Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10
Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10 |
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Lineup | November 21, 1808 |
Country | / Prussia |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Branch of service | infantry |
Insinuation | V. Army Corps , VI. Army Corps |
Former locations | u. a. Poznan , Breslau , Neisse , Glogau , Schweidnitz |
Tradition | 7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment |
Colours | Red (collar, regimental number); Yellow (surcharges); Dark blue (flap); White (shoulder flap) |
The Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .
history
The association was founded on November 21, 1808 (Foundation Day) by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Established as 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 10 and renamed 1st Silesian Grenadier Regiment No. 10 on July 1, 1860 . On January 27, 1889, it was named after King Friedrich Wilhelm II and was called Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1st Silesian) No. 10 .
German-Danish War
The regiment took part in the battle near Süderballig on April 18, 1864 during the war against Denmark . Lieutenant von Montowt was able to prevent the disembarking crew of a Danish warship and two escort ships from landing with a platoon of the 5th Company and the fournieres of the Fusilier Battalion. The regiment stayed with the crew in Jutland until late autumn and entered Berlin with a ceremony on December 20, 1864.
German war
On May 6, 1866, the regiment mobilized on the occasion of the war against Austria and crossed the border into Austria on June 28 with the 2nd Army under Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm . After the battle at Zuckmantel , the regiment was able to particularly prove itself in the battle of Königgrätz . It captured 16 enemy guns, but had losses of five officers and 175 men. This was followed by the pursuit of the opposing troops to Moravia and as far as Vienna . Then the regiment remained with the occupation of Austria-Silesia until late autumn.
Franco-German War
With the beginning of the war against France , the regiment mobilized on July 13, 1870 and joined the 3rd Army under Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm. First of all, it took part in the bombardment of Pfalzburg on August 14 and was involved in the siege of Paris from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871 . It occupied the section Choisy-le-Roi to Bourg-la-Reine . During this time, the federation took part in the sabotage at Chevilly on September 30, 1870 at Champigny . On March 1, 1871, the regiment took part in the entry into Paris and the flags were awarded the Iron Cross . After a period in the occupation army in France, the regiment returned to the garrison in Breslau on November 3, 1871.
First World War
On August 17, 1914, the regiment was in the First World War under the 21st Infantry Brigade, the 11th Infantry Division , the VI. Army Corps incorporated into the 4th Army .
Whereabouts
After the Armistice of Compiègne , the regiment cleared the occupied territory from November 12th and marched back home by December 4th, 1918. After a brief demobilization in Schweidnitz , the regiment was mobilized again on December 7th and deployed to the 11th Division in the South Border Guard . In the middle of the month the troops relocated to the Frankenstein area , stood ready to protect Wroclaw from January 9th to 22nd, 1919 and then worked for the border guard in the Militsch area . On June 21, 1919 the regiment was disbanded and the remnants were transferred to the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 12 as 2nd Battalion.
The tradition in the Reichswehr was adopted by the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt on August 24, 1921, by the 14th and 15th companies of the 7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment stationed in Schweidnitz . In the Wehrmacht , the regimental staff, the I. and III. Battalion and the 13th and 14th Companies of Infantry Regiment 7 continued the tradition.
