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 years of the Third Reich. 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

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. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n), the 14th, 15th, 16th, and the 17th (

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n) and the 18th (

Saxonian Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

) Cavalry Regiments. Its commanders were: *

Generalleutnant is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries. Austria Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (''Bundesheer''), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of ...

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 of the Cavalry 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 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 Glon (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Born into an aristocratic family, Weichs ...

(1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935) It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.

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