List of the regiments of Kur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kurhannoversches Infantry Regiment von Behr 1735 (1783: No. 7-A) at the review of Bemerode
A Grenadier à cheval (Guard on Horseback B) in the uniform of the Seven Years War. The grenadiers were a kind of dragoon guard. She had drummers like the dragoons who had emerged from the infantry . from: " Gmunden magnificent work " approx. 1761

The regiments of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg formed a relatively powerful army in the Ancien Régime , which remained independent even in the personal union of the Elector with the Kingdom of Great Britain . The first regiments were usually set up as early as the 17th century in the individual principalities of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . The army, also known colloquially as "Kurhannoversch", was disbanded in 1803 after its defeat in the coalition war against Napoleonic France. A large number of the officers, but also the soldiers, went to Great Britain to continue fighting against Napoléon in the King's German Legion .

Explanation of the system

A master list and numbering of the infantry regiments of the Kur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg army was only introduced in 1783. Even after the numbering was introduced, the addition of the regimental owner's name was common. Previously, the regiments were only named after the head of the regiment. In addition, the year of foundation has been added to the list below. This is intended to facilitate comparability. This numbering consistently follows the Ticino line-ups . If several regiments were founded in one year, Ticino added a second number (e.g. "1686/2" = second Kurhannoversches regiment, which was set up in 1686). This is followed by the names of the regiment chiefs or the name (possibly name of the commander).

Until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the infantry and cavalry regiments of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg had only one battalion (instead of normally two) or two squadrons (instead of normally four). After the Seven Years' War several "old" regiments were merged into one larger regiment, but only after an "old" head of the regiment had resigned . Furthermore, the regiments only bore the names of their heads of regiments. A numbering only takes place uniformly according to the master list from 1783, but did not take into account the date of foundation. The letters additions refer to the regiments that were independent until 1763. For the cavalry, no distinction was made between dragoons or cuirassiers in 1783. The cavalry regiments are represented according to the Hans Bleckwenn system . The numbering of 1783 is summarized in an additional section.

Meaning of the characters used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, ">" = whereabouts, "=" = double function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate.

Regiments 1756

infantry

Heinrich Bernhard von Sydow (1749) as captain of the infantry in the regiment of Spörken

