Royal Bavarian 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment

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The 2nd foot artillery regiment was an association of the foot artillery brigade of the Bavarian Army .

history

According to the ordinance of October 17, 1872, the artillery of the Bavarian Army was separated into field and foot artillery regiments on January 1, 1873. That date was dressing from the Fortress departments of the 2nd and 4th Field Artillery Regiment formed. It is initially divided into two battalions of four companies . On October 1, 1893, the III. Battalion was formed and the companies renamed Batteries on December 11, 1908 .

The last peace stations of the regiment were Metz (staff, 1st and 3rd battalion) and Germersheim (2nd battalion).

Whereabouts

After the end of the war , the remnants of the regiment were demobilized and finally disbanded in February 1919.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was taken over by the 2nd battery of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Würzburg by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 . In the Wehrmacht , the tradition was continued by the I. Division of Artillery Regiment 53 in Ansbach.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Franz von Stengel 0January 1, 1873 to November 26, 1876
Colonel Karl Theodor von Sauer November 27, 1876 to November 1, 1882
Colonel Theodor of Zu Rhein 0November 2, 1882 to July 28, 1886
Colonel Karl Kriebel July 29, 1886 to April 18, 1889
Colonel Eugen Gullmann April 19, 1889 to January 6, 1892
Colonel Alfred Schönninger 0January 7, 1892 to January 11, 1894
Colonel Robert Millauer January 12, 1894 to October 17, 1896
Colonel Otto split tanner October 18, 1896 to August 11, 1898
Colonel Karl Oelhafen von Schöllenbach August 12, 1898 to March 2, 1900
Colonel Ludwig Schleicher 0March 3, 1900 to February 15, 1902
Colonel Franz Murmann February 16, 1902 to August 10, 1903
Colonel Albert Löll August 11, 1903 to August 14, 1906
Colonel Viktor Auer August 15, 1906 to February 21, 1907
Colonel Ludwig Mayer February 22, 1907 to April 23, 1909
Colonel Georg Rupp April 24, 1909 to June 24, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hermann Beeg June 25, 1911 to March 22, 1912
major Friedrich Jung March 23, 1912 to March 11, 1913
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Franz Kemmer March 12, 1913 to November 13, 1916
major Richard Bruhn November 14, 1916 to August 26, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Ernst Zimmermann August 27, 1918 to January 1919
Colonel Julius miss January 1919

literature

  • Bavarian War Ministry (ed.): Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1911. S. IC.
  • Franz Hörenz: History of the Royal Bavarian 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment and its main departments. Self-published by the regiment, Metz 1906.
  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume 1, Chr.Belser AG Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Romain Wagner: L'artillerie à pied bavaroise de Metz, 1873-1918. Self-published, Hettange-Grande 2008, ISBN 978-2-9527697-2-3 .

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 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. 455f.