Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 8 (1806)
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Old Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 8 (formerly Zieten on foot) |
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| active | 1679 to 1919 |
| Country | Electorate of Brandenburg / Prussia |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Former locations | 1683 Minden , from 1716 Stettin , 3 companies from 1794 Warsaw and Łowicz |
| Origin of the soldiers | Pomerania |
| owner | 1679 Johann Anton von Zieten , 1690 Anton Günther von Anhalt-Zerbst , 1714 Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst , 1747 Johann Otto von Treskow ("Alt-Treskow"), 1754 Georg Friedrich von Amstel , 1757 Karl Ferdinand von Hagen called "Geist" , 1759 Julius Dietrich von Queis , 1769 Levin Friedrich von Hacke , 1785 Johann Georg Wilhelm von Keller , 1786 Johann Andreas Anton von Scholten , 1791 Franz Otto von Pirch , 1795 Friedrich Leopold von Ruits |
| Tradition | Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 |
| Tribe list | Old Prussian infantry regiments |
| Trunk number | No. 8th |
| Wars & major battles | War of Spanish Succession , War of Austrian Succession , Seven Years' War , Napoleonic Wars |
The infantry regiment with the later number No. 8 was one of the oldest Brandenburg-Prussian regiments. It was founded in 1679 as Zieten auf Fuß .
General story
The regiment was established in 1679 from recruits from the Brandenburg garrisons.
Garrison, replacement and social conditions
The regiment was in Minden from 1683 . It was in Szczecin between 1716 and 1792 . 3 companies were stationed in Warsaw and Łowicz from 1794 .
evaluation
The Pomeranian regiment was one of the "top regiments" in the Seven Years' War .
Whereabouts and succession
The regiment belonged to the Reserve Corps Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq in 1806/07 , later Corps Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher . After the Prussian army reform, transferred to the New Prussian army as the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 .
Uniform, equipment
In the 18th century, the regimental uniform consisted of a blue uniform jacket with red cuffs and skirt lapels and borders with white braids. The cap of the winged grenadiers was blue and red, gold brass fittings with yellow, white and red tufts. The regimental flag was black with white 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, p. 81ff.
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Officer master list of the Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1st Pomeranian) No. 2. Mittler, Berlin 1906; Volume 2, Stettin 1931, supplement to Volume 2, Mittler Berlin 1933
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. 84.