New Prussian train battalions
Between 1807 and 1914, 19 train battalions (later train departments ) were established as part of the New Prussian army organization .
history
After the Peace of Tilsiter , the Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of April 12, 1809, gave each of the brigades at that time , which were later expanded to form divisions , a train company. Each of these companies took advantage of all the tasks that at this time the Train beings were assigned
- Bakery and field bakery
- Provision wagons
- Flying horse depots (at that time the name for mobile field remonting departments)
- War Commissariat (roughly comparable to the administration)
- Field War Chest
- Field post
With the exception of officers and non-commissioned officers, the force consisted primarily of detached craftsmen.
With the AKO of April 21, 1853 and the organizational plan of May 15, 1853, the training system of the Prussian army was fundamentally reorganized. Each army corps received a train tribe of 6 NCOs and 24 corporations for peace. In the event of mobilization, the train was divided into an administration train , a troop train and a train soldier . The administration train included the teams of the train battalions, the train drivers of the field management (files, cash registers and economy cars), the field war chest, the field provisions offices, the field bakery offices, the field post, the field hospitals , of the medical staff of the army and the metallography, as well as the stretcher companies (the latter, however, only since December 21, 1854). All train soldiers who served as train drivers or grooms for officers, doctors and paymasters, as well as the pontoon columns, were counted as part of the troop train. Ultimately, all other members of this series were considered to be train soldiers.
From 1856 the army corps was assigned a train battalion with two companies . In 1859 there were a total of nine train battalions with a total of 1,200 men. By 1912, 20 train battalions had been set up.
On April 1, 1914, the train battalions were renamed into train departments , the companies were renamed squadrons and the rank of captain was introduced (instead of captain ).
For the general development and organization of the train as well as the history of the German train system during the First World War, see main article → Train .
List of train battalions (peacetime early 1914)
Source of information:
Guard Train Battalion
The Guard Train Battalion was the train battalion of the Guard Corps . It was under the command of the train of the Guard Corps, III. and IV Army Corps . Berlin was the place of peace .
East Prussian Train Battalion No. 1
The East Prussian Train Battalion No. 1 was the train battalion of the 1st Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the I., XVII. and XX. Army Corps . The place of peace was Königsberg in Prussia . Foundation day was April 21, 1853.
Pomeranian Train Battalion No. 2
The Pomeranian Train Battalion No. 2 was the train battalion of the II Army Corps . It was under the command of the trains of II., V. and VI. Army Corps . The place of peace was Altdamm in Pomerania . Foundation day was April 21, 1853.
Brandenburg Train Battalion No. 3
The Brandenburg Train Battalion No. 3 was the train battalion of III. Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the Guard Corps, the III. and IV Army Corps . The place of peace was Spandau in the Prussian province of Brandenburg .
Magdeburg Train Battalion No. 4
The Magdeburg Train Battalion No. 4 was the train battalion of the IV Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the Guard Corps, III. and IV Army Corps . The place of peace was Magdeburg .
Lower Silesian Train Battalion No. 5
The Lower Silesian Train Battalion. 5 was the Train Battalion of the V Army Corps . It was under the command of the trains of II., V. and VI. Army Corps . Year of construction was 1853. Peace location was Posen . The battalion was mainly recruited in Lower Silesia .
Silesian Train Battalion No. 6
The Silesian Train Battalion No. 6 was the Train Battalion of VI. Army Corps . It was under the command of the trains of II., V. and VI. Army Corps . The place of peace was Breslau in Silesia .
Westphalian Train Battalion No. 7
The Westphalian Train Battalion No. 7 was the Train Battalion of the VII Army Corps . It was under the command of the VII Army Corps train, IX. and Xth Army Corps . The place of peace was Münster in the Prussian province of Westphalia . The battalion's barracks were located between Weißenburgstrasse and today's Habichtshöhe in the Geistviertel and on the site of today's Südpark in the Südviertel .
1st Rhenish Train Battalion No. 8
The 1st Rhenish Train Battalion No. 8 was the Train Battalion of the VIII Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the VIII., XI. and XVIII. Army Corps . The place of peace was Coblenz in the Prussian Rhine Province . It was housed in the Train barracks in Coblenz-Lützel. This barracks is still used under the name Rhein-Kaserne .
Schleswig-Holstein Train Battalion No. 9
The Schleswig-Holstein Train Battalion No. 9 was the train battalion of the IX. Army Corps . It was under the command of the VII., IX. and Xth Army Corps . The place of peace was Rendsburg in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein .
Hanover Train Battalion No. 10
The Hanoverian Train Battalion No. 10 was the train battalion of the X Army Corps . It was under the command of the VII., IX. and Xth Army Corps . The peace location was Hanover .
Kurhessisches Train Battalion No. 11
The Kurhessisches Train Battalion No. 11 was the Train Battalion of the XI. Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the VIII., XI. and XVIII. Army Corps . The place of peace was Cassel , capital of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau .
Badisches Train Battalion No. 14
The Badischer Train Battalion No. 14 was the train battalion of the Baden contingent in the XIV Army Corps of the Prussian Army . It was under the command of the XIV, XV, XVI. and XXI. Army Corps . The peace location was Durlach .
Alsatian Train Battalion No. 15
The Alsatian Train Battalion No. 15 was the Train Battalion of the XV. Army Corps . It was under the command of the XIV, XV, XVI. and XXI. Army Corps . The place of peace was Strasbourg in Alsace .
Lorraine Train Battalion No. 16
The Lorraine Train Battalion No. 16 was the Train Battalion of the XVI. Army Corps . It was under the command of the XIV, XV, XVI. and XXI. Army Corps . The place of peace was Saarlouis .
West Prussian Train Battalion No. 17
The West Prussian Train Battalion No. 17 was the Train Battalion of the XVII. Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the I., XVII. and XX. Army Corps . The place of peace was Danzig in West Prussia .
Grand Ducal Hessian Train Battalion No. 18
The Grand Ducal Hessian Train Battalion No. 18 was the train battalion of the Grand Ducal Hessian contingent in the 18th century. Army Corps of the Prussian Army. It was under the command of the train of the VIII., XI. and XVIII. Army Corps . The place of peace was Darmstadt .
Masurian Train Battalion No. 20
The Masurian Train Battalion No. 20 was the Train Battalion of the XX. Army Corps . It was under the command of the train of the I., XVII. and XX. Army Corps . The place of peace was Marienburg . Most of the battalion was recruited in Masuria .
2nd Rhenish Train Battalion No. 21
The 2nd Rhenish Train Battalion No. 21 was the Train Battalion of the XXI. Army Corps . It was under the command of the XIV, XV, XVI. and XXI. Army Corps . Forbach in Lorraine was the place of peace .
The battalions no. 12, 13 and 19 missing in this overview belonged to the Saxon Army and the Württemberg Army .
literature
- Mila: History of the clothing and equipment of the Royal Prussian Army in the years 1808 to 1878 , Berlin 1878.
Individual evidence
- ^ War Ministry, Secret War Chancellery (editors): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. [...] As of May 6, 1914. [...] , Verlag Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Berlin undated, p. 534 ff.
- ^ W. Klefisch: History of the Rhein-Kaserne Koblenz , Koblenz 1988
- ↑ Martin Kiesling: History of the Royal Prussian Hessian Train Battalion No. 11 and the former Grand Ducal Hessian Train Company . Berlin 1892.
- ↑ Military History Research Office (Ed.): German Military History in Six Volumes (1648-1939) . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-88199-112-3 .