First Elector of Hesse Infantry Regiment "Elector"

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First Elector Infantry Regiment

active 1688 (parent troops), 1789 to October 2, 1866
Country Electorate of Hesse
Armed forces Hessian Army
Branch of service infantry
Location kassel

The First Elector Hessian Infantry Regiment Elector was a military unit of the Electorate of Hesse . The regiment existed until the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia in 1866. 21 officers and 520 NCOs and men then formed the trunk of the Prussian infantry regiment Landgrave Friedrich I. von Hessen-Cassel (1st Kurhessisches) No. 81 .

Tribe troops

I. Battalion

In 1700 the Prince Anhalt regiment was established. Over time it was given new names.

  • 1703 Prince Wilhelm regiment
  • 1727 regiment Prince Frederick , with which they would assume regiment Friedrich II.
  • 1751 Hereditary Prince Regiment
  • 1760 4th Guards Regiment
  • 1760 Leib-Infanterie-Regiment
  • 1775 Leib-Fusilier-Regiment
  • 1783 Leib-Infanterie-Regiment
  • 1785 Leib-Fusilier-Regiment

Battle calendar

  • From 1702 to 1713 the regiment fought in the War of the Spanish Succession in the Netherlands, on the Rhine, Bavaria and Italy.
  • From 1734 to 1735 it moved to the Rhine and Moselle in the Imperial War against France.
  • During the Austrian War of Succession , it was on the Weser, in the Netherlands, on the Rhine and Main, as well as in Bavaria and Scotland from 1741 to 1748.
  • In the Seven Years' War it first came to England in 1756 and then fought on the Prussian side against the French from 1760 to 1763.
  • In 1776 the regiment went to North America, where it fought at White Plains , in Rhode Island, as well as in Pennsylvania and New Jersey .

Bosses

Commanders

  • 1700 Lieutenant Colonel von Uffeln
  • 1706 Lieutenant Colonel Otto Christoph von Verschuer (later Lieutenant General)
  • 1727 Brigadier Otto Christoph von Borck (e) (later governor of Rinteln)
  • 1736 Colonel von Mansbach (later major general)
  • 1744 Colonel von Weitelshausen called Schrautenbach
  • 1744 Colonel von Hundelshausen
  • 1746 Colonel von Canitz
  • 1749 Colonel Carl Johann Haubold von Bose
  • 1755 Colonel Ernst Ludwig von Dalwigk (killed at Hastenbeck )
  • 1757 Colonel Briede
  • 1757 Colonel Schotten (1758, killed at Mehr )
  • 1758 Colonel von Wilke
  • 1760 Colonel Carl (Leopold?) Von Löwenstein
  • 1760 Colonel Wilhelm Max von Dithfurt (later major general)
  • 1766 Major General Karl Levin von Trümbach
  • 1775 Major General Johann Georg von Balecke
  • 1776 Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Loßberg
  • 1780 Major General Carl Ernst von Bischhausen
  • 1782 Major General von Wurmb I
  • 1784 Major General von Lose
  • 1788 Major General von Wurmb II

II Battalion

The regiment was established in 1688 for Prince Friedrich (later King of Sweden).

  • 1698 Prince Friedrich Battalion (partly also Hereditary Prince )
  • 1721 King Regiment Infantry
  • 1751 Leib-Regiment-Infanterie
  • 1760 Wutignau regiment
  • 1776 Landgrave regiment
  • 1783 Leib-Infanterie-Regiment
  • 1785 Landgrave Regiment

Battle calendar

During the War of the Palatinate Succession , the regiment moved to the Netherlands in 1690, where it fought on the Meuse and Rhine until 1697. From 1702 to 1713 the regiment fought in the War of the Spanish Succession in the Netherlands, on the Rhine in Bavaria and Italy. During the Austrian War of Succession from 1841 to 1848, it was used in the Weser, in the Netherlands, on the Rhine and Main, and in Bavaria. During the Seven Years' War it was first relocated to England in 1756 and then served in the Allied Army in Germany from 1760 to 1763. He distinguished himself in 1761 at Bellinghausen and 1762 at Speele an der Fulda. In 1776 it went to America, the regiment took part in the assault on Fort Washington, fought in the capture and defense of Rhode Island and then participated together with the 1st Battalion in various fights in New Jersey and in New York State.

