List of Imperial German artillery regiments
This is a list of Imperial German artillery regiments[1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 100 regiments of Field artillery (plus the Lehr instruction unit) and 24 regiments of Foot artillery (plus another Lehr instruction unit) who manned the heavier pieces. Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th Century, while others were only formed as late as October 1912.[2]
Field Artillery Regiments
| Regiment | Raised[3] | Garrison | Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Guards Field Artillery[4] | 29 February 1816 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 2nd Guards Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Potsdam | Guards Corps |
| 3rd Guards Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Berlin, Beeskow | Guards Corps |
| 4th Guards Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Potsdam | Guards Corps |
| 1st (1st Lithuanian) Field Artillery "Prince August of Prussia"[4] | 1 October 1772 | Gumbinnen, Insterburg | I Army Corps |
| 2nd (1st Pomeranian) Field Artillery | 24 November 1808 | Kolberg, Belgard | II Army Corps |
| 3rd (1st Brandenburg) Field Artillery "General-Feldzeugmeister"[4] | 29 February 1816 | Brandenburg | III Army Corps |
| 4th (Magdeburg) Field Artillery "Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria" | 29 February 1816 | Magdeburg | IV Army Corps |
| 5th (1st Lower Silesian) Field Artillery "von Podbielski"[4] | 29 February 1816 | Sprottau, Sagan | V Army Corps |
| 6th (1st Silesian) Field Artillery "von Peucker" | 24 November 1808 | Breslau | VI Army Corps |
| 7th (1st Westphalian) Field Artillery | 29 February 1816 | Wesel, Düsseldorf | VII Army Corps |
| 8th (1st Rhenish) Field Artillery "von Holtzendorff"[4] | 29 February 1816 | Saarbrücken, Saarlouis | XXI Army Corps |
| 9th (Schleswig) Field Artillery "General Field Marshal Graf Waldersee" | 29 July 1866 | Itzehoe | IX Army Corps |
| 10th (1st Hannover) Field Artillery "von Scharnhorst"[4] | 19 December 1803 | Hannover | X Army Corps |
| 11th (1st Kurhessian) Field Artillery[4] | 22 November 1813 | Kassel, Fritzlar | XI Army Corps |
| 12th (1st Royal Saxon) Field Artillery[4] | 26 June 1620 | Dresden, Königsbrück | XII Army Corps |
| 13th (1st Württemberg) Field Artillery "King Charles" | 24 March 1736 | Ulm, Cannstatt | XIII Army Corps |
| 14th (1st Baden) Field Artillery "Grand Duke" | 21 January 1850 | Karlsruhe | XIV Army Corps |
| 15th (1st Upper Alsatian) Field Artillery[4] | 19 May 1871 | Saarburg, Mörchingen | XXI Army Corps |
| 16th (1st East Prussian) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Königsberg | I Army Corps |
| 17th (2nd Pomeranian) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Bromberg | II Army Corps |
| 18th (2nd Brandenburg) Field Artilley "General-Feldzeugmeister" | 24 October 1872 | Frankfurt/Oder | III Army Corps |
| 19th (1st Thuringian) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Erfurt | XI Army Corps |
| 20th (1st Posen) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Posen | V Army Corps |
| 21st (1st Upper Silesian) Field Artillery "von Clausewitz" | 24 October 1872 | Neiße, Grottkau | VI Army Corps |
| 22nd (2nd Westphalian) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Münster | VII Army Corps |
| 23rd (2nd Rhenish) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Koblenz | VIII Army Corps |
| 24th (Holstein) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Güstrow, Neustrelitz | IX Army Corps |
| 25th (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) Field Artillery | 7 April 1790 | Darmstadt | XVIII Army Corps |
| 26th (2nd Hannover) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Verden | X Army Corps |
| 27th (1st Nassau) Field Artillery "Oranien" | 15 March 1833 | Mainz, Wiesbaden | XVIII Army Corps |
| 28th (2nd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 1 November 1872 | Pirna | XII Army Corps |
| 29th (2nd Württemberg) Field Artillery "Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria" | 24 March 1736 | Ludwigsburg | XIII Army Corps |
| 30th (2nd Baden) Field Artillery | 24 October 1872 | Rastatt | XIV Army Corps |
| 31st (1st Lower Alsatian) Field Artillery | 23 April 1881 | Hagenau | XXI Army Corps |
| 32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 1 February 1889 | Riesa | XIX Army Corps |
| 33rd (1st Lotharingian) Field Artillery | 1 February 1890 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 34th (2nd Lotharingian) Field Artillery | 1 February 1890 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 35th (1st West Prussian) Field Artillery[4] | 1 February 1890 | Deutsch-Eylau | XX Army Corps |
| 36th (2nd West Prussian) Field Artillery | 1 February 1890 | Danzig | XVII Army Corps |
| 37th (2nd Lithuanian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Insterburg | I Army Corps |
