Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2

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Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2

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Officer of the Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2, 19th century
active 1717 to 1919
Country Kingdom of Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service cavalry
Former locations Pasewalk , Gartz, Gollnow (until 1763/71), Bahn (from 1763/71), Treptow / Tollense, Ueckermünde
Origin of the soldiers Pomerania
owner 1717 Achaz von der Schulenburg , 1731 Friedrich von Bayreuth , 1763 Friedrich Christian von Bayreuth , 1769 Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander von Ansbach and Bayreuth , 1806 Luise von Prussia .
Tradition Reichswehr 1st Squadron 6th (Prussian) Reiter-Regiment - Panzer battalion 153, Panzergrenadierbataillone 411 and 412 (na) of the Bundeswehr
Tribe list Old Prussian cavalry regiments
Trunk number DV ( Bleckwenn )
Wars & major battles War of Austrian Succession , Seven Years' War , Napoleonic Wars , German-Danish War , German War , German-Prussian War , World War I
Cuirassier monument in Pasewalk
Commander's House in Pasewalk
Former officers' mess in Pasewalk

The Cuirassiers "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 was a cavalry joined the Prussian army . It was founded as a dragoon regiment and initially only bore the name of the head of the regiment in the old Prussian army (subsequent numbering DV ). It became known as the "Bayreuth Dragoons" . The regiment was officially classified as heavy cavalry in the 19th century , but this classification was already out of date in 1914. The text for the well-known Hohenfriedberger March ("Up, Ansbach-Dragoons! Up, Ansbach-Bayreuth! ...") sings of this regiment.

General story

With the highest cabinet order of April 2, 1717, fifteen regiments on horseback were instructed to deploy men and non-commissioned officers to the formation of a new dragoon regiment. On June 1, 1717, the new regiment in Halberstadt was put into service. Colonel Achaz von der Schulenburg became the first head of the regiment . In the 18th century regiments that were also economically linked to the leadership were named after their owners. Since the regiment had bosses from the Bayreuth aristocracy in a row , it was almost consistently called the “Bayreuth Dragoons”. The work in the regiment was done by the commanders who were:

Commanders under Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth

After the death of Margrave Friedrich, Margrave Friedrich Christian took over the regiment.

In 1806 Queen Luise of Prussia became head of the regiment. The regiment received the name "Queen Dragoons" with AKO on March 5, 1806. After the queen's death, the AKO decided on August 4, 1810 that the regiment should forever bear the name “Queen's Regiment”.

It was therefore called "Queen Dragoons Regiment" until November 5, 1816. On November 6, 1816, it was renamed “1. Dragoon Regiment (Queen) ", from May 28, 1819 it was reclassified into a Cuirassier Regiment and was called" 2. Cuirassier Regiment Queen "it received its last valid name on June 4, 1860:" Cuirassier Regiment Queen (Pomeranian) No. 2 ".

Organization August 1914

II. Army Corps in Stettin - Commanding General : General of the Infantry Alexander von Linsingen
3rd Division in Stettin - Commander: Lieutenant General von Trossel
3rd Cavalry Brigade in Stettin - Commander: Major General von Unger
  • Chief of the regiment: Empress Auguste Victoria
  • Commander of the regiment: 1913–1914 and 1919–1920 (1914 Lieutenant Colonel) Major General Hans von Knobelsdorff (1866–1947)
  • Garrison: Pasewalk

Garrison, replacement and social conditions

Barracks of the regiment

With brief interruptions, the regiment was garrisoned in Pasewalk ( Western Pomerania ) from 1721 to 1919 . In the 18th century also in Gartz, Gollnow (until 1763/71), Bahn (from 1763/71), Treptow / Tollense, Uckermünde. The canton system introduced under Friedrich Wilhelm I assigned the regiment to the "enrollment canton " of Pomerania . Offices were in the 18th century: Wollin, Daber, Naugard, parts of Greifenhagen, Saarzig and Randow, cities were Pasewalk, Gollnow, Gartz, Treptow, Daber, Fiddichow, parts of Uckermünde and Wollin. The Prussian army reform ended the canton system with conscription . Despite its success at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745, the regiment had to be warned by the king for excessive alcoholism. Robbery crimes became known in the canton shortly before the Seven Years War .

Campaigns and skirmishes

The regiment fought under Frederick II in the First and Second Silesian War , in 1741 near Glogau , Breslau and the Battle of Mollwitz . 1744/45 near Prague and on June 4, 1745 in the Battle of Hohenfriedberg as the Dragoon Regiment 5, also known as the Bayreuth Dragoner after its boss at the time, the Margrave of Bayreuth , under the command of General von Geßler 67 Austrian flags, five cannons and brought in 2500 prisoners . In the 3rd Silesian or Seven Years' War the regiment fought near Lobositz (1756), Prague , Pirna and Leuthen (1757), Olmütz (1758), Friedland (1759) and Torgau (1760).

