Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 2 (1806)

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Regiment on foot & regiment
owner New Prussian: Grenadier Regiment No. 1

Prussia No. 2 Gudenus 1734.jpg

Grenadier of the regiment in the War of the Polish Succession in 1734 - contemporary Gudenus manuscript
active 1655 until the coalition wars survived the Reserve Corps became Grenadier Regiment No. 1
Country Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service infantry
Insinuation I. Army Corps
Former locations until 1756 Rastenburg , Gerdauen ; 1763–1765 Rastenburg, Angerburg , Nordenburg , Drengfurt , from 1765 Königsberg / Pr.
Origin of the soldiers Cantons-free, from the rest of the army and advertising
owner 1655 Bogislaw von Schwerin , 1668 Friedrich von Dönhoff , 1696 Otto Magnus von Dönhoff , 1717 Erhard Ernst von Röder , 1743 Samuel von Schlichting , 1750 Hans Wilhelm von Kanitz , 1768 Joachim Friedrich von Stutterheim , 1783 Heinrich Wilhelm von Anhalt , 1786 Viktor Amadeus Henckel von Donnersmarck , 1793 Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck , 1805 Ernst von Rüchel
Tribe list Old Prussian infantry regiments
Trunk number No. 2 (1806) - then Grenadier Regiment No. 1
Wars and major battles Great Turkish War , War of Spanish Succession , Second Northern War , War of Polish Succession

War of the Austrian Succession , Seven Years War , Coalition Wars - 1656 Warsaw , 1697 Zenta , 1745 Hohenfriedberg , 1757 Groß-Jägersdorf , 1759 Zorndorf , 1759 Kay , 1759 Kunersdorf , 1760 Torgau , 1762 Reichenbach Battle of Tannenberg (1914) , Battle of the Masurian Lakes , Battle around Łódź , battle for Verdun

One of the regiment's flags

The Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 2 was a regiment on foot that had existed under different names in the Brandenburg and Prussian armies since the 17th century . After the devastating defeat of Jena and Auerstedt which was Prussian Army of Scharnhorst from scratch placed scratch. He found the No. 2 still largely intact and incorporated it into the new Prussian army . It was initially called 1st Infantry Regiment (1st East Prussian) and finally Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1.

history

The regiment was set up by Bogislaw von Schwerin in Pomerania and Neumark according to the order of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm on December 20, 1655 and was first used in the Battle of Warsaw . The regiment's quarters were in East Prussia in 1657 ( Rastenburg and Gerdauen ). The unit fought for the Electorate of Brandenburg in the war against the French and Swedes . As part of the Imperial Army , the association fought near Zenta in 1697 and took part as the Prussian Army Association in the War of the Spanish and Polish Succession , the First and Second Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War .

During the participation in the coalition wars , the association was renamed the 1st East Prussian Infantry Regiment . After the fights of the coalition wars (among other things as part of the Grande Armée ) the regiment was moved to Danzig in 1849 and to Königsberg in 1855 to the Kronprinz defense barracks (where it remained). In 1866 it took part in the war against Austria , in 1870/71 against France . In memory of the former chief, the regiment was named Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich III." (1st East Prussian) No. 1 on June 21, 1888. On May 6, 1900, it was given the old nickname "Crown Prince" again the association had led since April 22, 1864. Wilhelm II wrote in his order:

“I want the Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich III. (1. Ostpr.) No. 1 on that day, on which I placed my son, the Crown Prince Imperial and Royal Highness, à la suite of the regiment, the name used with distinction in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71 " Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1. Ostpr.) No. 1 ”again. At the same time I determine that the regiment 1. on the helmets the guard eagle without a star 2. on the collar and sleeve plates a. the officers the embroidery which he wore in earlier times as a regiment of Kaniz. b. the crew puts on white strands. I have the confident trust in the regiment that from this evidence of my special royal grace it will find a renewed incentive to serve me, my house and the fatherland into the distant future with the same loyalty and devotion that it has now has confirmed almost 250 years of existence on all occasions. "

- Berlin, May 6, 1900. Wilhelm R.

On May 6, 1904, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia was placed à la suite of the regiment after he had turned 18.

For the battles of the First World War, see the 1st Division , to which the regiment was also assigned. After the end of the war, the regiment was demobilized in Königsberg on December 4, 1918 and finally disbanded on June 1, 1919.

The tradition continued in the Reichswehr with the 9th and 12th companies of the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . With the formation of the Wehrmacht in March 1935, the tradition was continued in the aforementioned companies of the now called 9th Infantry Regiment.

organization

Position of the regiment in the army organization in 1914

Regiment chief

The heads of regiments were:

Commanders

The commander was among others:

Rank Surname date
Ernst Wilhelm von Hamilton March 15, 1803
Georg Ludwig von Rheinbaben 1809
major Franz Christoph von Frieben October 1809 (in charge of the tour)
major Carl Wilhelm von Mayer January 1810 to March 30, 1810 (in charge of the tour)
Friedrich von Both 1810
Karl Heinrich von Zielinski 1811
Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Lobenthal 1812
Bogislaw Christian Karl von Kurnatowski 1814
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Rudolf von Stengel 0June 9, 1817 to June 17, 1825
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Casimir of pods June 18, 1825 to March 25, 1832
Carl von Fabeck March 30, 1832
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich von Kleist March 30, 1838 to 1841
Lieutenant colonel August von der Horst October 21, 1841 to January 12, 1842 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel August von der Horst January 13, 1842 to March 8, 1848
Lieutenant colonel Karl Holfelder 0March 9, 1848 to December 2, 1851
Colonel Karl von Bosse 0December 2, 1851 to June 10, 1856
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Heinrich von Seydewitz June 10, 1856 to May 16, 1859
Adolf von Stahr May 19, 1859
Lieutenant colonel Louis of berries 0April 7, 1863 to September 22, 1863 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Louis of berries September 22, 1863 to October 30, 1866
Colonel Kuno Thassilo from Auer December 31, 1866
Wilhelm von Massow June 13, 1868
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm von Knobelsdorff March 15, 1873 to February 11, 1876
Lieutenant colonel Eduard von Stocken February 12 to March 10, 1876 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Eduard von Stocken March 11, 1876 to March 11, 1878
Lieutenant colonel Gustav von Wedel March 12 to April 12, 1878 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav von Wedel April 13, 1878 to April 14, 1882
Colonel Georg Ludwig von Etzdorff April 15, 1882 to February 13, 1888
Colonel Alfred von Scholten February 14, 1888 to September 18, 1888
Colonel Ferdinand von Stülpnagel September 19, 1888 to May 15, 1891
Colonel Albrecht von Cramer May 18, 1891 to November 14, 1894
Lieutenant colonel Reimer from the end November 15, 1894 to January 26, 1895 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Reimer from the end January 27, 1895 to September 11, 1896
Colonel Alfred from Jess September 12, 1896 to August 15, 1899
Colonel Arthur von der Groeben August 16, 1899 to December 28, 1900
Colonel Hans von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf December 29, 1900 to April 23, 1904
Colonel Friedrich von Massow April 24, 1904 to January 24, 1908
Colonel Arnold von Bauer January 27, 1908 to August 17, 1911
Colonel Conrado Paschen August 18, 1911 to August 1, 1914

Kapellmeister

Gustav Sabac el Cher was the conductor of the regimental band from 1895 to 1909 .

Picture gallery

  • Joachim Friedrich von Stutterheim - contemporary painting around 1775

  • Dress uniform with rifle cord

  • Field uniform with EK2

  • Dress uniform with white belt

  • Dress uniform with rifle, helmet and cartridge pouches, 1915

  • gray field jacket, 1915

  • gray field uniform with helmet

  • Grenadier of the regiment on the Eastern Front in gray field uniform with helmet cover, 1915

  • Parade formation of the regiment with a military band and the conductor Sabac al Cher

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786. Harenberg, Dortmund 1984 (= The bibliophile paperbacks No. 444), license from Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army. Part 3, Volume 3–5, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 , Volume I: Infantry I. P. 57 ff.
  • Johannes Gallandi :
History of the Royal Prussian First East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 1 Crown Prince. 1855-1869. Mittler, Berlin 1869.
History of the Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1. 1869–1882. Mittler, Berlin 1883.
History of the Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1. 1882–1900. Mittler, Berlin 1901.
  • Alexander Carl von der Oelsnitz : History of the Royal Prussian First Infantry Regiment from its foundation in 1619 to the present day. Mittler, Berlin 1855. Digitized
  • Adolph von Menzel : The army of Frederick the Great in their uniform : 100 plates in color facsimile reproduction / drawn. and ext. by Adolph Menzel. [Ed. by Franz Skarbina and Curt Jany ] Reprint of the plate of the same name, probably 1908 to 1912 in the Oldenbourg publishing house, Berlin, special edition. Augsburg: Weltbild 2002, ISBN 3-8289-0523-4 , p. 98 f.
  • Franz von Gottberg (ed.): The Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1 in the world wars. (Reminder sheets of German regiments: Troops of the former Prussian contingent, Volume 217). Two volumes, Kolk, Berlin 1927–1929.
  • Alexander Bernhard Ernst von der Oelsnitz: The Kronprinz Grenadier Regiment ‹1. East Prussian ›No. 1 from its establishment to the present. 1655-1904. Self-rel. d. Reg., Königsberg in Prussia 1904.
  • Friedrich Hopp: The Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz '(1st East Prussian)' No. 1, now Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich III. '(1. East Prussian)' No. 1 in the war against France 1870/71. Hartungsche Verlagsdr., Königsberg 1894.

Web links

Commons : Grenadier-Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See List of Infantry Regiments of the Old Prussian Army # Explanation of the system
  2. ↑ Alexander Bernhard Ernst von der Oelsniz: The Grenadier Regiment Kronprinz (1st East Prussian) No. 1 from its establishment to the present 1655-1904. Brief description of the history of the regiment and its flags. Königsberg 1904. Full text 1855, without folded pages
  3. ^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , pp. 36-37.
  4. ^ 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 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments, as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , pp. 35-38 .