| 38th (Vorpommersches) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Stettin | II Army Corps |
| 39th (Kurmark) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Perleberg | III Army Corps |
| 40th (Altmark) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Burg | IV Army Corps |
| 41st (2nd Lower Silesian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Glogau | V Army Corps |
| 42nd (2nd Silesian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Schweidnitz | VI Army Corps |
| 43rd (Cleve) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Wesel | VII Army Corps |
| 44th (Trier) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Trier | VIII Army Corps |
| 45th (Lauenburg) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Altona, Rendsburg | IX Army Corps |
| 46th (Lower Saxony) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Wolfenbüttel, Celle | X Army Corps |
| 47th (2nd Kurhessian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Fulda | XI Army Corps |
| 48th (4th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 49th (3rd Württemberg) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Ulm | XIII Army Corps |
| 50th (3rd Baden) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Karlsruhe | XIV Army Corps |
| 51st (2nd Upper Alsatian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 52nd (2nd East Prussian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Königsberg | I Army Corps |
| 53rd (Hinterpommersches) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Bromberg, Hohensalza | II Army Corps |
| 54th (Neumark) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Küstrin, Landsberg an der Warthe | III Army Corps |
| 55th (2nd Thuringian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Naumburg an der Saale | XI Army Corps |
| 56th (2nd Posen) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Lissa | V Army Corps |
| 57th (2nd Upper Silesian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Neustadt/Oberschlesien, Gleiwitz | VI Army Corps |
| 58th (Minden) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Minden | VII Army Corps |
| 59th (Berg) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Köln | VIII Army Corps |
| 60th (Grand Ducal Mecklenburgian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Schwerin | IX Army Corps |
| 61st (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Darmstadt, Babenhausen | XVIII Army Corps |
| 62nd (East Frisisan) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Oldenburg, Osnabrück | X Army Corps |
| 63rd (2nd Nassau) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Frankfurt/Main, Mainz | XVIII Army Corps |
| 64th (5th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Pirna | XII Army Corps |
| 65th (4th Württemberg) Field Artillery | 1 April 1899 | Ludwigsburg | XIII Army Corps |
| 66th (4th Baden) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Lahr, Neubreisach | XV Army Corps |
| 67th (2nd Lower Alsatian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Hagenau, Bischweiler | XXI Army Corps |
| 68th (6th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Riesa | XIX Army Corps |
| 69th (3rd Lotharingian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | St. Avold | XVI Army Corps |
| 70th (4th Lotharingian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Metz, Saarlouis | XVI Army Corps |
| 71st Field Artillery "Grand Komtur" | 25 March 1899 | Graudenz | XVII Army Corps |
| 72nd Field Artillery "Grand Master" | 25 March 1899 | Marienwerder, Preußisch Stargard | XVII Army Corps |
| 73rd (1st Masurian) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Allenstein | XX Army Corps |
| 74th (Torgau) Field Artillery | 25 March 1899 | Torgau, Wittenberg | IV Army Corps |
| 75th (Mansfeld) Field Artillery | 1 October 1899 | Halle/Saale | IV Army Corps |
| 76th (5th Baden) Field Artillery | 1 October 1899 | Freiburg im Breisgau | XIV Army Corps |
| 77th (7th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 1 October 1899 | Leipzig | XIX Army Corps |
| 78th (8th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Wurzen | XIX Army Corps |
| 79th (3rd East Prussian) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Osterode | XX Army Corps |
| 80th (3rd Upper Alsatian) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Colmar, Neubreisach | XV Army Corps |
| 81st (Thorn) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Thorn | XVII Army Corps |
| 82nd (2nd Masurian) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Rastenburg, Lötzen | XX Army Corps |
| 83rd (3rd Rhenish) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Bonn, Düren | VIII Army Corps |
