Hussar regiment "von Zieten" (Brandenburg) No. 3
The Hussar Regiment "von Zieten" , called Zieten Hussars , was a hussar regiment of the Prussian Army . At the beginning of the First World War it was subordinate to the 6th Division in Brandenburg . It followed the tradition of the old Prussian body hussar regiment of General von Zieten (H 2).
history
On September 30, 1730, the association was established by the soldier king Friedrich Wilhelm I as the Berlin Hussar Corps . In 1736 the unit was renamed Leib-Korps-Hussaren and Leib- Husaren - Regiment (H 2). After the double battle of Jena and Auerstedt , the regiment at Corps Blücher was destroyed and was considered extinct, although 6 squadrons were able to flee to East Prussia . As part of the reforms within the Prussian army, the Hussar Regiment No. 3 was re-established and took part in the coalition wars. Only in 1861, after long efforts, was the successor tradition of the Old Prussian Hussar Regiment H 2 recognized.
In 1818 regiment No. 3 was transferred to Gladbach , in 1820 first to Düsseldorf , then to Düben . In 1848 the hussars fought in the Schleswig-Holstein War and in 1849 in Baden . After the final relocation to Rathenow (1851), the association was used in the wars against Denmark (1864), Austria (1866) and France (1870/1871). Hussars from the Rathenower Regiment were also in action during the First World War and some had to lose their lives.
The regiment was dissolved on May 30, 1919.
The tradition continued in the Reichswehr with the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Rathenow. After joining the Wehrmacht , the tradition was carried on into the 1940s, when they recalled the equestrian spirit of Zieten and his hussars and appeared in the uniforms of the hussars on appropriate holidays or memorial days. After the regiment was dissolved, the city of Rathenow had a memorial for the Zieten Hussars made by the sculptor Wilhelm Otto .
The names of the regiment, from foundation to dissolution
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The chiefs of the regiment
- 1730–1736 by Beneckendorff
- 1736–1741 by Wurmb
- 1741–1786 General of the cavalry Hans Joachim von Zieten
- 1786–1794 Lieutenant General Karl Adolf August von Eben and Brunnen
- 1794–1805 Lieutenant General von Göcking
- 1805–1806 Colonel / Major General Wilhelm Heinrich von Rudorff
- 1823–1851 Duke of Cumberland (later Ernst August King of Hanover )
- 1851–1878 King George V of Hanover
- 1878–1885 Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus von Prussia
- 1888 to World War I, Field Marshal Arthur Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Connaught
Regimental commanders
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See also
- List of cavalry regiments of the Old Prussian Army
- Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699–1786), general of the cavalry
- Hans Ernst Karl Count von Zieten (1770–1848), Field Marshal General
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms 1753–1786 . Volume III: Mounted Troops . Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 .
- Christian zu Rantzau: History of the Hussar Regiment von Zieten (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 (= memorial sheets of German regiments. Troops of the former Prussian contingent . No. 298 ). Stalling, Oldenburg iO / Berlin 1930. Available online: digitized version of the Württemberg State Library .
- Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army 1827, p.237f
Web links
- Private homepage about the Zietenhusaren
- Online project: List of losses 1914–1918 of the 2nd Hussar Regiment “von Zieten” (Brandenburgisches) No. 3
Individual evidence
- ↑ The regiment was not officially numbered until 1805.
- ↑ cf. Bleckwenn 1984: Volume 3: 155.
- ↑ private homepage with depictions of the Zietenhusars; accessed on May 15, 2010 ( Memento from February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )