Third Infantry Regiment Prince "Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen"
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Third Infantry Regiment "Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse" |
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| active | 1701/1745 (main troops) May 1, 1821 to October 2, 1866 |
| Country | Electorate of Hesse |
| Armed forces | Hessian Army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Location | Fulda |
The Third Infantry Regiment Prince "Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen" was a military unit of the Electorate of Hesse . The regiment existed until the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia in 1866. The officers and men who were taken over formed the trunk of the 3rd Kurhessian Infantry Regiment No. 83 .
Tribe troops
I. Battalion
In 1701 it was established as the von Schöpping regiment.
- 1704 exterbe
- 1719 Rau zu Holzhausen
- 1736 Waldenheim Regiment
- 1744 Mansbach
- 1763 Graeffendorf
- 1767 Prince Moritz of Saxe-Gotha
- 1775 Trümbach
- 1778 by Bose
In 1789 the regiment Prince Carl (established in 1702) was merged to form the 2nd battalion of the combined regiment. In 1795 was from the two existing and two others were formed from two battalions Grenadier - companies , built a grenadier battalion.
The regiment was named Landgrave Karl in 1805 , which it kept until November 1, 1806.
In 1813 the regiment was rebuilt with two grenadier companies, two musketeer and one fusilier battalion (each with 4 companies). The two grenadier companies were combined with those of the Prince Carl regiment to form the Losberg Grenadier Battalion (from 1820 by Schmidt). As early as 1816, two fusilier companies were dissolved and the other two were combined with those of the Prinz von Solms regiment to form a fusilier battalion. In 1817 the last two fusilier companies were merged with those of the Prinz von Solms regiment to form a fusilier landwehr regiment, and in 1818 it was named Fusilier regiment Landgrave Carl.
Battle calendar
From 1701 to 1713 in the Palatinate War of Succession , the regiment fought in the Netherlands , on the Rhine, in Bavaria and Italy. From 1741 to 1748 it was again in Bavaria, on the Main and on the Rhine, in the Netherlands and in Scotland. During the Seven Years' War it was part of the Allied army. In 1759 it took part in the expedition to Saxony. From 1776 to 1783 it was in America . There it was able to distinguish itself in 1780 at Guilford in North Carolina. After its return it fought in the First Coalition War from 1793 to 1795 in the Netherlands and Westphalia. In 1806 it was given leave of absence.
In 1814 it was during the sieges of Luxemburg, Thionville and Metz. In 1815 it moved to Champagne and fought at Sedan and Reims; it took part in the storming of Charleville and in the siege of Mezieres.
Bosses
- 1701 Colonel Melchior von Schöpping (fallen on Schellenberg )
- 1704 Colonel Casimir Heinrich von Exterde (later major general and commandant of Rinteln)
- 1719 Colonel Georg Ludwig Rau von Holzhausen († 1736) (later major general and commander of Hanau)
- 1736 Colonel Wilhelm Adolf von Waldenheim (fallen at Kron-Weißenburg)
- 1744 Major General Heinrich von Mansbach (later Lieutenant General and Governor of Rheinfels)
- 1763 Major General Friedrich Wallrab von Gräffendorf
- 1767 Lieutenant General Prince Moritz of Saxe-Gotha
- 1775 Major General Karl Levin von Trümbach
- 1778 Major General Carl Ernst Johann von Bose (later Lieutenant General)
- 1789 to 1821 Lieutenant General Prince Carl of Hesse
Commanders
- 1789 Major General von Borck, later Lieutenant General and Commandant of Ziegenhain
- 1795 Major General von Hanstein, transferred as Lieutenant General
- 1798 Major General von Fuchs
- 1799 Colonel Carl von Wurmb, later lieutenant general and commandant of Hanau
- 1813 Colonel Carl von Haynau , Commander and Chief
- 1818 Major General Carl Zincke, Commander and Chief
- 1820 Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Loßberg
II Battalion
In 1745 the Prinz Anhalt regiment was established from teams from other regiments and newly recruited. Afterwards it was given new names again and again: Mirbach in 1770 , Jung-Losberg in 1780 . In 1789 the regiment became the 2nd Battalion of the Hereditary Prince Regiment . In 1795 a grenadier battalion was established in the regiment. In 1803 it was given the name Kurprinz and in 1805 the name von Wurmb , so it remained until November 1, 1806, when the regiment was given leave of absence.
In 1813 the regiment was reorganized as vacant von Wurmb . It consisted of two grenadier companies and two musketeer and one fusilier battalion (4 companies each). At the beginning of 1814, the regiment was named Prince von Solms . The two grenadier companies were combined with those of the Landgraf Carl regiment to form the grenadier battalion of Loßberg (from 1820 by Schmidt). In 1816 two companies of the Fusilier Regiment were disbanded and the other two companies were merged with those of the Landgraf Carl Regiment to form a Fusilier Battalion, and in 1817 the 2nd Fusilier Landwehr Regiment was formed.
- 1745 Prince Anhalt
- 1770 Mirbach
- 1780 Jung-Losberg
- 1789 Hereditary Prince
- 1803 electoral prince
- French occupation
- 1813 vacant from Wurmb
- 1814 Prince of Solms
Bosses
- 1745 Colonel Prince Carl Leopold von Anhalt-Bärenburg
- 1770 Colonel von Mirbach (later Lieutenant General)
- 1780 Major General von Loßberg (later Lieutenant General)
- 1789 Colonel Prince Wilhelm (later Wilhelm II.)
- 1805 Major General Philipp von Wurmb
- French occupation
- 1813 Major General Prince Ludwig Wilhelm Christian von Solms-Braunsfels
Commanders
- 1789 Lieutenant General von Kospoth (commander of both battalions)
- 1789 Colonel Johann Friedrich von Cochenhausen (later major general)
- 1793 Colonel Hans Moritz von Biesenrodt (commander of both battalions)
- 1801 Major General Philipp von Wurmb (became boss in 1805)
- 1813 Lieutenant Colonel Mensing (commander of both battalions)
- 1818 Major Wilhelm Rieß (commander of both battalions)
3rd Infantry Regiment Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse
On May 1, 1821, the Fusilier Regiment Landgraf Carl was renamed the 3rd Line Infantry Regiment. It was organized into two musketeer and one fusilier battalion (4 companies each). The musketeer battalions were supplemented with two grenadier companies from Schmidt's grenadier battalion. The Fusilier Battalion became the 2nd Battalion of the Prinz von Solms Regiment (later Rifle Battalion), the fourth company of the von Schmidt Grenadier Battalion.
In 1832 it was named Landgrave Carl . On December 7, 1832, it was reorganized into two battalions. The first battalion was disbanded, the two were formed into the first and the second from the fusilier battalion. In 1835 it became the 3rd Landgraf Carl Infantry Regiment , and in 1836 only the 3rd Infantry Regiment . In 1849 it received an additional Landwehr battalion; In 1854 the battalion was disbanded and the companies were integrated into the first and second battalions. In 1856 it was named the 3rd Infantry Regiment (Prince Friedrich Wilhelm) .
Battle calendar
During the Baden Revolution of 1849 it was part of the Neckar Corps. The 1st Battalion was in action near Hirschhorn and when Gernsbach was captured. The 2nd battalion fought near Käferthal and Großsachsen and together with the 1st battalion in the second battle near Hirschhorn.
Bosses
- 1832 Landgrave Carl of Hesse (1836)
- 1856 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse
Commanders
- 1821 Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Friedrich von Haller († 1830)
- 1830 Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Emil von Lepel, major general from 1833
- 1833 Lieutenant Colonel Louis Leopold von Bardeleben, entrusted with the management
- 1835 Lieutenant Colonel Louis Leopold von Bardeleben, Commander (transferred as Colonel)
- 1838 Lieutenant Colonel Johann Heinrich Bernhard Jacob Ludwig von Specht, entrusted with the management
- 1840 Lieutenant Colonel Johann Heinrich Bernhard Jacob Ludwig von Specht, Commander, later Commander of the Life Guard,
- 1841 Colonel Karl Friedrich von Starck, ad interim commander
- 1843 Colonel Karl Friedrich von Starck, commander, later commander of Fulda
- 1844 Lieutenant Colonel Georg Spangenberg (from 1844 Colonel)
- 1848 Lieutenant Colonel Achilles Arnold d'Orville, entrusted with the leadership, later transferred to the War Ministry
- 1850 Colonel Otto Wilhelm Theodor White,
- 1850 Lieutenant Colonel Carl Emil Jakob Friedrich von Schnackenberg, m. d. F. b., Later 2nd IR
- 1851 Lieutenant Colonel Georg Wilhelm von Schmidt, m. d. F. b. , ad interim , later commander of the rural gendarmerie
- 1852 Lieutenant Colonel Georg Karl Friedrich von Kaltenborn, Commander ad interim
- 1853 Lieutenant Colonel Georg Karl Friedrich von Kaltenborn, commander
- 1855 Colonel Georg Karl Friedrich von Kaltenborn (1805–1875), commander transferred to the War Ministry, 1855–1859 Minister of War
- 1856 Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Treusch von Buttlar, entrusted with the management
- 1856 Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Treusch von Buttlar, commander
- 1857 Colonel Ludwig Treusch von Buttlar, commander
- 1866 Lieutenant Colonel von Bischoffshausen, entrusted with the management
literature
- Tribe and rank list of the Electoral Hessian Army Corps from the 16th century to 1866. P. 148 f.
- Friedrich Ludwig Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels: History of the Waldeck and Kurhessian troops of the infantry regiment v. Wittich (3rd Kurhess.)
- Georg Alt: The Royal Prussian Standing Army. Volume 1, p. 313.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Andreas Hofmann, Abhandelung of the former and moderns war state , Volume 2, S.528
- ↑ Johann Andreas Hofmann, Abhandelung of the former and moderns war state , Volume 2, S.498
- ↑ Genealogical-historical news of the most noble events that happened at the European courts, 1749, p. 472
- ^ Continued new genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events that happened at the European courts, 1764, p. 332
- ↑ Handbook of the Kurhessischen Militair- Hof- und Civil-Staats, 1820, p. 58
- ^ Kurhessisches Staats- und Adress-Handbuch, 1829, p. 49
- ↑ Kurhessisches Staats- und Adress-Handbuch, 1831, p. 51
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1835, p. 46
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1840, p. 80
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1843, p.78
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1845, p. 79
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1850, p.
- ↑ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook, 1851, p.75
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1855, p. 77
- ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1865, p. 89.