In the First Coalition War against the French Republic in 1792 the regiment moved to the southwest and fought in northern France, the Electoral Palatinate and in Baden . During the battle of Jena and Auerstedt against Emperor Napoleon on October 14, 1806, it was almost completely wiped out. Replenished, the Queen Dragoons fought in the Wars of Liberation in 1813/15 in the battles of Ligny , La Belle Alliance , and at Meaux .

In the war against Denmark in 1864, the regiment was mobilized and moved out, but had little contact with the enemy.

In 1866 in the German war against Austria , the cuirassiers in Bohemia took part in the battle of Königgrätz and Pressburg .

Franco-German War

In the campaign against France in 1870/71 the regiment fought on August 14 at Colombey - Nouilly, and on August 18 at Gravelotte - St. Privat . Between September 1 and October 29, 1870, the cuirassiers were part of the siege army in front of Metz and Thionville . This was followed by fights at Beaume la Rolande, Monnaie, Danzé and on January 6th and 7th 1871 at St. Amand and Villechauvre-Villeprocher.

First World War

The service in World War I took place for most of the time in association with the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9 in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade / 6th Cavalry Division .

Whereabouts

After the armistice of Compiègne (1918) the march back home, where the regiment was demobilized and finally disbanded.

The tradition was taken over by the 1st Squadron of the 6th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Pasewalk in the Reichswehr . Later the Panzer Battalion 153, Panzergrenadierbataillone 411 and 412 (na) of the Bundeswehr. The Panzergrenadierbataillon 411, which sees itself in the tradition of the cuirassier regiment, celebrates the "Hohenfriedberg Day" on the anniversary of the Hohenfriedberg battle with a sports festival event. The barracks in which the PzGrenBtl 411 is housed is named "Kürassier-Kaserne" in honor of the Prussian regiment.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel Karl August von Schäffer June 19, 1807
Lieutenant colonel Adolf Friedrich von Oppen 0October 4, 1808
major Otto von Brockhusen 1811
Lieutenant colonel Georg von Kameke 1814
Lieutenant colonel Adolph von Kurowski 0March 5, 1821 to March 19, 1833
Lieutenant colonel Georg von Stülpnagel March 30, 1833
Lieutenant colonel William of Barby 0April 7, 1842 to January 9, 1843 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel /
Colonel 		William of Barby January 10, 1843 to May 12, 1848
Lieutenant colonel Karl von Schwemmler 1848
Lieutenant colonel Wilhelm von Below 1852
major Louis von Stößel 1855
major Albert von Rheinbaben 1857
Colonel Adalbert von Enckevort 1860
major Heinrich von Klützow 1861
Lieutenant colonel August von Schävenbach 1861
major Emil von Pfuhl 1867
Alfred Meyern von Hohenberg 1873
Ludwig von Ostau 1876
Otto Spies from Büllesheim 0November 3, 1881
Karl von Rabe March 13, 1888
Oldwig from Natzmer July 16, 1891
Hermann von Vietinghoff called Scheel October 18, 1892
Limbrecht von Schlieffen October 18, 1895
Colonel Otto von Schwerin December 15, 1900

Uniform, equipment

Peace uniform 1914

Carte de Visite of the Pasewalker Kürrasier "von Stumpfeld" 1899
  • White roll or dark blue service tunic, crimson badge color, Swedish lapels, ring collar, silver buttons, braids and braids
  • Parade cuirass (front and back)
  • Cuirassier helmet made of tombak with bandeau "Hohenfriedberg June 4, 1745"
  • Shoulder boards or epaulettes with the name " L " under the crown
  • Special features: In addition to the bandeau on the helmet eagle, the regiment had two flaming brass grenades on the cartouches as an award and to commemorate its outstanding successes at Hohenfriedberg, which had been awarded to it by Friedrich II.

Already ordered by AKO on February 14, 1907 and gradually introduced from 1909/1910, the colorful uniform was replaced for the first time by the field-gray field service uniform (M 1910) on the occasion of the imperial maneuver in 1913. This was completely like the peace uniform. The leather gear and the boots were natural brown, the helmet was covered by a fabric cover called reed-colored. The bandolier and the cartridge were no longer applied to this uniform.

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician Uniforms 1753-1786 . Volume III: Mounted Troops . Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 .
  • H. Ravenstein (Berb.): Historical representation of the most important events of the Royal Prussian Second Cuirassier Regiment (called Queen) from its foundation in 1717 to 1820. Ernst Siegfried Mittler, Berlin 1827. (digitized).
  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914 . Weltbild Verlag, 1992.
  • State of the Royal Prussian Army in 1787. P. 126. (digitized version).
  • Heinrich Ravenstein, History of the Royal Prussian Queen's 2nd Cuirassier Regiment , 1842, digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753 - 1786 (=  The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444 ). Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Volumes 3, 4 and 5). Volume III, p. 107.