Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39

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Fusilier Regiment "General Ludendorff" (Niederrheinisches) No. 39

active January 26, 1818
Country Kingdom of Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service infantry
Insinuation VII Army Corps
Former locations Düsseldorf-Derendorf
Barracks of the regiment on Tannenstrasse in Düsseldorf-Derendorf, converted into residential buildings, 2008

The Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment. 39 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

history

The association was founded on January 26, 1818 (foundation date) by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Set up by AKO as 36th Infantry Regiment (4th Reserve Regiment ) from parts of garrison battalions No. 19 to 34, as well as various infantry regiments. With the completion of the formation, Major Franz Ludwig von Jenneret Baron von Beaufort-Belfort was appointed first regimental commander on August 27, 1817. It is divided into three battalions with a budget of 1626 men plus officers and was initially stationed in the fortress of Luxembourg . In 1820 the regiment was downsized by surrendering its fusilier battalion to the 40th Infantry Regiment . In addition, it led since March 12, 1820 the designation 39th Infantry Regiment .

By AKO on October 6, 1849, the regimental staff and the 1st battalion received Mainz as a new garrison. Three companies were housed in the Weisenau barracks, one company in the interval casemate. In July 1850, the 2nd Battalion, which was still in Luxembourg, received the order to also garrison in Mainz. This battalion was briefly stationed in Kreuznach from January 31 to May 2, 1860 and then moved into Koblenz ( Ehrenbreitstein Fortress and Franz Feste ) as a new garrison. On July 4, 1860, the AKO ordered the conversion from an infantry regiment to a fusilier regiment. This also involved the renaming of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment (No. 39) . The bracket was dropped by AKO on May 7, 1861. After the end of the German War, the entire regiment was stationed in Düsseldorf . This brought it into the area of ​​the VII Army Corps and was now subordinate to the 27th Infantry Brigade of the 14th Division . Many of the buildings in the barracks on Tannenstrasse in Düsseldorf-Derendorf , which were newly occupied from 1898, are still standing today.

Towards the end of the First World War , the association was renamed the Fusilier Regiment "General Ludendorff" (Niederrheinisches) No. 39 on October 26, 1918 by Kaiser Wilhelm II due to the dismissal of General Ludendorff from the Supreme Army Command in recognition of his services .

German War 1866

During the German War , the regiment initially took part in the occupation of Kurhesse and joined the Main Army after operations against the Hanoverian Army . Here the association was in action during the battles near Hünfeld, Hammelburg, Helmstadt and Uettingen and Roßbrunn .

In total, the regiment suffered losses from the death or wound of one officer and 88 men during this war. Two men were also missing.

Franco-German War 1870/71

War memorial for the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 on the Spicherer Heights
  • 0August 6th - Save
  • August 14th - Colombey-Nouilly
  • August 18 - Gravelotte-St. Private
  • 19 August to 27 October - Siege of Metz
  • November 10th to 24th - Siege of Thionville
  • November 15 to December 5 - Siege of Montmédy
  • December 19 to January 1 - Siege of Mézìeres
  • December 28 - Mohon (7th Company)
  • January 21st - on the Ognon

During the campaign against France , 35 officers and 871 NCOs and men were killed, wounded or are missing.

Guard post of the "39ers" in front of the Düsseldorf military hospital in Liège . (1914)
Remains of the 39 memorial at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf , destroyed in 1933 , by Jupp Rübsam , 1927/28
Memorial for the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 in Düsseldorf-Golzheim , Richard Kuöhl , 1936/38

First World War

When the First World War broke out , the regiment mobilized on August 2nd, entered Belgium in conjunction with the 28th Infantry Brigade in violation of neutrality and took part in the siege and capture of the Liège fortress from August 9th to 17th . This was followed by the siege and storming of Maubeuge fortress from August 27 to September 7 . On September 14th the regiment was fighting at Craonne.

From January 25 to 26, 1915, the fusiliers took part in the battle for the Chemin des Dames between Ailles and Hurtebise . From March 10, 1915, the regiment of the 100th Infantry Brigade of the 50th Division was subordinate to. This subordinate relationship existed until December 20, 1918. From September 15 to October 11, 1915, the association took part in the defensive battle in Champagne . The year 1916 was marked by the deployment from April 10th to October 31st in the Battle of Verdun ( Fort Vaux and Fort Douaumont ).

1917

1918

  • March 19-30 - First spring offensive
    • March 21st - Storming of St. Quentin
    • March 28th - Plessier is captured
  • May 27th to June 14th - Second spring offensive
    • June 27-28 - Battle for Aisne and Nesle
  • June 20th to October 2nd - Battle of Reims

The losses during the First World War amounted to 104 officers , 3,450 NCOs and men and around 18,900 wounded.

