau red. In the 1860s, there were numerous changes in terms of uniforms and equipment. In 1864 the "Käppi" was introduced, which was replaced in 1868 by the Jäger-Tschako based on the Prussian model.

With the structural changes of 1867, the armpit flaps of the hunters and the epaulettes or shoulder pieces of the officers now bore the battalion number "14". The armpit flaps of the blue tunics were made of green cloth with a red protrusion. While the cloaks were provided with armpit flaps made of blue cloth and a green liner. Instead of the drill skirt, a long gray blouse was introduced. In the same year, the rank designation "Oberjäger" was introduced. The Oberjäger wore tress and green and gold tassels with gold tassels as badges of rank.

In 1890 the old blue tunics were finally replaced by green tunics based on the Prussian pattern. But with red facings, collars and armpits, the latter with yellow battalion number. In 1899, the light green lapels, armpit flaps and collars with red protrusions were reintroduced. This green tunic was awarded the silver embroidery on December 2, 1899 by the Duke Regent Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg .

In Mecklenburg-Schwerin, too, the colorful uniform skirt was about to be abolished. In 1909/10 the field-gray uniform was gradually introduced. The colorful uniform skirt had to give way to the field gray uniform model 1907/10.

Tabard 1908

  • Headgear : Dark green cap with light green trim, ponceau-red protrusions on the edge of the lid and on the edges of the trim. The shako, as a fitting, the twelve-pointed yellow star with the Mecklenburg coat of arms made of nickel silver . The officers' shakos were fitted with gilded scale chains, while those of the men were fitted with black leather chin straps. A black bush of hair was put on for the parade. From 1897 the Reich cockade (black-white-red) on the right and the state cockade (blue-red-yellow) on the left was attached to the shako. In the field service, the shako was worn with a reed-green cover.
  • Tabard : Of a dark green basic color with ponceau-red protrusions in the front and on the pocket strips. The collar is light green with ponceau-red protrusion at the top and bottom. The Swedish cuffs of light green color with ponceau red lugs. Light green armpit flaps with ponceau red advance and red battalion number, the swallow nests light green in color. White or silver braids with chapels on the tunic and the collar flaps of the Litewka . Two vertical strands on the cuffs of the tunic. Silver braids with pattern and nickel buttons. The waist strap with brass lock, on this the eight-pointed new silver star and the inset coat of arms.
  • Coat : Gray basic color with light green collar flaps, armpit flaps like those of a tunic. The collar flaps with double strands.
  • Trousers : Dark blue cloth trousers with ponceau-red lugs. Drill trousers made of white linen.
  • Footwear : the blackened infantry boots.

particularities

The field uniform differed in some details from those of the Prussian hunter battalions. The light green advances (grass green) were made of a lighter shade and the matt crown buttons were made of nickel.

Field uniform 1915

Tabard and field blouse from 1915

With the very highest cabinet order of September 21, 1915, there were fundamental changes to the uniforms for the last time.

The basic color of the tunic of the hunters was now gray-green, the coats of field gray. The collar on the tunic was light green with a red protrusion and double braid, the collar of the field blouse was gray-green with a collar tab. Swedish cuffs on the tunic light green with braids. The buttons on the tunic and blouse were of silver color. The armpit flaps on the tunic are light green with ponceau red protrusion, on the field blouse gray-green with light green protrusion, both marked with the red "14".

The field cap, gray-green with light green trimmings and ponceau-red protrusion on the trimmings, the protrusion on the lid of light green color. The state cockade and the Reich cockade were worn on the field cap.

The Mecklenburg hunters also kept the shako as headgear, initially made of leather. Due to a lack of material, however, these are then made from felt. Worn in the field service with a gray-green protective cover.

Boot trousers for officers with a tunic gray-green with light green piping , for men without piping. The trousers are also trimmed with leather due to the conditions of use.

The infantry boots, issued in their natural color when mobilized in August 1914. According to the decree of September 21, 1915, these had to be blackened. Furthermore, the hunters also wore the lace-up boot of the model 1901 (or successor models) with wrap gaiters. This footwear has proven itself particularly in the areas of use on the Hartmannsweilerkopf and in the Dolomites.

The leather belt, made of natural-colored or black leather with belt lock, made of brass or nickel, with the Mecklenburg coat of arms as a trim.

On the basis of the regulations of September 21, 1915, the Grand Ducal Schwerin regulations for changes to the uniforms of officers and men followed on May 18, 1916, these included necessary adjustments.

