Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 4 (1806)
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Regiment on foot & name of owner |
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| active | 1672 to 1806/07 (surrender) |
| Country | Electorate of Brandenburg / Prussia |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Former locations | Prussian Holland , Liebstadt and Mühlhausen (East Prussia) , from 1773 Elbing |
| Origin of the soldiers | East Prussia |
| owner | 1672 Christian Albrecht von Dohna , 1677 Johann Albrecht von Barfus , 1698 Christoph zu Dohna , 1716 Jakob von Bechefer , 1731 Georg Rudolph von Glaubitz , 1740 Konrad Heinrich von der Groeben , 1744 Samuel von Polentz , 1745 Christoph zu Dohna , 1745 Karl Erhard von Kalnein , 1757 Carl Friedrich von Rautter , 1758 Georg Friedrich von Kleist , 1761 Georg Reinhold von Thadden , 1774 Friedrich von Pelkowsky , 1782 Albrecht Dietrich Gottfried von und zum Egloffstein , 1789 Benjamin von Amaudruz , 1797 Wilhelm Heinrich Adolf von Kalckreuth |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian infantry regiments |
| Trunk number | No. 4th |
| Wars & major battles | War of Spanish Succession , War of Austrian Succession , Seven Years' War , Napoleonic Wars |
The infantry regiment with the later number No. 4 was one of the oldest Brandenburg-Prussian regiments. It was set up in 1672 as Dohna on foot from recruits from the Küstrin fortress , but was subsequently an East Prussian regiment.
General story
The regiment was established in 1672 under Governor Christian Albrecht von Dohna from taxes from the coast . In 1685 parts of the regiment were handed over to the Margrave Brandenburg regiments on foot (1806: No. 12), in 1693 to Sydow on foot (1806: No. 17) and in 1700 to Brandenburg-Schwedt on foot (1806: No. 19).
Garrison, replacement and social conditions
Until 1772 it was stationed in Prussian Holland , Liebstadt and Mühlhausen (East Prussia) . The grenadier companies were in Liebstadt. In 1773 Elbing becomes a garrison town. The grenadiers go to Marienburg. The canton forms East Prussia. Recruits come mainly from the offices of Gilgenburg, Liebstadt, Mohrungen, Prussian Holland, Bohlenhof, Osterode, Hohenstein, Prussian Mark, Liebemühl and partly from Prussian Eylau and from the cities of Prussian Holland, Mühlhausen, Gilgenburg, Liebstadt, Soldau.
evaluation
The regiment was used relatively little in the Seven Years' War , attracted positive attention in the battle of Groß-Jägersdorf, but fell out of favor like all East Prussian regiments.
Whereabouts and succession
The regiment was founded on November 11, 1806 as the Regiment on Foot Kalckreuth No. 4 in Ratekau and Travemünde dissolved by surrender. The III. Battalion 1807 under Kalckreuth in Danzig .
Uniform, equipment
In the 18th century, the regimental uniform consisted of a blue uniform jacket with red cuffs and cuffs and white braids. The cap of the winged grenadiers was beige-red, gold brass fittings with wine-red-orange tufts. The regimental flag was burgundy with yellow flames.
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. 65ff.
Web links
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. 68.