| 84th (Straßburg) Field Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 1st Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Prince Regent Luitpold" | 11 October 1824 | Munich | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 2nd Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Horn" | 16 March 1824 | Würzburg | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 3rd Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Price Leopold" | 30 March 1848 | Amberg | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 4th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "King" | 30 March 1859 | Augsburg | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 5th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "King Alfons XIII of Spain"[4] | 1 October 1890 | Landau | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 6th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Price Ferdinand of Bourlon, Duke of Calabria" | 1 October 1900 | Fürth | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 7th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Prince Regent Luitpold" | 1 October 1900 | Munich | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 8th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" | 1 October 1900 | Nuremberg | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 9th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Freising | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 10th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Erlangen | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 11th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Würzburg | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 12th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery | 1 October 1901 | Landau | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| Lehr Field Artillery | 4 July 1867 | Jüterbog | Guards Corps |
Foot Artillery Regiments
| Regiment | Raised[3] | Garrison | Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guards Foot Artillery | 16 March 1865 | Spandau | Guards Corps |
| 1st (East Prussian) Foot Artillery "von Linger" | 16 June 1864 | Königsberg, Lötzen | I Army Corps |
| 2nd (1st Pomeranian) Foot Artillery "von Hindersin" | 16 March 1865 | Swinemünde, Emden | II Army Corps |
| 3rd (Brandenburg) Foot Artillery "General-Feldzeugmeister" | 16 June 1864 | Mainz | XVIII Army Corps |
| 4th (Magdeburg) Foot Artillery "Encke" | 16 June 1864 | Magdeburg | IV Army Corps |
| 5th (Lower Silesian) Foot Artillery | 16 March 1865 | Posen | V Army Corps |
| 6th (Silesian) Foot Artillery "von Dieskau" | 16 March 1865 | Neiße, Glogau | VI Army Corps |
| 7th (Westphalian) Foot Artillery | 16 June 1864 | Köln | VII Army Corps |
| 8th (Rhenish) Foot Artillery | 16 June 1864 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 9th (Schleswig-Holstein) Foot Artillery | 11 August 1893 | Ehrenbreitstein | VIII Army Corps |
| 10th (Lower Saxony) Foot Artillery | 19 May 1871 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 11th (1st West Prussian) Foot Artillery | 24 March 1881 | Thorn | XVII Army Corps |
| 12th (1st Royal Saxon) Foot Artillery | 1 July 1873 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 13th (Hohenzollern) Foot Artillery | 14 November 1805 | Ulm, Breisach | XV Army Corps |
| 14th (Baden) Foot Artillery | 11 August 1893 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 15th (2nd Pomeranian) Foot Artillery | 11 August 1893 | Bromberg, Graudenz | II Army Corps |
| 16th (Lotharingian) Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Metz, Diedenhofen | XVI Army Corps |
| 17th (2nd West Prussian) Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Danzig, Pillau | XVII Army Corps |
| 18th (Thuringian) Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Niederzwehren bei Kassel | XI Army Corps |
| 19th (2nd Royal Saxon) Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 20th (Lauenburg) Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Altona, Lockstedt (temp.) | IX Army Corps |
| 1st Royal Bavarian Foot Artillery "vakant Bothmer" | 1 January 1873 | Munich, Neu-Ulm | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 2nd Royal Bavarian Foot Artillery | 1 January 1873 | Metz | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 3rd Royal Bavarian Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Ingolstadt | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| Lehr Foot Artillery | 1 October 1912 | Jüterbog | Guards Corps |
See also
References
- Tessin 1974, pp. 35–42
- "The Prussian Machine, Field and Foot Regiments". Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- "A Pocket German Army". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Had a third (Horse Artillery) Abteilung of three batteries of 4 guns.
Bibliography
- Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914–18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Tessin, Georg (1974). Deutsche Verbände und Truppen, 1918 – 1939. Biblio Osnabrück. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9.
- The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Imperial War Museum, London and The Battery Press, Inc (1995). 1918. ISBN 1-870423-95-X.
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