Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 1 (1806)

Regiment on foot & name of owner
Flag of the regiment in the 18th century.
active	1615 to 1806 (annihilation)
Country	Electorate of Brandenburg / Prussia
Branch of service	infantry
Former locations	Berlin ( Neuer Markt ), Grenadiers : ( Strausberg )
Origin of the soldiers	Mark Brandenburg
owner	Elector (commanders: 1655 Johann von Klingsporn , 1657 Gerhard Bernhard von Pölnitz , 1679 Wolmar von Wrangel , 1684 Hans Adam von Schöning , 1691 Heino Heinrich von Flemming , 1693 Johann Albrecht von Barfus ) 1702 Alexander Hermann von Wartensleben , 1723 Caspar Otto von Glasenapp , 1742 Hans Christoph Friedrich von Hacke , 1754 "Vacat-Hacke", 1756 Hans Carl von Winterfeldt , 1758 Johann Siegmund von Lattorff , 1760 Karl Christoph von Zeuner , 1768 Ernst Julius von Koschenbahr , 1776 Christian Friedrich von Bandemer , 1778. Ludwig Gottlob von Kalckreuth , 1778 Hans Ehrentreich von Bornstedt , 1792 Johann Ernst von Kunheim
Tribe list	Old Prussian infantry regiments
Trunk number	No. 1 (1806)
Wars & major battles	Great Turkish War , War of Spanish Succession , War of Austrian Succession , Seven Years War , Coalition Wars

The infantry regiment with the later number No. 1 was the oldest old Prussian regiment on foot, which was established in 1615 as the Märkische Garde or Leibcompanie and was later strengthened into a regiment. As a result, it was located in Berlin .

General story

The regiment was initially set up as the Elector's Guard under the name of Märkische Guard and also Churfürstliche Leibcompanie . Only in 1657/59 was it converted into a real regiment. In 1701 it was given the rank of Prussian royal guard, which it lost again in 1713. The rank was transferred to the Royal Guard . From then on, this regiment was called Waiting Life Regiment on Foot or White Fusilier Life Guard .

evaluation

Regardless of the loss of the guard rank to the royal regiment, it was regarded as particularly respected, despite its average performance in the Seven Years' War. This is explained in particular by the close relationship between General von Winterfeld and the king. In 1768 it was determined that " regardless of the rank of the chief - in the army it should always rank behind the guards, followed by No. 13 . "

Whereabouts and succession

The regiment was founded in 1806 as a regiment on foot from Hoe No. 1 dissolved in Ratekau by surrender, the III. Battalion in Szczecin .

Uniform, equipment

In the 18th century, the regimental uniform consisted of a blue uniform jacket with red cuffs , discounts and lapels and white braids . The cap of the winged grenadiers was blue and white and had silver brass fittings with a white pompom . The regimental flag was orange.

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  Grenadier player and grenadier of the “white fusilier bodyguard” 1708 - Richard Knötel : Uniforms 1890. Volume I, plate 17

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  The regiment was stationed in Berlin: Neuer Markt around 1740

See also

• List of infantry regiments of the Old Prussian Army

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, p. 53ff.

Web links

• Private English-language project on the Seven Years War: Here No. 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See List of Infantry Regiments of the Old Prussian Army # Explanation of the system
2. ↑ 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). P.56.