3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)


The 3rd Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Cavalry Regiments. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.

Divisional commanders

Generalleutnant Heinrich von Hofmann Generalleutnant Johannes Koch Generalleutnant Eginhard Eschborn General der Kavallerie Paul Hasse Generalleutnant Hans von Viereck Generalleutnant Curt Freiherr von Gienanth Generalmajor Wilhelm Knochenhauer Generalleutnant Maximilian von Weichs

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Weimar.