2nd Hannoversches Dragoon Regiment No. 16

The regiment entering the cavalry barracks in Lüneburg around 1908

The second Hannoversche Dragoons. 16 was a cavalry joined the Prussian army .

history

As a regular troop of the regiment one on 24 September 1813 to apply Lieutenant Colonel Albrecht of Estorff -positioned in Luneburg Hussar - Regiment , which was counted as an English Association. It was called the "Estorff'sches-" or "Lüneburg Hussar Regiment". This association fought in the Wars of Liberation and was taken over into the service of the Kingdom of Hanover on January 25, 1814 . On March 9th, 1815 it was named "Hussar Regiment of the Prince Regent" and referred to the future King George IV.

On August 18, 1815, the regiment was allowed to wear a so-called fatherland bandeau with the inscription WATERLOO on the headgear because of its participation in the Battle of Waterloo .

In 1818 the cities of Lüneburg, Uelzen , Lüchow and Harburg were assigned to the association as garrisons.

In 1820 it was named "Hussar Regiment of the Crown Prince". It was later converted and in the last few years of its existence it bore the name "Crown Prince Dragoons Regiment" within the Hanoverian Army .

After the defeat of the Kingdom of Hanover in the German War of 1866, parts of the regiment were taken over into Prussian service and established as Dragoon Regiment No. 16 by King Wilhelm I on October 30, 1866 (foundation day) with the highest cabinet order . To this end, Cuirassier Regiments No. 4 and 8 and Dragoon Regiments No. 5 and 7 each gave up their 5th squadron .

On November 7th, 1867, the regiment was named 2nd Hannoversches Dragoon Regiment No. 16 and was initially housed in Northeim and Einbeck before it was moved to Lüneburg in July 1871. The 4th Squadron was garrisoned in Uelzen.

With the Hussar Regiment No. 17 , the Dragoons formed the 20th Cavalry Brigade in Hanover .

Calls

Wars of Liberation

The regiment was involved in only minor combat operations.

Reign of the Hundred Days

Initially used for three months in the border guards, the unit was assigned to the corps of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands during the Battle of Waterloo , but was not used. After the end of the war, the regiment moved into Paris and then remained stationed in France as an occupying force for three years .

German war

The Kingdom of Hanover fought together with the majority of the states of the German Confederation in the federal execution against Prussia . The regiment took part in the battle of Langensalza and then had to capitulate with the Hanoverian army .

Franco-German War

After the mobilization, the regiment moved into France and was deployed on August 16, 1870 in the battle of Mars-la-Tour to protect the left flank of the Prussian cavalry. Two days later, the dragoons took part in the battle of Gravelotte and then the unit was used from August 19 to October 27, 1870 in the siege of Metz . In November and December 1870 it was used against the French Loire Army at Orléans , Chartres and Le Mans .

After the peace treaty , the regiment returned to the home garrisons at the end of June 1871.

First World War

With the outbreak of World War I and the mobilization, a sixth squadron was set up in the regiment and the unit was divided into two half regiments (1st, 3rd and 5th squadrons, as well as 2nd, 4th and 6th squadrons). These were assigned to the 17th and 18th divisions as division cavalry . The units crossed the Belgian border near Liège in the formation of the X. Corps and took part in the advance through northern France. After withdrawing from the Marne in November 1914, the 1st Half Regiment was transferred to the Eastern Front in Russian Poland, where it remained until the end of 1915. The 2nd half regiment provided rail and canal protection in the west until 1916. After the return of the 1st Half Regiment from the east, the regiment was reunited and initially used for field work in the occupied territories of France. Then the regimental association was dissolved again and the individual squadrons were distributed to the most varied theaters of war, where they were used in trench warfare or in security service. The 6th Squadron took part in the campaign in Romania .

Whereabouts

In January 1919, the regiment returned to Lüneburg by squadrons, was demobilized and dissolved by March 15, 1919.

The tradition took over in the Reichswehr the 3rd Squadron of the 13th (Prussian) Reiter Regiment in Lüneburg. In the Wehrmacht, the 1st Division of Cavalry Regiment 13 continued the tradition.

Regiment chief

King Wilhelm I appointed Prince Philip of Belgium as head of the regiment on February 27, 1883 . After his death, King Albert I received this honorary position on August 27, 1907.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Alexander of Salviati	October 30, 1866 to June 17, 1869
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Rudolf von Waldow	June 18, 1869 to June 14, 1875
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Hermann von Kleister-Kleisheim	June 15, 1875 to June 10, 1879
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm Schmidt from the east	June 11, 1879 to May 12, 1880
Major / Lieutenant Colonel	Max von Stutterheim	May 13, 1880 to May 12, 1886
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Friedrich von Bardeleben	May 13, 1886 to March 23, 1890
Lieutenant colonel	Georg Brinckmann	March 24, 1890 to May 15, 1891
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Benno Moritz	May 16, 1891 to July 13, 1895
Lieutenant colonel	Heinrich von Diest	July 14, 1895 to June 16, 1897
Lieutenant colonel	Arthur von Millers	June 17, 1897 to May 21, 1900
Lieutenant colonel	Carl Bartsch von Sigsfeld	May 22, 1900 to May 29, 1902
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Hans von der Goltz	May 30, 1902 to May 16, 1904
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl from the ceiling	May 17, 1904 to May 21, 1910
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Dietrich von Bodelschwingh	May 22, 1910 to August 1, 1914
major	Wilhelm Dietze	0August 2 to October 5, 1914 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant colonel	Franz Blecken from Schmeling	October 17, 1914 to January 5, 1916
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm Dietze	0January 6, 1916 to January 12, 1917
major	Richard Brustellin	January 13 to May 10, 1917
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm Dietze	May 11, 1917 to April 12, 1918
major	Carl-Anton Seip	April 13, 1918 until dissolution

uniform

The dragoons wore a cornflower blue tunic and charcoal gray trousers. The tunic was equipped with Swedish lapels.

The so-called badge color of the regiment was yellow. The cuffs , the stand-up collar, the epaulette fields and passers-by were of this color . The collar and the cuffs were finished with white piping. The regimental number was on the shoulder pieces and epaulettes. The buttons and fittings were made of nickel silver . A white bandolier with a black cartridge ran from the left shoulder to the right hip . The bandolier and cartridge were not worn with the evening suit and formal suit. The helmet was equipped with a dragoon eagle made of nickel silver, scale chains and the tip of the helmet were made of tombac . The fatherland bandeau was placed over the eagle's neck. A black (for the musicians a red) horsehair bush was put on for the parade. The country cockade was white and black. Likewise the lance flag of the teams. The waist strap (the dragoons did not wear a belt) was white and had a simple pin buckle.

According to AOK of February 14, 1907, the field gray uniform M 1910 was introduced for field service from 1909/10. In this uniform, the straps and boots were natural brown, the helmet was covered by a reed-colored cover. The bandolier and cartridge were no longer worn.

literature

• Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Part II, Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, pp. 572-573.
• Jürgen Kraus : The German Army in World War I: Uniforms and Equipment. 1914 to 1918. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2004 (= catalogs of the Bavarian Army Museum, 2), ISBN 3-9501642-5-1 .
• Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914. Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedberg 1985, licensed edition Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-89350-343-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ A wreath for the crooked rider , Landeszeitung Lüneburg from March 12, 2013, accessed on September 7, 2014
2. ^ 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 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , pp. 74-75.