1st Mountain Division (Bundeswehr)

The 1st Mountain Division with staff in Garmisch -Partenkirchen (as fused division and Military District Command in the Bayern -Kaserne, Munich) was the eighth erected Division of the German Army. The division was the only Mountain Division of the Bundeswehr and bundled the forces of mountain troops and was thus especially suited to fight in difficult and especially in mountainous terrain. In addition, she was capable but also as infanteristischer major unit with its own armored associations to fight in the open. The 1st Mountain Division was stationed in southern Bavaria and was disbanded on 30 September 2001. Her successor was the only mountain warfare Large Association today is the Mountaineer Brigade 23 in Bad Reichenhall.

Identification mark and the Badge

The soldiers wore as a sleeve as a cap badge Edelweiss traditional symbol of the mountain troops, the only mountain troops of the Austro -Hungarian army initially served from 1907 as a branch of characters, in October 1915 but by the Commanding General of the Austrian Southwest Front, Archduke Eugen of Austria - Teschen, was also awarded at the Hotel Elefant in Brixen the German Alpine Corps as a badge in recognition of his power to fight off the Italian campaign in the Austro-Hungarian alpine region. In contrast to other divisions of the army they led an oval shield instead of a gothic shield with the Edelweiss as a federation badge. According to the heraldic tradition of the army surrounded a silver piping with black thread eingeflochtendem the Badge of the division. The brigades led the same badge with white, red or yellow piping, which also traditionally marks the first, second and third brigade to a division. The uniform of this division is distinguished by the gray balaclava as well as through the mountain suit different cut dress uniform of the "normal" Bundeswehr uniforms. The mountain infantry brigade 23 continues this tradition.

History

Army Structure I

When re- establishment of German armed forces was originally intended due to a requirement of NATO, a mountain brigade in the Alps and a second in the Bavarian Forest to set up. On July 19, 1956, initially started in Mittenwald with the installation of the Mountain Brigade 104, which passed in the 1st Mountain Division from 1 December 1956. The division was subordinate to the II Corps in Ulm. Initially subordinate to the Division a bar and a headquarters company, the mountain Combat Team A 8, the mountain battle group B 8, the Army Season 8, the mountain Telecommunications Company 8, the mountain - armored reconnaissance company 8, Mountain Infantry Battalion 8, Mountain Infantry Battalion 18, the mountain Infantry Battalion 28, the mountain Infantry Battalion 38, the mountain artillery Regiment 8 ( first Mittenwald until around 1964, then Landsberg), the mountain - Panzer battalion 8, mountain Engineer Battalion 8 (Brann castle), the mountain air defense artillery battalion 8 (Bavaria ), the mountain - sanitary battalion 8 ( Kempten ), the mountain Quartermaster company 8 Light mountain ordnance repair company 8, the rock supporting animal company 8, the mountain Alternate Company 8, and the mountain - Military Police company 8th 1958 the Division in NATO command structure involved.

Army Structure II - III

In the Army Structure 2 (1959 ), the battle groups have been renamed from 1 April 1959 in brigades. In addition, a third brigade was realigned. From the mountain Combat Team A 8 the Mountaineer Brigade 23 was, from the mountain battle group B 8, the Mountaineer Brigade 22 The newly formed Brigade Tank Brigade was 24 Since 1960, the Division of Garmisch- Partenkirchen was commanded. In the same year the battalion supply ( building ) was erected 8 in Mittenwald. 1962 saw the mountain artillery battalion 225, 1964 began the preparation of the mountain air defense battalion 8 in Traunstein and 1965, the Tank Battalion 234 in Pocking. In 1966, the armored brigade was renamed Panzergrenadier Brigade 24 24.

Army structure IV

1981 - as part of the Army structure 4 - the Panzergrenadier Brigade 24 was again Armoured Brigade 24 in Landshut, and the mountain infantry brigade 22 changed from Mittenwald as a Panzergrenadier Brigade 22 after Murnau. The decreed on 19 March 1981 renamed " 1 ( 8 ) Mountain Division "according to the uniform continuous numbering of all kinds Division was made on the initiative of the Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss on 23 November 1982, effective immediately reversed. There were under from 1981 following organizations and entities:

  • Panzergrenadier Brigade 22 ( Murnau )
  • Mountaineer Brigade 23 ( Bad Reichenhall )
  • 24 Armoured Brigade ( Landshut )
  • Mountain Artillery Regiment 8 ( Landsberg) Mountain Artillery Battalion 81 ( Kempten )
  • Mountain Rocket Artillery Battalion 82 ( Landenberg )
  • Mountain observatory Battalion 83 ( Landenberg )
  • Mountain artillery accompanying battery 8 ( Landsberg)

Army structure V - Resolution

In the Army structure 5, the Panzergrenadier Brigade 22 was dissolved in 1992. 1994 was followed by the withdrawal of the 24th Armoured Brigade in 1994 merged the Mountain Division with the Military District Command VI Military District Command VI / 1 Mountain Division. As a merged division and Military District Command of the rod was in the Bayern -Kaserne, Munich, housed. Assuming then, were the Mountaineer Brigade 23 in Bad Reichenhall, the armored brigade 36 in Veitshoechheim and the newly established pioneer teaching Brigade 60 in Ingolstadt. In 2001 the merger was reversed. The Military District Command VI remained, the 1st Mountain Division, however, was dissolved on 30 September 2001. Subordinate units were either disbanded or mostly issued to the 10th Panzer Division in Sigmaringen.

Whereabouts of the divisional troops

Mountain reconnaissance battalion 8

The battalion moved with resolution of 2001 Division 10th Panzer Division. 2007, it was renamed in reconnaissance battalion 8 and also part of the 10th Panzer Division Panzer Brigade 12 assumed in Amberg. Successor organization in the mountain infantry brigade 23 was the mountain reconnaissance battalion 230, which originated from the GebPzArtBtl 255.

Mountain Signal Battalion 8

The Mountain Signal Battalion 8, in 1994 the teaching of the dissolved Airborne Telecommunications Training Battalion 9 ( Maxhof in Starnberg ) for the FMS / FSHElT Feldafing. It was renamed in mountain rod and Telecommunications Training Battalion 8 and the ( also the WBK VI / 1 GebDiv below ) Command Support Regiment provides 60 in Munich. After dissolution of the 1st Mountain Division it joined the Command Support Regiment 70 of the Command Support Brigade 2 of the II (GE / U.S.) Corps in Ulm. Due to the resolution of the II.Korps followed in 2006 in exchange for guiding Support Brigade 29 of the Armed Forces base and associated renamed Command Support Battalion 293 is stationed in the battalion Murnau.

Mountain Engineer Battalion 8

The battalion was 1993, the pioneer teaching Brigade 60 assumed. After its dissolution, a insinuation ensued for Mountaineer Brigade 23 The battalion moved to Ingolstadt.

Mountain repair Battalion 8

In 1993 the battalion was moved to the foot, the 3rd and 5th Company were in the middle of the forest. In 1996, the mountain repair battalion was reorganized. This means that the 1st and 2nd Company were in site feet, the 3rd Company in Feldkirchen, the 3./InstBtl4 in Munich was again renamed to 4./GebInstBtl 8. This company was formed from the InstKp 760, the independent InstKp of WBK VI from the 80s. The InstAusbildungskompanie 7./GebInstBtl 8 in the location Hemau was to 6./GebInstBtl 8, 2003, it was assumed as a mountain Logistics Battalion 8 in the Mountain Brigade 23. Locations are now feet and Mittenwald.

Mountain repair Battalion 83 (na)

The battalion was disbanded with resolution of 1 GebDiv.

Mountain supply battalion 8

The battalion was disbanded in 1994.

Alpine Medical Battalion 8

The battalion was transferred in July 2003 to Mountain Medical Regiment 42.

Field replacement battalions 81-85, Mountaineer battalions 86 and 87, rock reinforcement battalion 88

The battalions were disbanded 1992/1993.

Mountain Military Police Company 8

The company was set up in Mittenwald 1957. In each case a train / military police service command was moved in 1958 and 1959 to Fussen to Bad Reichenhall. In 1972, the company was teilgekadert and only consisted of a service command in Mittenwald.

Mountain telecommunications training company 8

2004, the company was dissolved.

Mountain Army Season 8

The resolution was carried out in 1994.

Gebirgsmusikkorps 8

The music corps was subordinated to the Military District Command IV.

Foreign missions

As of 1993, units of the Division in Somalia, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and in Bosnia in use.

Commanders

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