Field regiments

* 1648 from the castle guard in Hanover and Calenberg and the " Leibregiment zu Fuß" ( Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover) ), in 1662 a company came from Fbm. Osnabrück added - since 1690 Guard - commanders: 1690 Hermann Philipp von Oer , 1693 Carl Christian von Sommerfeldt , 1712 Cuno Josua von Bülow , 1733 Johann Georg von Ilten , 1749 Georg Friedrich von Sommerfeld , 1760 Friedrich von Spörcken , 1776 Carl von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , 1786 Eduard von Kent and Strathearn , 1789 Adolph Friedrich von Cambridge - † 1803.
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Klinckowström (1686–1750), Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 1-A from 1734 to 1750
* approx. 1665 as "Leibregiment" ( Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle) ) - Thilo Albrecht von Uslar, 1665, Josias von Waldeck , 1670 Rudolf von Ende , 1683 Hillebrandt van Nettelhorst , 1691 du Four-Bibrac, 1692 Jean Mailly de Carles (1705 Hanoverian) , 1706 Johann Leopold von Hitzfeld , 1720 Bodo Ludwig von Torney , 1726 Bernhard Christoph von Klinkowström , 1734 Friedrich Wilhelm von Klinckowström , 1750 Johann Julius von Hattorf , 1755 Joachim Christian Ludwig von Staffhorst, 1757 Johann Heinrich von Scheither - 1769 with No. 1-B merged - 1781 Heinrich Ludwig von Stockhausen , 1783 1st Infantry Regiment - 1794 Ludwig Heinrich August von Scheither (1795 "Alt-Scheither") - † 1803.
* 1691 as "Leibregiment" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1691 Philipp von Dalberg , 1693 Barthold Hartwig von Bernstorff , 1709 von Diepenbroick , 1714 Bernhard Ludwig Lucius , 1737 Ludwig von Zastrow ("Alt-Zastrow"), 1761 Christian Otten , 1769 with No. 1-A merged.
* 1665 as "Regiment von Rasfeldt" ( Johann von Rasfeld ) (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1617 von Winkel, 1638 von Raesfeld, 1671 Joquet, 1675 Malortie, 1684 Anton Simon de Boisdavid , 1693 Jean de Luc , (division) 1707 Georg Ernst von Melville, 1742 Friedrich von Spörcken , 1760 Ernst August von Meding , 1774 with No. 2-B merged, "Prince Friedrich" 1783 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1792 Carl Gustav von Issendorff , 1802 Alexander Friedrich von Dincklage - † 1803.
* 1717 as "Regiment von Lange" ( Fbm. Osnabrück ) - 1717 Joachim Heinrich von Lange, 1722 Idel Jobst von Vincke, 1728 takeover by Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg - 1740 Christian Ludwig von Krough, 1752 Georg Philipp von Fabrice, 1757 von Scheele , 1774 with No. 2-A folded.
* 1665 as Regiment Flute (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1617 von Schönberg, 1643 von Flute, 1665 Molesson, 1676 Jäger, 1677 Carmaillon, 1683 Charles de la Motte, (division) 1702 David de Gauvain, 1727 von Quernheim, 1734 Friedrich August von Bothmer, 1743 Georg Friedrich Freudemann, 1756 Ernst Friedrich von der Knesebeck, 1758 Johann Wilhelm von Reden , 1763 with No. 3-B merged, 1783 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1792 by Scheither, 1794 by Steding - † 1803.
* 1704 as "Regiment von Starcke" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1704 by Starcke, 1706 Lueur, 1708 by Diepenbroick, 1709 St. Denis l'Escour, 1711 Niemeyer, 1717 by Behr, 1734 Christian Julius Maider, 1746 Gustav von Münchow, 1753 Wilhelm Ludwig von Druchtleben, 1759 Alexander Jakob von der Schulenburg , 1763 with No. 3-A folded.
* 1741 Daniel von Bourdon, 1745 Leopold von Hohorst (split in 1748 into II. Battalion No. 13-A ( Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg )) - 1748 Friedrich Johann von Ledebur , 1758 von Bock, 1769 with No. 4-B merged, 1783 4th Infantry Regiment, 1786 by Drachenhausen, 1787 by Hugo, 1788 by Mutio, 1793 by Bothmer - † 1803.
* (1702 from Infantry Regiment No. 3-A) - 1705 Jaques du Breuille, 1723 Mauw, 1733 Ludwig August von Monroy, 1743 Karl Theodor von Maxuel, 1746 Georg Eberhard von Hugo, 1756 Friedrich Ludwig von Stoltzenberg, 1759 Karl Detlev von Marschalk, 1760 Georg Christian von Craushaar, 1769 with No. 4-A to be merged.
* 1648 as "yellow regiment" ( Fsm. Calenberg (Hannover) ) - 1675 Karl Alexander von Modena 1679 Bernholtz, 1684 Marteaux, 1688 from St. Pol, 1706 from Starcke, 1708 de Lueur, 1719 Louis d'Amproux (de Pontpietin) , 1738 Georg Ernst von Middachten, 1751 Otto von Grote, 1759 von Laffert , 1762 August de la Motte , 1772 with No. 5-B merged, 1783 5th Infantry Regiment, 1788 von der Beck, 1793 von Hohorst, 1797 von Hugo, 1800 von Geyso, 1802 von Hassel - † 1803.
* 1671 as "Regiment von Friesen" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1668 von Friesen, 1673 Andreas von Melville , 1683 von Mellin, 1685 Georg von Linstow, 1691 Detlev von Ranzow, (regiment is divided in 1724) 1724 Christian von Ranzow , 1739 Otto von Maydell, 1747 von Hodenberg, 1757 von Behr, 1772 with No. 5-A folded.
* 1648 as "red regiment" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1662 von Goertz, 1671 Heinrich von Podewils , 1696 fire Ernst von Weyhe 1703 Brunck, 1706 stable master, 1716 von Leslie, 1721 Johann August von Druchtleben , 1748 Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg , 1776 with No. 6-B merged, 1781 Heinrich Bernhard von Sydow , 1783 6th Infantry Regiment, 1789 von Bessel, 1792 Rudolf von Hammerstein - † 1803.
