Royal Bavarian 8th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden"

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The 8th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden" was a regiment of the Bavarian Army .

history

The regiment was on October 1, 1753 according to the decree of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph under the name Pechmann Infantry for the Bavarian Army . From this a regiment of the Bavarian Army developed in the 19th century, which from April 26, 1901 was called the 8th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden" . During the Electoral Palatinate Bavarian period from 1778, the regiment was added to the newly created trunk list in 1790 as the 8th Line Infantry Regiment . The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1753/1 ( Electorate of Bavaria ) and 1778/11 ( Electorate of Bavaria ), Infantry Regiment No. 6 (Kur-Bayern).

In the 17th and 18th centuries the regiments only carried the name of the regiment holder .

After the Franco-Prussian War the regiment was an association of the 8th Infantry Brigade with a peacetime base in Metz (→ Metz Fortress ).

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War against Denmark 1849

During the war against Denmark , the regiment took part in the battle at Düppel on April 13, 1849 on the part of the German Confederation .

War against Prussia 1866

In the war against Prussia , the regiment fought on July 10th near Nüdlingen and on July 25th, 1866 near Helmstadt and Uettingen .

Franco-German War 1870/71

During the war against France, the regiment besieged the city and citadel of Bitsch . It was also involved in the enclosure and siege of Paris .

First World War

At the beginning of World War I , the regiment mobilized on August 2, 1914 and was deployed on the Western Front .

During the fighting at Arras the II. And III. Battalion wiped out on April 9, 1917 and set up again on April 25, 1917 by replacement teams.

Whereabouts

After the Compiègne armistice , the remnants of the regiment marched back home. After arriving in Bad Kissingen, the regiment was demobilized there on December 18, 1918 and finally disbanded in May 1919. Various free formations were formed from parts . In April 1919 a volunteer battalion with two companies was set up, which in June 1919 was absorbed into the II Battalion of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 45. In the same month the volunteer battalion Götz was formed. In June 1919 it became part of the 1st Battalion of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 45. The former regimental staff formed the staff of the Volunteer Rifle Regiment Leupold, which in June 1919 became the staff of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 46.

The tradition of the regiment in the Reichswehr was taken over by the 11th Company of the 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Bayreuth .

Regimental owner

Rank Surname date
Sergeant General Joseph von Pechmann September 17, 1753 to March 27, 1759
Major general Friedrich von Meinders March 28, 1759 to January 25, 1761
Colonel Christian von Herold January 26, 1761 to February 4, 1780
Max Joseph, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken February 5, 1780 to July 18, 1790
Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld July 19, 1790 to April 22, 1795
Pius, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld April 23, 1795 to August 2, 1837
vacant August 3, 1837 to November 28, 1838
Major general Georg von Seckendorff November 29, 1838 to May 19, 1855
vacant May 20, 1855 to December 3, 1869
Major general Siegmund von Pranckh December 4, 1869 to May 8, 1888
vacant May 9, 1888 to December 6, 1895
General of the Infantry Siegmund von Pranckh December 7, 1895 to April 25, 1901
Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden August 29, 1896 to May 1919

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel Hannappel until Sept. 28, 1914 (fallen)
Colonel from Rücker October 10, 1914 to April 22, 1917
major Anton Ritter von Löhr April 23, 1917 to May 1, 1918
major Oskar Vogel May 25 to August 26, 1918
major Farmer August 27, 1918 to the end

See also

literature

  • Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 . Pp. 441-442.
  • 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.
  • Döberlein: History of the Royal Bavarian 8th Infantry Regiment (vacant Pranckh). F. Rietsch printing and publishing house. Landshut 1895.
  • Günther Voigt: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Infantry Body Regiment, Infantry Regiments 1–23, Jäger Battalions 1–2, 1st Machine Gun Division. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1984. ISBN 3-7648-1199-4 .
  • Klaus Philippi: 8th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment Grand Duke Friedrich II. Of Baden and 2nd Bavarian Replacement Regiment - the Palatinate Landsturm man Karl Didion at the front in the west during World War I. Volume 1. Neopubli Verlag, Berlin 2018. ISBN 978-3-746755-79-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after Georg Tessin 1986. Volume 1: 78ff and 261ff.
  2. ↑ after Hans Bleckwenn
  3. ^ Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Bavarian War Ministry (Ed.) Munich 1905. S. LIX.

Remarks

  1. ↑ On December 7, 1895, Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria decided that the regiment had to use the name "Pranckh" again on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the war against France in 1870/71. Despite the transfer of ownership to Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden on August 29, 1896, the regiment only received his name on April 26, 1901.