Haller's Grenadier Regiment

Haller's Grenadier Regiment fought near Bergen, Sababurg and Dorsten during the Seven Years' War. In America it fought at Flatbush, Whiteplains, Redbank, and Charlestown. During the Wars of Liberation it was able to repel a sortie at the siege of Thionville on February 26, 1814, the regiment made many prisoners and captured a cannon.

Bosses

Commanders

  • 1688 Colonel Dettlof von Schwerin (later Lieutenant General)
  • 1698 Lieutenant Colonel Stückradt
  • 1703 Lieutenant Colonel Hans Hermann von Wartensleben († 1703, died on the Speyerbach )
  • 1704 Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Melchior von der Thann († 1704, died near Hochstädt )
  • 1704 Colonel Franz Christoph von Seyboldsdorf
  • 1714 Colonel Christian Melchior Sigismund von Kutzleben († 1745, later Lieutenant General, Governor of Rheinfels)
  • 1745 Colonel Carl Friedrich von Uffeln (later major general)
  • 1749 Colonel Heinrich Wilhelm von Wutginau (later chief)
  • 1776 Colonel Heinrich Anton von Heeringen (* 1721; † September 25, 1776, fallen in America)
  • 1777 Major General Carl Ernst Johann von Bose
  • 1778 Major General Heinrich Julius von Kospoth

First Elector Infantry Regiment

In 1789 the two regiments were merged under the name Leib-Infanterie-Regiment . The Leib-Fusilier-Regiment formed the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion the Landgraf Regiment.

In 1795 the regiment became a III. Battalion formed: The grenadier battalion was formed from the existing grenadier companies and two musketeer companies. In 1803 it was named Elector . The regiment existed with this name until November 1, 1806.

The regiment was formally on leave and Kurhessen was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia . In 1809, as part of the Fifth Coalition War, a battalion of the Elector was re-established in Bohemia, but was disbanded in the same year.

After the collapse of the kingdom, the regiment was re-established in 1813. It received two grenadier companies, two musketeer battalions and a fusilier battalion; each battalion received 4 companies . The two grenadier companies were combined with the two grenadier companies of the Hereditary Prince Infantry Regiment as the Heller Grenadier Battalion . In 1816 two companies of the regiment were combined with two companies of the Hereditary Prince Regiment to form a fusilier battalion. In 1817 the Fusilier Battalion was appointed to the 1st Fusilier Landwehr Regiment.

On May 1, 1821, the Kurfürst regiment was named: First Line Infantry Regiment. It was reorganized into two musketeer and one fusilier battalions of 4 companies each. Haller's Grenadier Battalion became the 1st Battalion, the previous 1st Battalion became the 2nd Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion became the Fusilier Battalion. At the same time, two companies of the 1st Fusilier Landwehr Regiment were reintegrated into the regiment. One company was transferred to the 2nd Battalion and one company to the Fusilier Battalion.

In 1824 the regiment was named 1st Line Infantry Regiment Kurprinz von Hessen . In 1831 he became the Leib-Regiment. On December 7, 1832, the Fusilier Battalion was combined with the 1st Jäger Company to form the 1st Rifle Battalion. In 1835 it was renamed again and was now called the 1st Infantry Regiment (Leib Regiment) . With the accession of the elector to the throne in 1847, it became the 1st infantry regiment (elector) . A Landwehr regiment was integrated in 1849. But in 1854 the battalion command of the Landwehr Regiment was disbanded and the teams were distributed to the companies of the 1st and 2nd battalions.

Battle calendar

During the first coalition war , the regiment was sent to Champagne in 1792 and took part in the capture of Frankfurt am Main . In 1793 he took part in the siege and conquest of Mainz , later it was in the campaigns in Flanders. In Flanders it took part in the siege of Lannoy (1793) and later in the fighting in Westphalia. After the occupation of Hesse, it was suspended in 1806.

In the fifth coalition war of 1809 it was rebuilt in Bohemia and took part in the campaigns in Sachsen and Bayreuth. It was then dissolved again.

After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Westphalia , the regiment was set up again. During the Wars of Liberation , it fought in the sieges of Luxembourg, Thionville and Metz in 1814. After Napoleon's return in 1815, it took part in the capture of Sedan, the storming of Charleville, the capture of Rheims, the siege of Mezieres and the siege of Givet.