* 1671 as "Regiment von Friesen" - 1705 Regiment von Ranzow (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - (Created by division in 1724) 1724 Johann Just Sebo, 1729 Johann von Soubiron, 1754 Karl Friedrich Zandré di Caraffa, 1757 Hans Jürgen von Halberstadt , 1761 Karl Christoph von Linsingen , 1776 with No. 6-A folded.
* 1686 as "new Prince Regiment" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1686 Prince Maximilian Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , 1692 d'Herleville, 1705 from Belling, 1719 from Berward, 1719 from Eimbeck, 1728 Wilken Friedrich von Behr, 1739 Christian von Böselager, 1751 Georg August von Wangenheim , 1764 with No. 7-B merged, 1780 Heinrich Ludwig von Stockhausen , 1781 Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche , 1783 7th Infantry Regiment, 1795 Johann Wilhelm du Plat - 1803.
* 1665 as "Regiment von Rasfeldt" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1707 Dietrich Wilhelm von Hodenberg , 1711 Christian Wilhelm von Campen , 1746 Franz Christian von Hauß , 1758 Heinrich Wilhelm von Linstow , 1759 Enno Burchard von Plessen , 1764 with No. . 7-A to be merged.
* 1692 from “Regiment La Motte” (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) and 1694 “Regiment Tozin” ( Fsm. Celle ) - 1704 Johann Gottfried Otto von Reck, 1724 Johann Georg von Wrangel, 1742 Werner Friedrich von Spörken, 1743 Gustav Wilhelm von Diepenbroick, 1759 Carl Ludwig von Rhoedern, 1762 Prince Ernst Gottlob Albrecht von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , 1764 with No. 8-B merged, 1783 8th Infantry Regiment, 1802 Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - † 1803.
* 1686 - 1670 Wiedemann, 1686 Karl Ludwig Raugraf zu Pfalz , 1688 von Bremer, 1693 Johann Georg von Gohr, 1709 Boldewin, 1717 Ludwig Heinrich von Wurmb, 1740 Otto von Grote, 1741 Johann Heinrich von Block, 1764 with No. 8-A merged, 1764 Ernst Gottlob Albrecht von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* 1751 as "Duchess Battalion" in Saxony-Gotha - 1757 takeover by Great Britain - 1759 Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg - "Sachs-Gotha" Wilhelm Christoph Siegmund von Wurmb, 1773 with No. 9-B merged, 1783 9th Infantry Regiment, 1792 von Quernheim, 1793 Christian Ludwig von Wangenheim , 1794 von Düring, 1796 von Hugo - † 1798.
* 1665 (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) "Regiment Verkel" - 1675 von Hülsen, 1678 von Ohr, 1688 von Sommerfeld, 1689 Schotte de Veber, 1691 Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck , 1692 Karl Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein , 1693 Moritz von Löwenhaupt , 1694 von Hülsen, 1705 Johann Siegfried von Coseritz , 1719 von Münchhausen, 1720 Anton Balthasar von Zastrow , 1733 Daniel la Bachelle, 1734 August von Berward, 1738 Friedrich Wilhelm von Diepenbroick, 1742 Ernst August Friedrich von der Borch, 1752 Christian von Zastrow (" Jung-Zastrow "), 1773 with No. 9-A folded.
* Established in 1679 as "Röbbing on foot" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg), 1680 Röbbing, 1688 von Sommerfeld, 1693 Karl Ludwig von Sayn-Wittgenstein. 1700 von Schlegel, 1703 Balthasar von Klinkowström , 1719 Georg Friedrich von Sommerfeld , 1749 Ernst August von Hammerstein, 1756 Joachim Wilhelm von Post, 1761 Prince Carl von Mecklenburg , 1763 with No. 10-B merged, 1776 Karl Christoph von Linsing , 1783 10th Infantry Regiment, 1786 von Dincklage, 1788 de Polier, 1791 von Diepenbroick , 1796 von Saffe, 1801 von der Wense - becomes 1802 No. 9 - † 1803.
* 1758 as "I. Neues Bataillon “(Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) Karl Detlev von Marschall, 1759 Georg von Monroy, 1763 with No. 10-A folded.
* 1702 as "Regiment Prince Adolph Freiherr von Mecklenburg-Strelitz" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1702 Prince Adolph Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , 1708 Knöbel, 1717 August Friedrich von Rhoeden, 1741 Werner Friedrich von Spörken, 1742 Jakob Georg von Wrangel, 1746 Wilhelm de Cheusses, 1757 Karl Heinrich von Dreves, 1761 Burchard Rudolph von Goldacker, 1768 with No. 11-B merged, 1783 11th Infantry Regiment, 1783 Jakob Johann Graf Traube, 1795 von Diepenbroick - 1802 10th Infantry Regiment - † 1803.
* 1648 as "blue regiment" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1675 Ferdinand Christian von Lippe-Detmold, 1677 Heino Heinrich von Flemming , 1682 du Mont, 1697 Amstenrats, 1705 von Tecklenburg, 1718 Erich Philipp von Schwaan, 1738 Ernst August von der Schulenburg , 1743 Christoph Ludwig von Oberg, 1756 Georg Ludwig de la Chevallerie , 1768 with No. 11-A folded.
* 1745 previously as 1st battalion of the "Regiment von Bourdon" (No. 12-B) - 1745 Georg Ludwig von Kielmannsegge - 1763 with No. 12-A to No. 12 merged, 1763 Ludolph von Estorff, 1776 Andreas Wilhelm von Scharnhort, 1783 Johann Wilhelm von Linsingen, 1783 12th Infantry Regiment, 1795 von Walthausen - † 1798
* 1741 as "Regiment von Bourdon" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - 1741 Daniel von Bourdon, 1745 Georg Eberhard von Hugo, 1745 Heinrich Joachim Brunck, 1759 Ludolph von Estorff, 1763 with no. 12-A folded.
* 1748 (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - 1748 Johann Karl Schilden, 1748 Gustav Wilhelm von Diepenbroick (until 1759 "Fusilier Battalion"), 1750 Hans Jürgen von Halberstadt, 1758 Johann Heinrich von Fersen, 1760 Siegfried Ernst von Ahlefeldt , 1763 with No. 13-B folded - † 1803.
* 1758 as "II. New Battalion “(Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - Dietrich Ernst von Wrede, 1763 with no. 13-A folded.