Regiment chief
Rank | Surname | date |
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General of the Infantry | Karl Georg von Hake | September 17, 1817 to August 19, 1835 |
Lieutenant General | Karl Christian von Weyrach | April 20 to October 4, 1849 |
General of the Infantry | Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim | September 18, 1858 to August 5, 1862 |
General of the Infantry | Heinrich Adolf von Zastrow | August 16, 1871 to August 12, 1875 |
Field Marshal General | Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen | December 5, 1912 to June 21, 1919 |
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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major | Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold by Gaudi | November 21, 1808 to April 7, 1809 |
Lieutenant colonel | Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld the Elder | April 7, 1809 to March 23, 1811 |
major | Konrad von Carnall | March 23, 1811 to December 27, 1813 |
Lieutenant colonel | Georg Wilhelm von Lettow | December 27, 1813 to May 14, 1815 |
major | Georg Johann von Capeller | May 14, 1815 to June 9, 1817 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Karl Christian von Weyrach | June 9, 1817 to March 30, 1826 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Gustav Adolf von Strantz | March 30, 1826 to March 30, 1832 |
Colonel | Tido von Hagen | March 30, 1832 to March 30, 1838 |
Colonel | Karl Friedrich of flowers | March 30, 1838 to March 25, 1841 |
Lieutenant colonel | Leopold Otto von Niesewand | March 25, 1841 to April 7, 1842 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Friedrich Wilhelm von Hobe | April 7, 1842 to April 16, 1848 |
Colonel | Wilhelm Kunckel von Löwenstern | April 16, 1848 to April 19, 1851 |
Colonel | Albert von Kortzfleisch | April 19, 1851 to May 10, 1855 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Adolf von Natzmer | May 10, 1855 to May 22, 1858 |
Colonel | Eduard von Montowt | May 22, 1858 to February 8, 1859 |
Colonel | Julius von Roeder | February 17, 1859 to March 10, 1863 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Louis von Falkenstein | March 10, 1863 to November 5, 1866 |
Colonel | Gustav von Weller | November 5, 1866 to November 4, 1871 |
Colonel | Maximilian von Blumenthal | November 4, 1871 to August 4, 1874 |
Colonel | Friedrich von Gallwitz-Dreyling | August 4, 1874 to October 18, 1880 |
Colonel | Karl von Prittwitz and Gaffron | October 18, 1880 to March 11, 1881 (in charge of the tour) |
Colonel | Karl von Prittwitz and Gaffron | March 12, 1881 to April 14, 1886 |
Lieutenant colonel | Eggert Ludwig von Estorff | April 15 to May 31, 1886 (in charge of the tour) |
Colonel | Eggert Ludwig von Estorff | June 1, 1886 to December 12, 1888 |
Colonel | Friedrich von Bardeleben | December 13, 1888 to March 23, 1890 |
Colonel | Adalbert von Oesfeld | March 24, 1890 to June 18, 1892 |
Colonel | Bernhard of Austria | June 18, 1892 to June 16, 1896 |
Colonel | Oskar von Keber | June 16, 1896 to December 3, 1896 |
Colonel | Adolf von Wagenhoff | December 17, 1896 to September 9, 1898 |
Colonel | Walther von Wrochem | September 10, 1898 to April 21, 1902 |
Colonel | Guido Graf von Matuschka | April 22, 1902 to April 17, 1903 |
Colonel | Walter von Specht | April 18, 1903 to November 14, 1904 |
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Lothar Heinzel | from November 15, 1904 to December 16, 1908 |
Colonel | Georg Wichura | December 17, 1908 to February 18, 1910 |
Colonel | Peter von Blankensee | February 19, 1910 to March 4, 1913 |
Colonel | August from Geyso | March 5, 1913 to November 6, 1914 |
Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Wilhelm von Schütz | November 7, 1914 to October 2, 1915 |
major | Friedrich von der Goltz | October 3, 1915 to August 1, 1916 |
major | Eugen von Natzmer | August 2 to December 30, 1916 |
major | William of Fumetti | December 31, 1916 to June 11, 1918 |
major | Rudolph von Pressentin | June 12, 1918 to January 9, 1919 |
Colonel | Wilhelm von Schütz | January 10 to June 21, 1919 |
uniform
The collar and the regimental number of the uniforms were red, the lapels yellow, the flap dark blue and the epaulette white.
literature
- von Ebertz: Brief History of the Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1st Silesian) No. 10. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1896.
- [Wilhelm] von Schütz, [Friedrich] Hochbaum : The Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1st Silesia) No. 10. (= memorial sheets of German regiments. Former Prussian troops. Volume 69), Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1924.
- Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , p. 50.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training directors from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 68.
- ^ 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 active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , pp. 68–70 .