In 1849 the 2nd Battalion was part of the Kurhessische Brigade, which took part in the first Schleswig War and was also involved in the campaign in Jutland.

Bosses

  • 1789–1821 Landgrave Wilhelm I.
  • 1824 Short Prince and co-regent Friedrich Wilhelm
  • 1847 Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Commanders

  • 1789 Major General von Wurmb I, commander of both battalions, later lieutenant general
  • 1789 Major General von Wurmb II, (Kommandeur en Chef) later Lieutenant General, Commandant of Marburg
  • 1803 Lieutenant General von Rotsmann, (Kommandeur en Chef) later Commander of Marburg
  • 1806 French occupation
  • 1813 Colonel von Müller († 1827), (Commander and Chief) later Lieutenant General, Governor of Kassel
  • 1813 Lieutenant Colonel Carl Ludwig August von Benning (1776–1829), 2nd Commander, (1816 Colonel)
  • 1821 Colonel von Benning, sole commanding officer
  • 1829 Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Emil von Lepel (1782–1855), 1839 Commander of Hanau and Fulda, 1842 Lieutenant General
  • 1830 Colonel Johann Philipp Bauer (1775-1851) (transferred as Lieutenant General in 1834)
  • 1834 Colonel Carl Damian Anselm Friedrich Rieß von Scheurnschloß (1838 Major General and Brigade Commander)
  • 1838 Colonel Ludwig Hermann von Berlepsch (1782–1845), entrusted with the management
  • 1839 Colonel von Berlepsch, Commander (1843 Commander of Kassel)
  • 1843 Lieutenant Colonel Georg Spangenberg (1789–1850), entrusted with the management
  • 1843 Colonel Louis Leopold von Bardeleben (1787–1858) (retired in 1844)
  • 1844 Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Urff , entrusted with the management
  • 1845 Lieutenant Colonel von Urff, commander
  • 1845 Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Zwirnemann (1787–1869), entrusted with the management
  • 1847 Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Anton von Wurmb, (later commander in Fulda)
  • 1850 Colonel Achilles Arnold d'Orville (1794–1870)
  • 1850 Lieutenant Colonel Lebrecht Friedrich Ferdinand Osterwald (1795–1874), entrusted with the management
  • 1851 Lieutenant Colonel von Osterwald, entrusted with the management
  • 1852 Colonel von Osterwald, commander
  • 1854 Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann von Baumbach (1808–1885), entrusted with the management
  • 1854 Lieutenant Colonel Carl Rudolf Wegner, entrusted with the leadership (later commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment)
  • 1854 Lieutenant Colonel Baron Louis Carl Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, entrusted with the management
  • 1855 Lieutenant Colonel Freiherr von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, Commander ad interim
  • 1855 Colonel Freiherr von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, commander (later commander of Hanau)
  • 1859 Lieutenant Colonel Wallenstein Christian von Marschall († 1865), entrusted with the management
  • 1859 Colonel von Marschall, commander
  • 1865 Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Ludwig von Heimrod (1812–1882), entrusted with the management
  • 1866 Colonel von Heimrod, commander

literature

  • Tribe and rank list of the Electoral Hessian Army Corps from the 16th century to 1866, p. 126f
  • Occupation of the German Army 1815–1939, Volume 2, p. 211

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archives for History, Genealogy, Diplomatics and Related Subjects, Volume 2, p. 199
  2. ^ Hochfürstl.-Hessen-Casselischer Staats- und Adreß-Calender: 1781 p. 27
  3. ^ History of the 2nd Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 82, p. 109f
  4. ^ Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, Volume 8, p. 215
  5. ^ Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, Volume 8, p. 216
  6. ^ Hochfürstl.-Hessen-Casselischer Staats- und Adreß-Calendar: 1781, p. 15
  7. ^ Hochfürstl.-Hessen-Casselischer Staats- und Adreß-Calendar: 1781 p. 28
  8. ^ Maximilian Joseph Carl von Ditfurth, The Hessians in the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and 1795 in Flanders , Volume 2, p. 133
  9. ^ Kurhessisches Staats- und Address-Handbuch: on the year 1834, p.44
  10. ↑ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook: 1838, p. 80
  11. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1843, p. 74.
  12. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1846, p. 75.
  13. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1850, p. 75.
  14. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1851, p. 73.
  15. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook: 1854, p. 73
  16. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1855, p. 73.
  17. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1863, p. 85.