Land regiments and invalids

  • Old land militia - established 1666/1705 - merged into new land regiments in 1766
  • LR 1 - established in 1766 as the "Hannoversches Landregiment"
  • LR 2 - established in 1766 as "Cellesches Landregiment"
  • LR 3 - established in 1766 as "Calenbergsches Landregiment"
  • LR 4 - established in 1766 as the "Lüneburg State Regiment"
  • LR 5 - established in 1766 as "Calenbergsches Landregiment"
  • LR 6 - established in 1766 as the "Grubenhagen Land Regiment"
  • LR 7 - established in 1766 as the "Wendish Land Regiment"
  • LR 8 - established in 1766 as the "Hamelnsches Landregiment"
  • LR 9 - established in 1766 as "Hoyasches Landregiment"
  • LR 10 - established in 1766 as the "Göttingisches Landregiment"
  • LR 11 - established in 1766 as "Diepholzsches Landregiment"
  • Invalid Company Bentheim

Garrison regiments

  • GB I - established in 1756/57 as garrison battalion I - disbanded in 1763
  • GB II - established in 1756/57 as Garrison Battalion II - disbanded in 1763
  • GB III - established in 1756/57 as Garrison Battalion III - disbanded in 1763
  • GB IV - established in 1756/57 as Garrison Battalion IV - disbanded in 1763
  • No. I - established in 1763 as a garrison regiment in Hameln (1783 "Hamelnsches Garrison-Regiment")
  • No. II - established in 1763 as a garrison regiment in Nienburg (1783 "Hamelnsches Garrison-Regiment")
  • No. III - established in 1763 as a garrison regiment in Stade (1783 "Ratzeburgisches Garrison-Regiment")
  • No. IV - established in 1763 as a garrison regiment in Harburg (1783 "Harburg garrison regiment")

cavalry

Cavalry regiments consisted of the guards, cuirassiers and dragoons.

Guard

* Established in 1705 as "Life Guard on Horseback", also "Garde du Corps" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - † 1803.
* 1742 established as "Grenadier à cheval" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - † 1763> Guard on Horses A from 1705 .

