Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10

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Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10

Lineup November 21, 1808
Country Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia/ PrussiaPrussia KingdomKingdom of 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
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 0December 5, 1912 to June 21, 1919

Commanders

Rank Surname date
major Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold by Gaudi November 21, 1808 to April 7, 1809
Lieutenant colonel Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld the Elder 0April 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 0June 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 0April 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 0November 5, 1866 to November 4, 1871
Colonel Maximilian von Blumenthal 0November 4, 1871 to August 4, 1874
Colonel Friedrich von Gallwitz-Dreyling 0August 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 0June 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 0March 5, 1913 to November 6, 1914
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Schütz 0November 7, 1914 to October 2, 1915
major Friedrich von der Goltz 0October 3, 1915 to August 1, 1916
major Eugen von Natzmer 0August 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

  1. ^ 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.
  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 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 .