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1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Cavalry Division
native_name	1. Kavallerie-Division
dates	19211934
disbanded	October 1934
country	Weimar Republic
branch
type	Cavalry
size	Division
command_structure	Gruppenkommando 1
garrison	Frankfurt an der Oder
notable_commanders	Ludwig Beck
Werner von Fritsch
Fedor von Bock

Werner von Fritsch Fedor von Bock

The 1st Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th (Prussian) Regiments. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1.

Divisional commanders

General der Kavallerie Rudolf von Horn (1 June 1920 - 1 June 1921)
Generalleutnant Otto Freiherr von Tettau (1 June 1920 - 1 April 1923)
General der Kavallerie Walther von Jagow (1 April 1923 - 1 February 1927)
Generalleutnant Ulrich von Henning auf Schönhoff (1 February 1927 - 1 February 1929)
Generalleutnant Georg Brandt (1 February 1929 - 1 December 1929)
Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock (1 December 1929 - 1 October 1931)
Generalleutnant Werner von Fritsch (1 October 1931 - 1 October 1932)
Generalleutnant Ludwig Beck (1 October 1932 - 1 October 1933)
Generalleutnant Hans Feige (1 October 1933 - 1 April 1935)

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Frankfurt an der Oder.

References

"1.Kavallarie-Division".

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