Reuter or cuirassiers

Reuter Regiment R 1-A; Uniform scheme 1756; Kronoskaf
* Established in 1682 as "Regiment Prince Georg Ludwig" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1682 Johann Karl von Montigny - 1686 Georg Friedrich von Breidenbach - 1688 von Mersebusch - 1693 Ernst Boguslav von Podewils - 1703 Friedrich Hermann von Bennigsen - 1704 von Pentz - 1705 Georg Heinrich von Breidenbach - 1728 von Löwen - 1729 Georg von Launay - 1746 Martin Friedrich von Heimburg - 1751 Heinrich Adolf Jakob von Diemar - 1756 Maximilian Johann Christian von Breidenbach - 1756 Siegfried von Pentz - 1758 Franz Ludwig von Spörken - 1761 Wilhelm von Jonquières> † 1803
* 1745 established as "Reuter Regiment von Platen-Hallermund" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg), Georg Ludwig von Platen-Hallermund - 1753 Johann Friedrich von Zepelin - 1757 Gerlach Friedrich von Sckölln - 1758 Otto Wilhelm Heise - 1761 Emmerich Otto August von Estorff > 1766 merged with R 1-A
* Established in 1665 as "Regiment von Villier" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1671 Feige - 1674 Beauregard - 1690 Brenneke - 1694 Wilhelm de la Croix de Fréchapelle - 1711 von Schlueter - 1731 von Drewes - 1732 Rathmann - 1734 Johann Carl von Montigny - 1754 Carl Gustav von Dachenhausen - 1758 Christian Friedrich von Bremer (former Bremer) - 1782 Hans Günther Karl von Hammerstein (1783 "2nd Cavalry Regiment") - Dec. 1793 Prince Ernst August - 1798 von Bülow> † 1803
* Established in 1648 as "Regiment von Rauchhaupt" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)), Hans Christoph von Rauhaupt - 1680 Georg Friedrich von Oesener - 1693 Göden - 1701 Georg Heinrich von Breidenbach - 1705 von Pentz - 1722 Ernst August von dem Bussche - 1733 Christian Ludwig von Hammerstein - 1760 Balthasar von Jüngermann - 1761 August Heinrich von Sprengel (Alt-Sprengel)> 1776 merged with R 2-A
* Established in 1662 as "Leibregiment zu Roß" (Fbm. Osnabrück) - 1675 Jobst Moritz von Offen - 1688 Georg Friedrich von Breidenbach - 1691 von Ohr - 1693 Count von Royelle - 1704 Alexander von der Schulenburg - 1729 Johann Walter - 1736 von Malortie - 1740 Friedrich Franz von Wrede - 1754 Johann Friedrich Röscher - 1757 Ernst Philipp von Grothaus - 1761 Alexander von Bremer (Young Bremer) - 1783 "3rd Cavalry Regiment" - Dec. 1793 HC von Hammerstein - 1795 Carl August von Maydell - 1802 von Pflueg > † 1803
* Established in 1657 as "Regiment Graf von Nassau-Saarbrück" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1666 Haxthausen - 1668 Joquet - 1670 Jeremias Chauvet - 1691 Wissel - 1693 Anton Simon Marquis of Boisdavid - 1705 Amaury de Farcy de Saint-Laurent - 1729 von Horn - 1732 Friedrich von Weddig - 1738 Heinrich Julius von Wintzer - 1742 Matthias von Bülow - 1744 Jakob d'Acerre - 1745 Hans Christoph von Hardenberg - 1747 Ernst Ludwig von Breidenbach - 1754 Friedrich Otto von Block - 1753 Joachim Conrad von Schlütter - 1758 EW von Hodenberg> 1763 (Ronnenberg) or 1775 (Niemeyer) combined with R 3-A
* Established in 1675 as "Regiment von Gordon" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1685 von Breidenbach - 1686 Voigt - 1715 Johann Christian von Schulzen - 1750 Johann Wilhelm von Bruchhausen - 1751 Johann Arnold Bothe - 1757 Ernst Friedrich von Reden - 1759 Georg von Walthausen - 1761 Johann Friedrich von Behr (Alt-Behr) - 1776 August Heinrich von Sprengel (1783 "4th Cavalry Regiment") - 1786 von Scheither - 1788 Johann Friedrich von dem Busche - 1795 Georg Philipp Wilhelm von Wangenheim - 1799 von Schulte> † 1803
* Established in 1705 as "Regiment Graf von Pentz" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1704 von Reden - 1710 von Grote - 1713 Georg Werner von Hasberg - 1738 Nikolaus von Bremer - 1744 Heinrich David von Schnehen - 1744 Heinrich Ludwig von Dachenhausen - 1746 Gustav von Behr - 1748 Friedrich Moritz von Pöllnitz - 1756 Wilhelm August von Gilten - 1758 Georg Carl von Breidenbach - 1759 Adrian Dietrich von Veltheim - 1761 Carl August von Veltheim> 1765 merged with R 4-A

