Royal Bavarian 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony"

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The 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August von Sachsen" was an infantry joined the Bavarian army . King Johann (Saxony) was head of the regiment until his death , then from April 25, 1875 Albert of Saxony , the regiment was now called Royal Bavarian 15th Infantry Regiment "King Albert of Saxony", from 1904 Friedrich August III. (Saxony) the new head of the regiment.

history

The association was formed on August 4, 1722 from the third battalions of the "Kurprinz" and "Maffei" regiments in Donauwörth as a fusilier regiment and in 1789 it was converted into the 1st Feldjäger Regiment. In 1800 the regimental association was abolished, the two independent battalions were renamed to light infantry in 1803 . On August 10, 1815, they were then combined to form the 15th regiment of the line infantry .

The regiment had been stationed in Neuburg an der Donau since 1868 with all 3 battalions .

Wars of Liberation

In the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon , the regiment fought at Würzburg from October 25th to 27th, 1813 , at the Battle of Hanau from October 30th to 31st and was in action at Lure on December 27th . This was followed by the siege of Hüningen until April 14, 1814 .

War against Prussia 1866

As an ally of the Austrian Empire, the regiment came into action on behalf of the German Confederation during the war against Prussia near Zella, Kissingen , Helmstadt and Hettstadt .

Franco-German War

In the war against France in 1870/71 the regiment fought u. a. at Sedan and was involved in the enclosure and siege of Paris .

First World War

The regiment, part of the 4th Bavarian Infantry Brigade , made on August 2, 1914 Mobile and came in the aftermath of the Western Front used. From May 23, 1916, it was burned in the Battle of Verdun . After just five days, more than a third of his initially 3,000 soldiers were dead, wounded or missing. After eight weeks, on July 15, 1916, 2,555 men, more than five sixths of the regiment, were dead, wounded or missing.

In September 1916, the regiment a 2nd and 3rd was MG - Company and in September 1918 a MW supplemented -Kompanie. In October 1918, the regiment was supposed to help hold the Siegfried position and - after it was breached by the British - the rear Hunding position (the south-eastern extension of the Hermann position ).

Whereabouts

After the Compiègne armistice , the regiment marched back home. There it was demobilized in Neuburg on December 15, 1918 and finally dissolved. Various free formations were formed from parts in April 1919 . So the volunteer company "Kübler" , which transferred to the volunteer detachment "Schaaf". This went in June 1919 as III. Battalion in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 43. In addition, a Volkswehr company "Neuburg", which converted to the Freikorps Oberland , and a Volkswehr company "Kirchbauer" were formed.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was adopted by the 8th Company of the 20th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel / Major General Ludwig von Tutschek May 20, 1913 to May 21, 1915
major Prenner May 22nd to September 26th, 1915
Colonel Joseph Abel September 27, 1915 to May 22, 1916
Lieutenant colonel Krackhardt May 23 to June 15, 1916
Lieutenant colonel Popp June 16, 1916 to February 24, 1918
major Franz Schaaf February 25 to September 17, 1918
major sable September 18, 1918 until the end of the war

literature

  • Karl Haupt (edit.): The KB 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony". According to the official war diaries , published by the Bavarian War Archives. J. Lindauersche Buchhandlung, Munich 1922.
  • Karl Haupt / Wilhelm Hausmann: The KB 15th Infantry Regiment King Friedrich August of Saxony . Seitz, Munich, 1953.
  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume I, Chr.Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military manual for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich, p. 69.
  2. ↑ Hubert Wetzel: “Yes, how they lay there.” Two men lost for every meter of land gain: The battle of Verdun, which began 100 years ago, was one of the most terrible in history. Previously unpublished files from a Bavarian regiment give an idea of ​​the horror. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 6, 2016, pp. 11–13, here p. 11.
  3. ↑ Hubert Wetzel: “Yes, how they lay there.” In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 6, 2016, pp. 11–13, here p. 12.
  4. ^ Karl Haupt (edit.): The KB 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony" . J. Lindauersche Buchhandlung, Munich 1922, pp. 82–83.
  5. ^ Karl Haupt (edit.): The KB 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony". J. Lindauersche Buchhandlung, Munich 1922, p. 84.
  6. ^ Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , pp. 450–451.
  7. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser: The Bavaria Book of World Wars 1914-1918. Volume I, Chr.Belser AG, Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930, p. 200.

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