title: 3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)
text: # 3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)
  
  The 3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. 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
  
  * Generalleutnant 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 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 (1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935)
  
  ## Garrison
  
  The divisional headquarters was in Weimar.
  
  