Colberg's Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9

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Colberg's Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9

Colberg Helmzier.jpg

Crest of the regiment
Lineup June 7, 1808

(Origins of the 1st and 2nd battalions as early as 1717, origins of the fusilier battalion as early as 1806)

Country Prussia
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service infantry
Insinuation II Army Corps
Location Stargard in Pomerania
Former locations 1808 Kolberg and environs, 1814 Niederrhein, 1815–16 Occ. In France, 1817–72 Stettin, 1828–29, 1849–51 Berlin, 1872 Stargart. Detached: I. 1820–21 Kolberg, II. 1817–20 Kolberg, 1851–60 Stargart, 1872–73 Pyritz, F. 1828–29 Anklam, 1833–49 Gollnow, 1849–51 Frankfurt an der Oder, 1860–72 Pyritz
Origin of the soldiers Cantons-free, from the rest of the army and advertising
Colours 1900: blue tunic with yellow buttons, red collar, Brandenburg cuffs in red with red flaps. White armpit flaps with red number "9". Epaulettes

The Colbergsche Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) no. 9 , commonly referred to as Colbergsches Infantry Regiment called, was a 1808 educated in Pomerania garnisonierter infantry joined the Prussian army .

One of the regiment's flags
From left to right: Grenadier, musketeer, fusilier and soldier of the garrison company of the Colberg Infantry Regiment in the period of 1811 (uniform studies by Richard Knötel )
Volunteer hunters of the Colberg Infantry Regiment from 1813 to 1815 (uniform studies by Richard Knötel)

history

The regiment owes its existence to the successful defense of the Kolberg fortress against Napoleon I's troops during the spring campaign in 1807. The siege began in mid-March 1807 by around 5,600 Italian soldiers and ended on July 2, 1807 as a result of the late known armistice of Tilsit from June 23rd after big losses with no result. The fortress was initially defended by around 1,500 soldiers from the "Owstien" and "Borcke" regiments, who were no longer fit for campaigning. In May 1807 the number of besiegers had risen to over 14,000 men, the number of those besieged by the influx of dispersed Prussian soldiers or those who had escaped from French captivity as well as reinforcements arriving by sea to around 6,000 men.

From the Prussian soldiers who had defended Kolberg , two infantry regiments were formed in 1808, along with other formations. This is how the Leib Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 and the Colbergsche Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 were created . It was by cabinet order of August 26, 1808 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. founded and subordinated to Lieutenant General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher .

Coalition wars

German War 1866

During the German War , the regiment was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division of the II Army Corps and took part in the Battle of Königgrätz .

Franco-German War

In the war against France , the association was used in the battle of Gravelotte and in the sieges of Metz and Paris .

First World War

Whereabouts

After the end of the First World War, the remnants of the regiment returned home. The association was demobilized from December 19, 1918 in Stargard and then dissolved. Various free formations were formed from parts , which later merged into the Reichswehr Infantry Regiments 3 and 83 of the Provisional Reichswehr.

The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of the Chief of the Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , of August 24, 1921, the 1st and 4th companies of the 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Stargard.

Regiment chief

Rank Surname date
General of the Infantry /
General Field Marshal 		August Neidhardt von Gneisenau June 10, 1818 to August 23, 1831
General of the Infantry /
General Field Marshal 		Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke September 20, 1866 to April 24, 1891
Colonel General Josias of Heeringen September 18, 1918 until dissolution

