The 3rd Cavalry Division (''3. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the ''

Reichswehr ''Reichswehr'' (; ) was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first two years of Nazi Germany. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshaped ...

'', the armed forces of Germany during the

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was the German Reich, German state from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclai ...

. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (Prussian), 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (Bavarian), and 18th (Saxon) Cavalry Regiments. It was subordinated to ''Gruppenkommando'' 2.

Divisional commanders

* ''

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'' Heinrich von Hofmann (1 June 1920 - 1 October 1920) * ''Generalleutnant'' Johannes Koch (1 October 1920 - 16 June 1921) * ''Generalleutnant'' Eginhard Eschborn (16 June 1921 - 30 September 1923) * ''

General der Kavallerie General of the Cavalry () was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers of equivalent rank were called ...

'' Paul Hasse (1 October 1923 - 28 February 1926) * ''Generalleutnant'' Hans von Viereck (1 March 1926 - 1 March 1929) * ''Generalleutnant'' Curt Freiherr von Gienanth (1 March 1929 - 1 November 1931) * ''

Generalmajor is the Germanic languages, Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central Europe, Central and Northern European countries. Austria Belgium Denmark is the second lowest general officer rank in the Royal Danish Army and R ...

'' Wilhelm Knochenhauer (1 November 1931 - 1 December 1933) * ''Generalleutnant''

Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glonn (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field marshal) in the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany during World War II. B ...

(1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935)

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr) Cavalry divisions of Germany Divisions of the German Army Military units and formations established in 1920 Military units and formations disestablished in 1933