6th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment (Reichswehr)
6th (Prussian) cavalry regiment |
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active | 1921 to 1934 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Reichswehr |
Armed forces | Imperial Army |
Branch of service | cavalry |
Type | Cavalry Regiment |
structure | See organization |
Location | See garrisons |
management | |
Commanders | See commanders |
6th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment was the name of a cavalry association of the Reichswehr .
history
The regiment was formed on May 1, 1920 during the period of the transitional army. On May 29, 1922, the regiment received the country team designation "Prussian" in addition to its name. After being transferred to the Wehrmacht , the regiment was named Cavalry Regiment 6 on July 1, 1936. In some cases, several squadrons of the regiment were deployed in the Eastern Border Guard near Bromberg , Gnesen and Flatow .
structure
- Pasewalk ( cuirassier barracks): regimental staff, machine-gun platoon, 1st and (training) squadrons
- Schwedt / Oder ( Dragoons barracks): 2nd and 4th squadrons
- Demmin (East Barracks and West Barracks): 3rd and 6th Squadron
Commanders
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1. | Major Gerhard von Löbbecke | May 1, 1920 | September 30, 1920 |
2. | Colonel Hans von Knobelsdorff | May 1, 1920 | May 31, 1921 |
3. | Major Siegfried von Selchowe | June 1, 1921 | June 15, 1921 |
4th | Colonel Hans-Ulrich von Stephany | June 16, 1921 | February 28, 1926 |
5. | Colonel Eberhard von Livonius | March 1, 1926 | January 31, 1927 |
6th | Colonel Walter Braemer | February 1, 1927 | December 31, 1930 |
7th | Colonel Winfried von der Schulenburg | January 1, 1931 | March 31, 1934 |
8th. | Colonel Werner Hannemann | April 1, 1934 | September 30, 1935 |
9. | Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Arno von Lenski | October 1, 1935 | August 26, 1939 |
The regiment's uniform with the general's badge was worn by the former cavalry general and cavalry inspector Maximilian von Poseck (1865–1946) since January 1, 1925 .
organization
Until the dissolution of the cavalry divisions, the regiment belonged to the 1st Cavalry Division in Frankfurt (Oder) .
structure
It consisted of a regimental staff and six squadrons :
- 1st squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 2,
- 2nd squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 15,
- 3rd squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 102,
- 4th squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 15,
- (Training) squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 2,
- 6th squadron, emerged from the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 102.
tradition
Reichswehr
In 1921 the regiment took over the tradition of the old regiments:
- 1st Squadron: Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2
- 2nd Squadron: 1st Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 2
- 3rd squadron: Dragoon Regiment "Freiherr von Derfflinger" (Neumärkisches) No. 3
- 4th Squadron: Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 6
- 5th Squadron: Dragoon Regiment "von Arnim" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12
- 6th Squadron: 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9
Wehrmacht
- 1st Squadron: Leib-Dragoon Regiment (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 24
- 2nd Squadron: Dragoon Regiment "Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria" (Westphalian) No. 7
- 3rd Squadron: Hussar Regiment "King Humbert of Italy" (1st Kurhessisches) No. 13
- 4th Squadron: Leib-Dragoon Regiment (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 24
- 5th Squadron: Guard Dragoon Regiment (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 23
armed forces
After the establishment of the Bundeswehr in 1955, the tradition was adopted by the 11th Panzer Reconnaissance Training Battalion in Munster . According to the traditional decree , a specific association tradition was inadmissible, so that after the battalion was decommissioned in 1990, the tank reconnaissance training company merely nurtures the memory of the regiment.
Since the restructuring after 2003, the reconnaissance training company 90 has been wearing the Schwedt eagle as an internal association badge. The company was disbanded in 2015.
literature
- Georg Tessin : German associations and troops, 1918–1939. Old army. Volunteer associations. Reichswehr. Army. Air force. National Police . Edited on the basis of the documents of the Federal Archives-Military Archives; published with the support of the Federal Archives and the Defense Research Working Group . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 187 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff : History of the Cavalry Regiment 6 . F. Schulz's printing press, Schwedt / Oder 1937.
Web links
- Carina Notzke: Associations and units of the cavalry. Introduction. Federal Archives, June 2008, accessed on October 5, 2010 .
- History of the regiment at schwedter-dragoner.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1974. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 . P. 188.
- ^ 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, train, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic troops and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 476.
- ↑ Decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt, of August 24, 1921