Commanders

Rank Surname date
major Melchior von Boemcken August 26, 1808 to May 27, 1810
major Friedrich von Steinmetz 0June 4, 1810 to February 28, 1813
Lieutenant colonel Alexander von Zastrow 0March 1, 1813 to April 9, 1815
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Schmidt April 10, 1815 to September 26, 1821
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel August von Kanitz 0April 6, 1822 to March 29, 1832
Lieutenant colonel Johann Heinrich von Schachtmeyer March 30, 1832 to December 23, 1832 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Johann Heinrich von Schachtmeyer December 24, 1832 to March 3, 1837
Colonel Wilhelm von Pückler-Groditz March 30, 1837 to January 13, 1838 (responsible for the tour)
Colonel Wilhelm Erdmann von Pückler January 14, 1838 to March 24, 1841
Lieutenant colonel Peter Anton von Korff March 25 to September 28, 1841 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Peter Anton von Korff September 29, 1841 to March 26, 1847
Colonel Hermann von Roeder March 30, 1847 to January 12, 1848 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Hermann von Roeder January 13 to May 12, 1848
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Bagenski May 13, 1848 to April 14, 1852
Colonel Franz von Borcke April 15, 1852 to December 17, 1856
Colonel Wilhelm von Borcke December 18, 1856 to May 30, 1859
Colonel Heinrich Friedrich von Horn May 31, 1859 to January 8, 1864
Colonel Karl Gustav von Sandrart 0January 9, 1864 to October 29, 1866
Colonel Julius von Suchten October 30, 1866 to March 4, 1867
Lieutenant colonel Georg von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg 0March 5 to April 10, 1867 (responsible for the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg April 11, 1867 to November 7, 1871
Lieutenant colonel Konstantin von Boltenstern 0November 8, 1871 to January 7, 1872 (responsible for the tour)
Colonel Konstantin von Boltenstern 0January 8, 1872 to August 2, 1877
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm von Grote 0August 3, 1877 to August 15, 1883
Colonel Albert von Boguslawski August 16, 1883 to February 10, 1886
Obert Sylvius von Stwolinski February 11, 1886 to March 21, 1889
Colonel Viktor von Eberstein March 22, 1889 to October 13, 1890
Colonel Hugo von Strantz October 14, 1890 to January 17, 1891
Colonel Eugen von Stuckradt January 18, 1891 to May 13, 1894
Colonel Georg von Alten May 14, 1894 to March 18, 1896
Colonel Gustav von Wachtmeister March 19, 1896 to January 26, 1899
Colonel Paul Eltester January 27, 1899 to April 21, 1902
Lieutenant colonel Adolf von Schimmelmann April 22 to August 17, 1902
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Werner von Rostken August 18, 1902 to January 26, 1907
Colonel Alfred von Wrochem January 27, 1907 to March 31, 1910
Colonel Rudolf von Schorbening 0April 1, 1910 to April 20, 1911
Colonel Felix Langer April 21, 1911 to April 21, 1914
Colonel Walter Leu April 22, 1914 to October 16, 1915
Lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Derschau October 17, 1915 to April 14, 1916
Lieutenant colonel Robert von Kleist April 15 to August 13, 1916
Colonel Hans von Eberstein August 14, 1916 to April 20, 1917
Lieutenant colonel Just from Seelhorst April 21, 1917 to January 9, 1919
Colonel Max Wobring January 10 to October 10, 1919

literature

  • Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Publishing house Militaria. Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 . P. 48f.
  • Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : The state forces of the Prussian monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm III. Volume 3, Berlin 1830 ( full text )
  • Karl von Bagensky : History of the 9th Infantry Regiment called the Kolbergsche. Kolberg 1842. ( full text, without folded pages ), further digitized version
  • Eugen Petermann: History of the Colberg Grenadier Regiment Graf Gneisenau (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9. 1842 to 1889 . Following v. Bagensky's "History of the 9th Infantry Regiment, called Colbergsches". ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1889.
  • Colmar von der Goltz : History of the Colberg Grenadier Regiment Graf Gneisenau (2. Pomm.) No. 9 and its regular troops. 1717-1908 . Berlin 1912. ( full text ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl von Bagensky : History of the 9th Infantry Regiment called the Kolbergsche. Kolberg 1842. S. III.
  2. ^ 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 the hunter and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag. Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 . P. 65.
  3. ^ 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 occupation of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commandos and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , pp. 65-67 .
  4. ↑ Misspelling: Böhmken, see also: Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , Deutsches Adelslexikon, Volume 1, S.522