Whereabouts

After the end of the war , the regiment marched back home, where it was initially demobilized and finally disbanded in Bad Driburg on December 14, 1918 . From the III. Battalion the " Freikorps Niederrhein" was formed in April , which then in August 1919 as III. Battalion in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 61 rose.

The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of August 24, 1921 of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , the 6th Company of the 18th Infantry Regiment .

Heads of regiments

Rank Surname date
General of the Infantry Gustav Friedrich von Beyer March 22, 1877 to December 7, 1889
Feldzeugmeister Rainer of Austria 0September 5, 1891 to January 27, 1913
General of the Infantry Erich Ludendorff October 26, 1918 until dissolution

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Franz Ludwig von Jeanneret von Beaufort-Belfort August 27, 1818 to March 29, 1828
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ernst von Kesteloot March 30, 1828 to March 29, 1833
Lieutenant colonel Karl of Bila March 30, 1833 to March 29, 1834 (responsible for the tour)
Colonel Karl of Bila March 30, 1834 to March 24, 1841
Lieutenant colonel Ehrenfried Kayser March 25, 1841 to January 12, 1842 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ehrenfried Kayser January 13, 1842 to March 26, 1847
Colonel Ferdinand von Kusserow March 27, 1847 to August 2, 1848
Colonel Hermann von Witzleben 0August 3, 1848 to November 7, 1851
Colonel Karl Eder 0November 8, 1851 to May 9, 1855
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl August von Fallois May 10, 1855 to June 2, 1858
Lieutenant colonel Albert von Schrabisch 0June 3 to November 21, 1858 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Albert von Schrabisch November 22, 1858 to October 17, 1861
Colonel Gustav von Schimmelmann October 18, 1861 to April 17, 1865
Lieutenant colonel Wilhelm von Woyna April 18 to June 16, 1865 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Wilhelm von Woyna June 17, 1865 to July 13, 1870
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav von Eskens July 14, 1870 to March 21, 1873
Colonel Heinrich Haberland March 31 to November 14, 1873
Colonel Ernst von der Burg November 15, 1873 to May 17, 1876
Colonel Alexander von Kameke May 18, 1876 to June 21, 1880
Colonel Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorff June 22, 1880 to January 20, 1886
Lieutenant colonel Bernhard von Arnim January 21, 1886 to March 21, 1889
Colonel Heinrich Schenk March 22, 1889 to March 28, 1892
Colonel Adolf von der Lippe March 29, 1892 to April 17, 1896
Colonel Rudolf von Sanden April 18, 1896 to June 14, 1899
Colonel Gustav Meissner June 15, 1899 to October 23, 1901
Colonel Eugene Petzel October 24, 1901 to February 11, 1903
Colonel Hugo von Wasielewski March 22, 1903 to May 1, 1907
Colonel Cai Theodor lady 0May 2, 1907 to August 18, 1909
Colonel Adolf Strauss August 19, 1909 to August 17, 1911
Colonel Ernst von Blumenstein August 18, 1911 to January 16, 1913
Colonel Erich Ludendorff January 17, 1913 to April 21, 1914
Colonel Walter von Schönberg April 22 to September 13, 1914
Lieutenant colonel Franz von Gottberg September 14, 1914 to August 25, 1916
Lieutenant colonel Otto waterfall August 26, 1916 to April 5, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Karl Felsch 0April 6 to July 29, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Franz von Rudorff July 30, 1918 until dissolution

literature

  • Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , p. 85.
  • Wilhelm von Rintelen : History of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 during the first seventy-five years of its existence. 1818 to 1893. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1893, digitized
  • Düsseldorf as a garrison town. Writings of the Historical Museum and the Archives of the City of Düsseldorf, Issue 6, Düsseldorf 1933.
  • Franz von Rudorff: The Fusilier Regiment General Ludendorff (Niederrheinisches) No. 39 in the world wars 1914-1918 . Stalling, Oldenburg 1925. (= Volume 125 of the series of Prussian troop units in memorial sheets of German regiments ), digitized version from the Württemberg State Library
  • Derendorf and the 39ers. In: Derendorf - then and now. Edited by the Heimatverein Derendorfer Jonges eV, o. O. o. J. (Düsseldorf 1966).

Web links

Commons : Niederrheinisches Fusilier-Regiment Nr. 39  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Rintelen: History of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 during the first seventy-five years of its existence. 1818 to 1893. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1893. Appendix p. 6.
  2. ^ W. Rintelen: History of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 during the first seventy-five years of its existence. 1818 to 1893. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1893. Appendix p. 17.
  3. ^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , p. 85.
  4. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commandos and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 136.
  5. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 136f.