In February 1916, the German troops were equipped with the model 1916 steel safety helmet.

timeline

  • 1844 - With the brigade order of December 15, 1844, the French-style collets were abolished. From then on, tunics were worn based on the Prussian model. The upper skirts were also abolished. The officers were allowed to carry paletots .
  • 1847 - With the order of June 27, 1847, kepis based on the French model were introduced. The kepis made of cloth were also provided with a black bush of hair.
  • 1850 - The horns worn on the armpits fell away, as did the coats of arms on the shields of the saber paddock.
  • 1867 - The collars of the tunics were now rounded. Officers received Prussian armpit pieces that were interwoven in the national colors.
  • 1868 - Shakos based on the Prussian model are introduced.

Flags and awards

Flag from 1904

Flags

In June 1838 the Mecklenburg brigade met on the parade ground at Haselholze. There Grand Duke Paul Friedrich presented the “Light Infantry Battalion” with a flag on June 17th. The cloth of the flag was embroidered by Grand Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg and given to the battalion as a personal gift.

Due to the participation in the campaign in 1866, the battalion flag received the ribbon of the Prussian Memorial Cross with Swords in the autumn of the same year.

On June 13, 1871, the flag was awarded the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross, with the associated ribbons. The Iron Cross received the flag on April 11, 1872, as did the years of the campaigns in 1848, 1849, 1866 and 1870/71 on the flag cap.

After the parade on May 24th, 1881, the battalion's flag received an embroidered flag ribbon donated by the Grand Duchess.

In 1904 the "Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14" received a new flag. The festive nailing and consecration of the flag took place on August 22nd in the arms hall of Schwerin Castle.

Awards

  • 1845 - Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II presented the battalion with two honor rifles. They should be led by the best rifleman in the company.
  • 1873 - The Mecklenburg hunters received badger skin knapsacks as a gift from the Grand Duke.
  • 1881 - Friedrich Franz II. Allowed officers of the Jäger Battalion to wear the grand ducal name - framed by a silver oak wreath and with a golden crown - on the saber hilt.
  • 1909 - The Mecklenburg Jäger of the 4th Company won the shooting competition for officers and NCOs of the Corps of the Prussian Army. The hunters wore the emperor's badge on their right upper arm.
  • 1918 - The battalion chief donated a painting to the battalion. The picture showed a kneeling Mecklenburg hunter in his gray-green field uniform with the rifle at the ready. Below the illustration the contemporary dedication flanked by the ducal coat of arms: To the brave Mecklenburg hunters in memory of their heroic struggles for the freedom of our German fatherland, dedicated by their boss, Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg .

Battalion march

The battalion was presented as a presentation march by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. composed presentation march ( AMS I, 1a) awarded. The battalion received the Fridericus Rex Grenadier March (AMS II, no. 198) composed by Ferdinand Radeck (1828–1903) as a parade march.

On January 23, 1899, the battalion was awarded the Jägermarsch Waidmannsheil (AMS II, 265) composed by August Reckling as a parade march.

Armament and equipment

The hunters enjoyed very intensive training on firearms. This was particularly noticeable in the short time intervals between the target practice. This ensured that the battalion members had excellent command of their firearms. It was shot at distances of up to 600 meters - on the ground or hands-free.

With the introduction of the "shooting instructions for the infantry" in 1845, the riflemen received an authoritative regulation. There were separate regulations for the hunters, which regulated in particular the increased need for ammunition and the higher performance requirements. In 1852 the shooting instructions received some changes, mainly related to the target presentation.

Firearms

Rifle model 1898 with side gun
  • 1821 - The battalion is initially equipped with light infantry rifles and bayonets.
  • 1822 - Each company was equipped with 30 British rifles. Infantrymen who were equipped with these rifles were given the designation "hunters" from this point on.
  • 1842 - The rifle companies were equipped with French voltigeur rifles, while the hunters were equipped with percussion rifles .
  • 1857 - Equipped with Thouvenin hunter rifle system from the Suhl-based manufacturer "S & C".
  • 1864 - Equipped with the fusilier rifle model 1860 .
  • 1866 - Introduction of the model 1865 rifle .
  • 1873 - Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II had the Model 1871 rifle demonstrated to him on March 24th during shooting attempts at the Prussian infantry shooting school .
  • 1875 - Equipped with the model 1871 rifle.
  • 1886 - Purchase of rifles of the model 1871/84 (modification).
  • 1890 - Introduction of the Model 1888 infantry rifle .
  • 1904 - Launch of the Model 1898 rifle .
  • 1915 - The Gewehr 98 is equipped with the triple Goertz telescopic sight .
  • 1916 - The companies were each equipped with two long guns modified into sniper rifles.

