Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 21 (1806)
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Regiment on foot & name of owner |
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|---|---|
| active | 1713 to 1806 (surrender) |
| Country | Prussia |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| structure | 2 companies of grenadiers |
| garrison | Halberstadt |
| owner | 1713 Ernst Wladislaus von Dönhoff 1724 Heinrich Karl von der Marwitz 1744 Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow 1756 Johann Dietrich von Hülsen 1767 Carl Magnus von Schwerin 1773 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian infantry regiments |
| Trunk number | No. 21st |
| Wars & major battles | Pomeranian Campaign , First Silesian War , Second Silesian War , Seven Years War , Bavarian Succession War , Coalition Wars , Battle of Jena and Auerstedt |
The infantry regiment with the later number No. 21 was a Prussian regiment on foot, which was set up in 1713 by Major General Ernst Wladislaus von Dönhoff in Halberstadt in the province of Anhalt. The association bore the name of the respective boss and was therefore initially referred to as the “von Dönhoff” regiment .
history
The Prussian army reformer Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau introduced a first list of the Prussian regiments in 1729/37, which was based on the principle of anciency. The regiment “von der Marwitz” was given the number 21. After Colonels Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow (1744–1756), Johann Dietrich von Hülsen (1756–1767) and Carl Magnus von Schwerin (1767–1773), Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand received Herzog von Braunschweig in 1773 the regiment. It was run as the Duke of Braunschweig regiment until the end . The Prussian army, under the leadership of the more than seventy-year-old Duke of Braunschweig , met Napoleon's troops in the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt on October 14, 1806 during the Fourth Coalition War . At the beginning of the fighting, the Duke was hit by a bullet that shot him in both eyes. The regiment lost its general and was then disbanded.
Match record
In total, the regiment was involved in 81 combat operations, including:
- 11 battles won and 4 lost
- 1 lost meeting
- 24 won, one undecided and 5 lost as well as 8 retreat battles
- 8 successful and one unsuccessful siege
- 1 ceremony
- 5 successful and 2 unsuccessful assault attacks as well as 2 successful and one unsuccessful attack
- also 1 capture, 2 cannonades , 1 camp, a successful and an unsuccessful defense
- 1 surrender
| Regiment chief | Period | designation | Garrisons | Calls |
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| Ernst Wladislaus von Dönhoff | April 3, 1713 to June 10, 1724 | Regiment "von Dönhoff" | Halberstadt, Aschersleben, Osterwiek, Quedlinburg, Wernigerode, Bleicherode and Elrich | 1715: War in Pomerania against Sweden |
| Heinrich Karl von der Marwitz | July 24, 1724 to December 22, 1744 | Regiment "von der Marwitz" | Halberstadt, Quedlinburg until 1796 | 1740–1742: First Silesian War |
| Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow | December 31, 1744 to February 15, 1756 | Regiment "von Bredow" | 1744–1745: Second Silesian War | |
| Johann Dietrich von Hülsen | February 25, 1756 to May 29, 1767 | Regiment "from pods" | 1756–1763: Third Silesian War | |
| Carl Magnus von Schwerin | June 7, 1767 to January 10, 1773 | Regiment "von Schwerin" | ||
| Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Duke of Braunschweig |
January 11, 1773 to October 14, 1806 | Regiment "Duke of Braunschweig" | (1796–1799) Herford, Nienburg, Hille, Salzuflen, Lübbe, Schötmar, Dützen, Eistrup, Rosum, Eichhorst, Osnabrück (until 1806) Halberstadt |
1778–1779: War of the Bavarian Succession 1790: March to Silesia 1792–1796 and 1806: War against France |
literature
- Erich Schneider: Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck and the Duke of Braunschweig regiment during the Rhine campaign 1792–1795. Revolutionary time and revolutionary war on the Rhine in the mirror of the Neue Gemeinnützige Blätter Halberstadt. In: Yearbook for West German State History . No. 4 , Jan. 1, 1978, OCLC 82992092 , p. 239-269 .
- A. Wagner, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand: The campaign of the K. Prussian army on the Rhine in 1793 . G. Reimer, Berlin January 1, 1831, OCLC 794885467 ( books.google.com ).
Web links
- Infantry Regiment No. 21 - Regiment on foot on preussenweb.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Günther Gieraths: The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian army, 1626–1807. A source manual (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin . Volume 8 ). Walter de Gruyter, 1964, ISBN 3-11-000455-0 , p. 73-76 ( books.google.de ).