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.
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