Edged weapons

  • 1821 - The officers received sabers with a griffin head and steel scabbard. NCOs received the same saber , but without ornamentation .
  • 1874 - A waist strap with a sliding saber pocket was introduced.
  • 1880 - The saber with a curved blade and gold-plated handle is introduced. The bow head was decorated with a griffin.
  • 1881 - The hunter's catcher , brass handle , straight steel blade and leather sheath with fittings. This hunter was carried as a side gun and could not be planted.
  • 1888 - The short side rifle model 71/84 is introduced.
  • 1892 - Infantry saber Prussian model; the handle decorated with a griffin head and the crowned name "FF", which was framed by silver oak leaves. The saber was carried in a blackened steel scabbard. Sergeants carried the saber in a leather sheath with fittings.
  • 1892 - Reintroduction of the model 71 hunter catcher.
  • 1914 - Introduction of the SG 98/05 infantry side rifle.
  • 1916 - Equipped with the Demag dagger bayonet .

equipment

Equipment 1821

The knapsack from 1821 had white packing straps and black leather carrying straps. A wooden canteen and the powder horn were also part of the hunters' equipment. The black saber belt, the cartridge pouch bandolier and the black cartridge pouch with cover completed the equipment.

The horn players were equipped with the signal horn , which was decorated with a banderole.

Knapsack 1873

The knapsack, also known as the "badger", was made of black calfskin with a rug made of rough badger skin . The shoulder strap and cartridge pouch were made of black leather. The cookware, the cartridge pouch and the rolled gray coat could be strapped onto these knapsacks.

Equipment 1915

The knapsack model 1907/13 was covered with field gray canvas and had a back made of calfskin. Further items of equipment were the canteen model 1915 made of galvanized sheet steel with a field gray coating and the dinnerware model 1910. The hunter had the feldspade available for the fortification.

timeline

  • 1870 - Introduction of new knapsacks based on the Prussian model for officers of the infantry and the Jäger battalion.
  • 1872 - The old ammunition and packing carts were abolished and replaced by new packing carts. Each company received two cars.
  • 1875 - Schanzzeug was purchased, 200 small spades, 40 hatchets, 58 large spades and 18 pickaxes.

Battalion chief and commanders

Battalion Commander

The battalion chief, Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg
Major Schenck zu Schweinsberg, commander of the Jäger Battalion No. 14
Rank Surname date
General of the Infantry Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg 0April 8, 1901 to November 14, 1918

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig von Bilguer 0June 1, 1821 to April 4, 1840
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Karl von Sprewitz 0April 4, 1840 to July 1, 1845
major Ehrenreich von Nussbaum 0July 1, 1845 to September 19, 1852
major Gustav Wilhelm Oldenburg September 19, 1852 to April 1, 1856
Major / Lieutenant Colonel August by Bilguer 0April 1, 1856 to November 24, 1858
major Julius von Normann-Ehrenfels November 24, 1858 to October 1, 1860
major Vollrath von Bülow 0October 1, 1860 to June 26, 1863
major Otto von Lützow 0July 6, 1863 to March 25, 1866
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich von Klein March 27, 1866 to March 24, 1870
Lieutenant colonel Wilhelm of the East March 25, 1870 to July 24, 1870
major Francis of Gaza July 24, 1870 to March 29, 1871 (entrusted with the tour for the duration of the mobile relationship)
major Wenzeslaus Karl Georg von Paczinsky-Tenczin March 29, 1871 to April 16, 1874
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich von Strantz April 16, 1874 to November 18, 1883
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Viktor from Usedom November 19, 1883 to February 20, 1890
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Hans von Bonin February 20, 1890 to April 8, 1893
Lieutenant colonel Ulrich von Zanthier 0April 8, 1893 to March 31, 1897
major Friedrich von Cochenhausen March 31, 1897 to May 25, 1901
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Alwin Schmundt May 25, 1901 to March 21, 1907
Lieutenant colonel Emmo from Dewitz 0April 4, 1907 to March 23, 1911
Lieutenant colonel Eberhardt von Brandenstein March 23, 1911 to August 2, 1914
major Joachim von Schäffer 0August 2, 1914 to January 23, 1915
major Hans Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg January 23, 1915 to March 1919

À la suite

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant colonel Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg since December 8, 1857

tradition

The tradition in the Reichswehr was adopted by the 3rd Company of the 6th Infantry Regiment in Schwerin by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt on August 24, 1921 .