dragoon

Dragoon Regiment D II; Uniform scheme 1759; Kronoskaf
* 1671 as "Dragoon Regiment" established as "Dragoon Regiment von Franke" (Fsm. Celle) - 1691 Villers - 1708 Hahn - 1716 Franz Karl von Wendt - 1748 Gustav Friedrich von Behr - 1752 Johann Christoph von Dachenhausen - 1758 Carl Gustav von Dachenhausen - 1759 Georg Carl von Breidenbach - 1761 Adrian Dietrich von Veltheim - 1765 Carl August von Veltheim - 1781 Georg Wilhelm von Ramdohr (1783 "5th Cavalry Regiment, Ramdohr-Dragoons") - 1797 Georg Friedrich von Bremer> † 1803
* Established in 1689 as "Dragoon Regiment Horn" (Fsm. Lüneburg (Celle)) - 1705 Count Friedrich Johann von Bothmer - 1729 Lothar Franz Löw von Steinfurth - 1735 Ludwig Christian von Harling - 1738 Friedrich von Weddig - 1740 Otto Heinrich von Aldeleben - 1751 Martin Friedrich von Heimburg - 1757 Maximilian Johann Christian von Breidenbach - 1759 Ernst Friedrich von Reden - 1761 Georg von Walthausen (1783 "6th Cavalry Regiment") - 1776 Otto Ernst von dem Bussche - 1787 CF Schmiedchen - 1793 Johann Levin von Dachenhausen - 1803 von Hattorf> † 1803
* Established in 1688 as "Dragoons Regiment von Bülow" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover)) - 1688 Baron Cuno Josua von Bülow - 1733 Ernst August von dem Bussche - 1761 Johann Vincent von Müller - 1781 Caspar Friedrichs (1783 "7th Cavalry Regiment") ) - 1793 Count Georg Ludwig von Oeynhausen > † 1803
* Established in 1701 as "Dragoons Regiment von der Schulenburg" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - Alexander von der Schulenburg - 1704 von dem Busche - 1704 Bennigsen - 1707 von Eltz - 1710 von Schlueter - 1711 Moritz Chalon called von Gehlen - 1715 Jacques du Pontpietin - 1757 Johann Friedrich Bock von Wülfingen - 1766 Emmerich Otto August von Estorff (1783 "8th Cavalry Regiment") - 1796 Jacob Conrad Niemeyer> † 1803

Light dragoons
* Established in 1763 as the "1st Light Dragoon Regiment of Her Majesty the Queen" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - 1763 Wilhelm von Freytag - 1798 BC Hattorf - 1803 Carl von Linsingen > † 1803
* Established in 1763 as the "2nd Light Dragoon Regiment" (Kfsm. Braunschweig-Lüneburg) - 1764 Wilhelm von Freytag ("Crown Prince Regiment"; 1766 "Prince Wallis") - 1781 Johann Friedrich von Minnigerode ("10th Cavalry Regiment, Prince Wallis light Dragoons ") - 1794 Bernhard von Linsingen> † 1803

