Royal Bavarian 1st Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold"

Commemorative badge for the 100th anniversary of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment and the 24th anniversary of the 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1924

Greeting postcard from the 1st field artillery regiment “Prinzregent Luitpold”, 1914. Clearly visible, the epaulets with the regimental cipher: two intertwined “L” placed against each other.

The 1st field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold" was an artillery association of the Bavarian Army .

history

The regiment was established on October 11, 1824 and was part of the 1st Division . The first regiment owner was Prince Luitpold of Bavaria , who later became Prince Regent, from November 1, 1839 . The regiment's name was added as an addition. On June 23, 1916, ownership passed to Rupprecht von Bayern .

Together with the 7th Field Artillery Regiment , it formed the 1st Field Artillery Brigade from October 1900 . The place of peace for both regiments was Munich .

First World War

At the beginning of World War I , the regiment was used as part of the divisional artillery of the 1st Infantry Division in the 6th Army in the west . Further stations of the regiment in the course of the war are identical to those of the division.

Whereabouts

After the end of the war, the regiment marched back to Munich, where it was demobilized on December 22, 1918 and finally disbanded. The Hallberg People's Army Battery was formed from parts. With the formation of the Provisional Reichswehr, this became the 5th battery of the light Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 21.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was taken over by the 6th battery of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Würzburg by decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 . In the Wehrmacht , the 7th Artillery Regiment continued the tradition.

Commanders

Until 1872 the commanders used the designation Oberstkommandant.

Rank	Surname	date
	Karl von Zoller	October 11, 1824 to May 20, 1829
	Ignaz Göschl	May 21, 1828 to August 29, 1837
	Philipp Ernst Wagner	August 29, 1837 to December 24, 1841
	Nikolaus von Rudersheim	December 25, 1841 to October 30, 1845
	Johann Deyrer	October 31, 1845 to May 3, 1848
	Karl von Berchem	0May 4, 1848 to February 26, 1850
	Friedrich Schnizlein	February 27, 1850 to March 2, 1855
	Joseph Hütz	0March 3, 1855 to May 8, 1859
	Wilhelm von Brück	0May 9, 1859 to March 30, 1866
	Nepomuk Hiemer	March 31 to August 16, 1866
	Rudolph von der Tann-Rathsamhausen	August 17, 1866 to January 31, 1870
	Korbinian Halder	0February 1, 1870 to February 27, 1874
	Joseph Keller from Schleitheim	February 28, 1874 to August 12, 1879
	Theodor Kriebel	August 13, 1879 to March 1, 1881
Colonel	Viktor Gramich	0March 2, 1881 to September 11, 1883
	August du Jarrys from La Roche	September 12, 1883 to January 10, 1887
	Maximilian von Schuh	January 11, 1887 to March 7, 1889
	Maximilian von Lutz	0March 8 to December 11, 1889
	Theodor von Bomhard	December 12, 1889 to June 11, 1893
Colonel	Eugen von Keller	June 12, 1893 to March 30, 1895
Colonel	Albert Rutz	March 31, 1895 to December 24, 1897
	Maximilian Zerreiß	December 25, 1897 to May 11, 1898
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl von Endres	May 12, 1898 to February 21, 1900
	Johann Streck	March 22, 1900 to September 30, 1901
Colonel	Luitpold von Horn	0October 1, 1901 to March 8, 1903
	Edwin von Rauscher on Weeg	0March 9, 1903 to April 8, 1905
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	August Damboer	0April 9, 1905 to July 19, 1906
Colonel	Otto von Gyßling	July 20, 1906 to April 22, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Arnold Müller	April 23, 1911 to September 24, 1914
Lieutenant colonel	Franz von Bomhard	September 25, 1914 to July 11, 1917
Lieutenant colonel	Rudolf von Xylander	July 12, 1917 to March 17, 1918
Lieutenant colonel	Eugene Peringer	March 18 to December 20, 1918
Colonel	Karl Haushofer	December 21, 1918 to January 6, 1919
Lieutenant colonel	Franz von Bomhard	0January 7 to February 3, 1919

Regimental marches

Presentation March: Parade March of the Royal. Bayer. Grenadier Garde (AM I, 103) by Wilhelm Legrand. Parade march in step: Parade march No. 1 (AM III, 51) by Julius Möllendorf. Parade march at a trot: Trot march based on motifs from the ballet Giselle by Adolphe Charles Adam (AM III, 33) by Albert Lorenz. Parade march at a gallop: Leicht zu Fuß (Light Of Foot) by Carl Latann.

literature

Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1905.
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume 1, Chr.Belser AG Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930.
Rudolf Ritter von Xylander: History of the 1st field artillery regiment Prince Regent Luitpold. IV. Volume. 1911-1920 (= memorial sheets of German regiments. Bavarian Army . Volume 73 ). Schick, Munich 1931 ( digitized version of the Württemberg State Library ).
Joachim Toeche-Mittler: Army marches. Part II. Neckargemünd 1971, p. 129.

Web links

World War I death list (at www.denkmalprojekt.org)

Individual evidence

^ 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 active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery, pioneers, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic forces and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 437ff.

[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 active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery, pioneers, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic forces and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 437ff.