Former members of the battalion organized themselves in war clubs, the officers, however, in the "Officers Association of the former Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 e. V. ". Under the influence of the association, the “news sheet of the officer comradeship of the former Großh. Meckl. Jäger Battalions No. 14 e. V. ". On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14, the inauguration of the Jäger Memorial in Schwerin, the association organized the celebrations from May 31 to June 2, 1921.

In Mecklenburg, former members of the hunter battalions founded a total of 25 clubs, which in turn were organized in the "Mecklenburg Jägerbund". One of these clubs was the "Association of Former Riflemen and Hunters Boizenburg and Surroundings".

Memorial culture

Hunter's Monument Schwerin
Hunting monument Ludwigslust

Memorial to the campaigns of 1848/1849

On June 5, 1853, in the presence of the grand ducal family, the solemn unveiling and inauguration of the memorial for those who died in the campaigns of 1848 and 1849 took place on the hill - known as Monument Mountain - at the Haselholze parade ground. The monument consisted of a three meter high granite cube and the larger than life helmeted head of Mars, god of war. The granite base was surrounded by large field stones and was framed by a waist-high wrought iron fence.

There were memorial plaques on the visible surfaces. The first plaque was provided with the inscription Den Mecklenburg warriors who fell in Schleswig and Baden during the campaigns of 1848 and 1849 and their comrades . The second panel, on the other hand, showed the inscription It died the heroic death and the names of the 47 dead.

The memorial has not been preserved. The remaining remains were destroyed in 1971/73 in the course of the construction work for the Großer Dreesch residential area .

Hunter's monument on the Hartmannswillerkopf

The Jägerdenkmal on Hartmannswillerkopf was erected in 1915 on the orders of the section commander Major Kachel and was intended to commemorate the battalions of fighters there. Most of the battalions fighting there had memorial plaques attached to the hunters' monument.

In 1959 the hunting memorial, which was destroyed at the end of the Second World War, was rebuilt.

Hunters monument in Ludwigslust

On May 5, 1921, the ceremonial inauguration of the hunting memorial designed and modeled by Hugo Berwald on behalf of the Grand Duke took place in the Ludwigslust Palace Park . The war memorial shows a hunter's horn player charging forward, cast in bronze. On two separate steles, 74 names of Mecklenburg foresters who served in the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 and were killed are incorporated.

The abdicated Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV , a former hunter and a delegation from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment No. 14 took part in the inauguration .

Hunter memorial in Schwerin

The monument created by the sculptor Ernst Müller-Braunschweig was inaugurated on June 1, 1921. A bronze cast warrior was enthroned on the sandstone plinth, resting on his sword. In the faceplate there was the dedication In honor of our brave Mecklenburg hunters who fell in the 1914–1919 defensive battle . The inscription was crowned by the Mecklenburg coat of arms and partly framed by oak leaves. In the base of quarry stones were the memorial plaques, which reminded of the individual hunter companies. The monument was destroyed after 1945. The now heavily weathered faceplate with inscription has been preserved.

Jaegerstrasse

The street named in honor of the hunters was renamed the Great Waterway on July 25, 1950.

Known members of the battalion

  • Paul von Felbert (born November 9, 1894 in Wiesbaden, † February 3, 1973 ibid) Major General of the Wehrmacht , he joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 as an ensign in April 1912. With the rank of lieutenant he served during the First World War, among other things, as a company leader in the Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion. In December 1914 he was lightly wounded in the Vosges as a lieutenant in the 2nd company and seriously wounded in July 1915. In mid-June 1918 Paul von Felbert was promoted to first lieutenant. He later served in the Reichswehr and then in the Wehrmacht. He was promoted to major general on October 1, 1943. As the commander of Field Command 560 in Besançon , he was taken prisoner by the English in September 1944.
  • Fritz Ludwig Guderian (born October 2, 1890 in Kulm , † March 11, 1941 in Berlin-Zehlendorf), younger brother of Heinz Guderian , joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 as an ensign in 1909 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1910 . With the rank of first lieutenant, he served from August 2 to 28, 1914 as a battalion adjutant in the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14. Later Guderian served as an orderly officer in the Alpine Corps and was promoted to captain. From 1936 onwards he worked in the Reich Ministry of War and was then employed as a lieutenant colonel in the technical department of the Army General Staff .
  • Albert Mühlig-Hofmann (born January 19, 1886 in the Oberförsterei Grünheide near Posen , † May 17, 1980 in Heidelberg ) joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 in 1904 as a flag junior. In 1912 he was trained as a pilot. From May 1915 to July 1916 he was the leader of Feldflieger -teilung 38, after which he held administrative posts in the air force. Between June and November 1918 he took over the aviation department 219 (artillery). After the armistice he was head of Aviation Department 414 for a few months until he was dismissed from military service in January 1920 with the rank of major. From 1922 to July 1926, Mühlig-Hofmann was director of Rumpler Luftverkehrs AG, and from 1933 worked in the Reich Aviation Ministry. Received the military rank of lieutenant general in 1940.
  • Karl Ludwig Peppler (born July 1, 1897 in Hamburg, † unknown), head of the Office for Social Policy in the German Labor Front . Karl Peppler joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 in the spring of 1916 as a flag junior . He then took part in the fighting on the Eastern Front and in Finland. In March 1919 he was released from military service.

