Royal Bavarian 11th Field Artillery Regiment

The 11th Field Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment of the Bavarian Army .

history

The regiment was established on October 1, 1901 with two departments consisting of five batteries at the Würzburg location . The regimental staff, the staff of the 1st division as well as the 1st and 2nd batteries were reorganized. The 2nd division with the 3rd and 4th batteries were taken from the 2nd field artillery regiment . It was not until 1912 that the regiment would reach its full strength of six batteries.

Initially, the regiment in Würzburg was housed in the Faulenberg barracks with the 2nd field artillery regiment. In 1907/08 the Mainau barracks were built on the left bank of the Main below the Luitpold Bridge, into which the regiment moved over the next few years. Today the III. Department of the Bavarian Riot Police (III. BPA) housed.

Together with the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, it formed the 4th Field Artillery Brigade , which was subordinate to the 4th Division .

First World War

The regiment made on August 2, 1914 mobile and participated in the border skirmishes and the Battle of Lorraine and the struggles against Nancy - Epinal part. On September 26, 1914, under the command of the 4th Infantry Division, the regiment was brought into position against the three French territorial divisions of General Brugère attacking in front of Bapaume and Albert and, through targeted, combined fire, played a significant role in the destruction of the French troops . This was followed by the battle of Ypres . On January 5, 1915 there were two guns each from the 4th and 6th batteries for the establishment of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 5 . In March and May 1915, the regiment was again affected by taxes. Two guns each of the 1st and 3rd batteries were ruled out for new setups. During the year the regiment took part in the spring and autumn battles at La Bassée and Arras and fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 . From the end of February to the end of June 1917, the regiment was directly subordinate to the 4th Infantry Division and was then with the Army Field Artillery until the end of the war. It took part in the trench warfare u. a. at the battles at Messines , Cambrai and around the Kemmelberg .

Whereabouts

After the Compiègne armistice , the remnants of the regiment marched back home. After the arrival, the I. and III. Department in Rimpar , the II. Department in Estenfeld from December 1, 1918 initially demobilized and the regiment dissolved on June 1, 1919. Various free formations were formed from parts . For example the 1st Volkswehr battery, also known as the Lutz battery, the Steinbauer volunteer battery and the 3rd Volkswehr battery. The first two units went into the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 23 of the Provisional Reichswehr .

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 1st battery of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Landsberg am Lech . In the Wehrmacht , the 2nd Division of Artillery Regiment 93 continued the tradition.

The Elferweg in Würzburg is named after the regiment.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant colonel	Alfred von Kesling	October 1st to 25th, 1901
Lieutenant colonel	Ludwig Steindel	October 26, 1901 to August 19, 1905
major	Philipp Buchler	August 20, 1905 to February 15, 1907
major	Konrad Krafft from Dellmensingen	February 16, 1907 to October 15, 1908
Lieutenant colonel	August Usselmann	October 16, 1908 to March 11, 1913
Lieutenant colonel	Ludwig Seeger	March 12, 1913 to January 11, 1917
major	Konstantin Dichtel	January 20, 1917 to January 25, 1919
Lieutenant colonel	Emil Beckh	January 26 to June 1, 1919

literature

Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume 1. Chr. Belser AG publishing house bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.
Otto von Waldenfels: The KB 11th field artillery regiment. (= Souvenir sheets of German regiments. Bavarian Army. Vol. 72). Fancy. Munich 1931.
Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Origin and development of the individual formations. Volume 11: Bavaria. Cavalry, artillery, technical troops. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984. ISBN 3-7648-1199-4 .

Individual evidence

^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1. Militaria Publishing House. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 . P. 515.
^ Hans Steidle: On the naming of a new district. P. 13.
^ 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. 450.

[Kraus-1] Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part IX: Field Artillery. Volume 1. Militaria Publishing House. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-15-1 . P. 515.

[2] Hans Steidle: On the naming of a new district. P. 13.

[3] 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. 450.