Technical troops

Light troops

Tribe list from 1783

infantry

  • 1st Infantry Regiment - from No. 1 A / B, merged in 1769 as "Regiment von Scheither"> † 1803
  • 2nd Infantry Regiment - from No. 2 A / B, merged in 1774 as "Regiment Prinz Friedrich"> † 1803
  • 3rd Infantry Regiment - from No. 3 A / B, merged in 1763 as "Regiment von Reden"> † 1803
  • 4th Infantry Regiment - from No. 4 A / B, merged in 1769 as "Regiment von Bock"> † 1803
  • 5th Infantry Regiment - from No. 5 A / B, merged in 1772 as "Regiment de la Motte"> † 1803
  • 6th Infantry Regiment - from No. 6 A / B, merged in 1776 as "Regiment von Hardenberg "> † 1803
  • 7th Infantry Regiment - from No. 7 A / B, merged in 1764 as the "Regiment von Wangenheim"> † 1803
  • 8th Infantry Regiment - from No. 8 A / B, merged in 1764 as "Regiment Prinz Ernst von Mecklenburg"> † 1803
  • 9th Infantry Regiment - from No. 9 A / B, merged in 1773 as "Regiment von Wurmb"> † 1803
  • 10th Infantry Regiment - from No. 10 A / B, merged in 1763 as "Regiment Prinz Carl von Mecklenburg"> † 1803
  • 11th Infantry Regiment - from No. 11 A / B, merged in 1768 as "Regiment von Goldacker"> † 1803
  • 12th Infantry Regiment - from No. 12 A / B, merged in 1776 as "Regiment von Scharnhorst"> † 1803
  • 13th Infantry Regiment - from No. 13 A / B, merged in 1783 as "Regiment von Ahlefeld"> † 1803

cavalry

  • Life guards on horseback - already in 1763 to form a guards (from A / B) merged as "Regiment Life Guards"> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 1 Reuter - already in 1766 merged to form the Reuter Regiment R 1 (from A / B) as "Regiment von Jonquières"> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 2 Reuter - already in 1776 merged to form the Reuter Regiment R 2 (from A / B) as "Regiment von Bremer"> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 3 Reuter - already in 1775 merged to form the Reuter Regiment R 3 (from A / B) as "Regiment von Bremer jun." > † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 4 Reuter - already in 1765 merged to form the Reuter Regiment R 4 (from A / B) as "Regiment von Behr." > † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 5 Dragoons - previously DI> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 6 Dragoons - previously D II> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 7 Dragoons - previously D III> † 1803
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 8 Dragoons - previously D IV> † 1803

See also

literature

  • Accurate presentation of all electors. Hanöverischen Army for the actual knowledge of the uniform of each regiment: In addition to the attached history, from which news is given of the foundation, the chiefs of the Staercke, and the most important deeds of each regiment. Raspe, Nuremberg 1763 ( uni-halle.de ).
  • Joachim Niemeyer , Georg Ortenburg (ed.): The Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg Army in the Seven Years War in: Das " Gmundener Prachtwerk "; Beckum 1976.
  • Joachim Niemeyer, Georg Ortenburg (ed.): The Hanoverian Army 1780-1803 - The "Gmundener Magnificent Work" Part II ; Beckum 1981.
  • Joachim Niemeyer: The review at Bemerode 1735 - A cultural-historical and military-historical consideration of a painting by JF Lüders . Ed .: German Society for Army Studies. Beckum 1985.
  • Johann Gottlieb Ferdinand Ronnenberg: Illustration of the Chur-Hanoverian army uniforms: a brief history of the. churhannover. Troops. Hanover / Leipzig 1791; Reprint: Schlueter, Hannover 1979
  • Ralf Pröve : Standing army and urban society in the 18th century: Göttingen and its military population 1713–1756; Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag; Munich 1995; ISBN 9783486560602 . online at Google Books
  • Louis von Sichart: History of the Royal Hanoverian Army , four volumes, Hanover 1866–1871 Volume 1 , Volume 2 . Volume 3 / Part 1 , Volume 3 / Part 2 Volume 4
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century ; 3 volumes; Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück 1986–1995. ISBN 3-7648-1763-1
  • Friedrich von Wissel, Georg von Wissle: History of the establishment of all Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg troops, together with their flags, standards and currency exchange ... , Hofbuchdruckerei Johann Dieterich Schultze, Celle 1786 (digitized at GoogleBooks)
  • Royal-Great Britain and Electoral-Braunschweig-Lüneburg State Calendar: to the 1779 year p.98ff

Web links

Commons : The Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg Army  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986
  2. ↑ cf. Niemeyer / Ortenburg 1976: 14ff.
  3. ↑ cf. Niemeyer / Ortenburg 1976: 43f.
  4. ↑ Tessin names 1724 as the year of foundation, while Niemeyer / Ortenburg give 1671.
  5. ↑ Niemeyer / Ortenburg 1976: 31 name 1670 as the year of foundation: Founding as a "gray" later "green regiment" (Fsm. Calenberg (Hanover))
  6. ↑ Niemeyer / Ortenburg 1976: 27 name the founding year 1673: Founding as a "white regiment" Volalto, 1675 von Ilten