Reserve Association

Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 14

Captain Schneidewind

In August 1914 the “Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14” was set up in Colmar and Neu-Breisach. The tribe from Colmar - 2 officers and 35 hunters - organized the formation of the reserve unit, which was then commanded by Captain Schneidewind. The equipment, uniforms and armament corresponded to those of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14.

The battalion was initially subordinated to the 28th Reserve Division in 1914 . At first it took part in the fighting in the Vosges, then in the war of movement and position in northern France.

From the end of May 1915, the battalion - assigned to the Jäger Regiment No. 2 - fought in the association of the Alpine Corps on the Tyrolean Dolomite front . Its installation was ordered on May 15th. On the side of the Austrians, the Mecklenburgers remained in Tyrol until mid-October 1915. Even in this theater of war there were sometimes heavy losses. In the turn of the year 1915/16, the association moved to the Balkan front to fight there again alongside Austrian associations.

Until the end of the war, the Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14 continued to fight in the theaters of war on the western and south-eastern fronts. The battles of several months in Verdun in 1916 and that of the twelfth Isonzo battle - in the association of the 14th Army - in October 1917 should be noted here in particular . After the end of the war, the battalion in Pößneck was disbanded in November 1918.

Battle calendar 1914-18

Fighters of Reserve Battalion No. 14
1914
  • 0August 5th to 19th - Battles in the Vosges
  • August 20-22 - Battle of the central Vosges
  • August 22nd to September 14th - Battle of Nancy - Épinal
  • September 23 to October 6 - Battle of the Somme
  • 0October 7-10 - trench warfare west of St. Quentin
  • from October 10th - trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
1915
  • until January - trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
  • May 28th to October 13th - fights in Tyrol
  • October 13-20 - Relocation from Tyrol to the Serbian border
  • October 30th to November 28th - Campaign in Serbia
1916
  • April 12th to May 2nd - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0May 2nd to 28th - Reserve of the OHL
  • May 28th to September 9th - Battle of Verdun
  • 0September 9th to 15th - relocation to Romania
  • September 26-29 - Battle of Sibiu
  • September 30th to November 24th - Mountain fighting at the Rothen-Turm-Pass
  • November 25-30 - Chase battles near Curtea-de-Arges-Pitesti
  • November 29-30 - Pursuit battles near Campulung
  • 0December 1st to 3rd - Battle of the Arges
  • 0December 4-8 - Persecution after the Battle of the Arges
  • 0December 9-20 - Persecution fights against Jalomita-Prahova and Buzaul
  • December 21-27 - Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • from December 28th - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
1917
Deployment of the infantry of the Alpine Corps on October 24, 1917 on the Isonzo
  • until 3 January - pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • 0January 4th to 8th - Battle of the Putna
  • 0January 9 to March 31 - Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth
  • 0April 1 to May 15 - Reserve of the OHL
  • June 18 to July 22 - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • July 23rd to August 3rd - relocation to Romania
  • 0August 6th to September 6th - breakthrough battle against Putna and Susita
  • September 10th to 12th - relocation to South Tyrol
  • October 16-23 - Trench warfare on the Isonzo
  • October 24th to 27th - breakthrough through the Julian Alps
  • October 28th to November 3rd - Battle of Udine
  • 0November 4th to 11th - pursuit from Tagliamente to Piave
  • November 12th to December 16th - Mountain fighting in the Venetian Alps
1918
  • January 23-29 - Relocation to Lorraine for training
  • 0April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières
  • April 22-29 - Battle of the Kemmel
  • April 30 to May 7 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • 0August 9th to 31st - Defensive battle between Somme and Oise
  • 0September 3 to 7 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 8th to 25th - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • September 25-30 - relocation to the Balkan front
  • 0October 5th to 29th - withdrawal fighting in Macedonia and Serbia
  • October 29th to November 2nd - crossing over the Sava and Danube
  • 03rd to 5th November - securing of the Danube-Save-Line
  • November 9th - march back home

Loss numbers 1914-18

  • Officers: 31 dead
  • Oberjäger u. Hunter: 1,019 dead

Insinuation

August 1914

  • XIV. Reserve Corps
    • 28th Reserve Division
      • 56th Reserve Infantry Brigade
        • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 110
        • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 111
        • Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14
        • Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 8
        • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 29

May 1915

October 24, 1917

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Captain Cutting wind August 2, 1914 to October 7, 1914
major from Lattdorf November 6, 1914 to August 2, 1916
Captain Schaeffer August 2, 1914 to August 11, 1916
major Bieler August 11, 1916 to March 25, 1918
major Bergeré March 18, 1918 until demobilization

Known members of the battalion

Literature and Sources

literature

  • Robert Freiherr von Langermann-Erlenkamp: History of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14, Stillersche Hofbuchhandlung, Schwerin 1881.
  • Schweinsberg, Bornefeld, Wilamowitz-Moellendorff: The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 and the Mecklenburg cyclist companies of the Cyclist Battalion No. 5 in the World War. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1926.
  • Heinrich Feldmann: Our actions and trips: The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14 in World War 1914/18. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1929.
  • Rüdiger vd Goltz : My show in Finland and the Baltic States. Publisher by KF Köhler, Leipzig 1920, pp. 32–116.
  • Reichsarchiv Potsdam [Hrsg.]: The world war 1914 to 1918, the military operations on land. Volume I. to XIV. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1925–1944.
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  • Martin Lezius : Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published by the Reichsarchiv Potsdam and Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv, Militär-Verlag, Leipzig 1927, p. 24, p. 69, p. 77, p. 135, p. 180.

Printed sources

  • Klaus-Ulrich Keubke: No fame in the Münzstrasse in Schwerin. The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14. In: Mecklenburg-Magazin. No. 23 (1995). Landesverlags- u. Druckgesellschaft, Schwerin, p. 14.
  • Klaus-Ulrich Keubke: Against Danes, Mecklenburgers and Austrians. The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14. In: Mecklenburg-Magazin. No. 24 (1995). Landesverlags- u. Druckgesellschaft, Schwerin, p. 14.
  • Klaus-Ulrich Keubke: Before Paris and in Russia: the years 1867–1918. The Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14. In: Mecklenburg-Magazin. No. 25 (1995). Landesverlags- u. Druckgesellschaft, Schwerin, p. 14.

Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin
    • Inventory: (5.12-8 / 1) 1137, equipment of the Jäger battalion with ignition needle rifles : u. a. Report on the construction and accuracy of the ignition needle barrel model 63 (1864), running from 1862–1866.
    • Holdings: (5.12-8 / 1) 132, military department: u. a. Relocation of the Jäger Battalion No. 14 to Colmar in Alsace and incorporation into the XIV Army Corps on April 1, 1890, duration: 1867–1919.
    • Holdings: (5.12-8 / 1) 2220, military department: mobilization 1914, u. a. Replacement battalion Großherzoglich-Mecklenburgisches Jäger-Battalion No. 14 as a replacement part for the Großherzoglich-Mecklenburgische Cyclist Company No. 54., running from 1915–1916.

Web links

Commons : Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 14  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  8. ↑ Allocation according to the AKO of March 20, 1902.
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  11. ↑ LHAS inventory: (5.12-8 / 1) No. 2325, military department, establishment of an infantry barracks in the seminar building and officers' service apartments in Kanalstrasse in Ludwigslust for the Jäger Battalion, duration: 1858–1867.
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  24. ↑ Assigned to guide during mobile conditions. Lieutenant Colonel von der Osten took over the command of the infantry regiment "Bremen" (1st Hanseatic) No. 75 .
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  30. ^ Friedrich Westphal from Barlin (Dargun), Oberjäger in the 3rd Company.
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  47. ↑ Follow-up edition No. 26: Commentary by Wolfgang Neumann, on the order to demobilize in Wismar of the "Jäger Battalion No. 14" and “Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 14” and deployed in Hamburg.
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  105. ↑ in charge of the tour
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