Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 12 (1806)
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Regiment on foot & name of owner |
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 Regiment owner, Hereditary Prince Ludwig of Hessen-Darmstadt in officer's uniform. Painting in the Musée historique of Strasbourg (before 1757). |
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| active | 1685 to 1806 (surrender) |
| Country | Prussia |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Former locations | first Lebus and Neumark (staff in Landsberg ad Warthe ), then Prenzlau |
| Origin of the soldiers | Uckermark |
| owner | 1685 Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1712 Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1741 Wolf Balthasar von Selchow , 1743 Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt , 1757 Friedrich August von Finck , 1763 Johann Jakob von Wunsch , 1788 Franz Casimir von Kleist , 1800 Friedrich Wilhelm Duke of Braunschweig-Oels |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian infantry regiments |
| Trunk number | No. 12 |
| Wars & major battles | War of the Austrian Succession , Seven Years War |
The infantry regiment with the later number No. 12 was a Brandenburg-Prussian regiment on foot that was formed in 1685. It had its locations in the Mark Brandenburg .
evaluation
The regiment belonged to the so-called princely regiments in the 18th century. In particular, Hereditary Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt ensured an excellent education. Like other similar regiments, it was noticeably rarely used during the Seven Years' War .
Whereabouts and succession
The regiment was disbanded on November 7, 1806 by surrendering at Ratekau . The III. Battalion capitulated in Szczecin .
Uniform, equipment
Until the middle of the 18th century, the regimental uniform consisted of a blue uniform jacket with red lapels. There were white bows on the red bush lapel and the round open cuffs. The grenadiers' cap was blue-red, gold brass fittings with a black eagle and red-blue tufts. The regimental flag was light green with white rays.
See also
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume I, pp. 97ff.
Web links
- Private English-language project on the Seven Years War: Here No. 12
- Website of the re-enactment group that represents this regiment
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume I, p. 100.