Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4

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Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4

active May 1, 1626 to 1918
Country Prussia 1525Duchy of Prussia Duchy of Prussia / Brandenburg-Prussia / / / / PrussiaBrandenburg PrussiaBrandenburg-Prussia Prussia KingdomKingdom of PrussiaPrussia KingdomKingdom of PrussiaPrussia KingdomKingdom of PrussiaPrussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia 
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service Grenadiers
Insinuation I. Army Corps , II. Army Corps
Former locations u. a. Königsberg , Danzig , Stettin , Stargard , Bromberg , Allenstein , Lyck , Insterburg , Rastenburg
Colours Red (collar, lapels and regimental number), white (flap), yellow (shoulder flap)

The Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick the Great " (3 Ostpreußisches) no. 4 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

history

The grenadier regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 was founded on May 1, 1626 and was part of the 1st Army Corps (1820–1849, 1851–1914), the II. Army Corps (1850 ), the 2nd Division (1820–1849, 1856–1914) and the 4th Division (1850) as well as the 2nd Infantry Brigade (1820–1849), the 4th Infantry Brigade (1850), the 1st Infantry -Brigade (1851–1855), 3rd Infantry Brigade (1856–1899, 1902–1914) and 73rd Infantry Brigade (1899–1902).

On May 1, 1626, Georg Wilhelm gave Colonel Hildebrand von Kracht the surrender of a regiment on foot of 3,000 men in 15 companies.

On May 1, 1626 there was a draft for nine companies near Frankfurt (Oder) , until June for the other companies (also in Brandenburg cities).

October 13, 1626, the elector issued advertising patents for 14 new companies because of Sweden's threat to Prussia , five of which were to form the Leib regiment together with five of Kracht's regiment, the nine others joined the Kracht regiment, which was 19 companies strong. The body regiment reached the strength of nine companies. The association of the regiment (like that of the body regiment) was torn apart when the elector took most of the troops from the Marche to Prussia in December 1626, namely the regimental staff and, among other things, twelve companies of the Kracht regiment.

In 1627 Kracht returned to the Marche, on September 26th (October 6th) 1627 he was relieved of command of his regiment in Prussia.

On 16./26. In September 1629 the Treaty of Altmark came about , according to which Memel , Pillau and other places remained in Swedish hands , in return the Elector received Marienburg , Stuhm and other places; these places had previously been occupied by this regiment.

On November 28 (December 8) 1629, the previous lieutenant colonel of the Streiff von Lauenstein regiment became colonel of the regiment; after his surrender (February 19, 1630) there should be eight companies strong; of these three were received by 1632.

01.06.1635: came these five remaining companies, from which the Regt. Z. existed, after Memel, when the Elector got his Prussian fortress back through the Peace of Stuhmsdorf.

On 5./15. January 1636 two companies moved to Pillau, in 1639 three more.

On September 28, 1657, the two companies in Memel left the regimental formation with the three Pillauers; these come to the electoral "Leibguardi", who is under Colonel de la Cave and has four companies; on June 9, 1660 this connection was broken again.

In 1675 the Pillauer company was expanded to four and in 1687 to six companies.

In 1689 the elector reorganized the garrisons of the fortresses in such a way that they form two battalions (a field battalion and a garrison battalion), thus the Pillauer companies also became a regiment of two battalions of five companies each, the garrison battalion was later reduced. In 1689 the field battalion moved to the Rhine for a campaign against France.

On 11/11 April 1692: this battalion became an independent regiment when the current governor of Pillau and colonel (chief) of the garrison there (colonel v. Brandt) ceded the government of Pillau, became governor of Magdeburg and was succeeded by his successor in Pillau (Count Alexander Dohna ) received three companies from his regiment, but the companies still in Pillau (three) joined regiment No. 5 .

At the beginning of 1713, Friedrich Wilhelm I set the strength of most of the infantry regiments, including this regiment, to two battalions of five companies each.

From March 29, 1735, the grenadiers, which had been distributed among the companies, were drawn together into two companies, the regiments now consisted of two battalions of one greandier and five musketeer companies each; the grenadier companies of two regiments each collided to form a grenadier battalion in the event of mobilization.

02/27/1787: reorganization. Two musk. Comp. Are in Gren. Comp. Transformed, so that the Regt. Now consists of one size and two musk bags. consists of four components each.

On February 14, 1788, it was determined that every infantry regiment should receive a depot battalion by June 1, which only accepted garrison service and should serve as a replacement battalion in the event of war; the previous garrison regiments were disbanded; the regiment received three companies of the Bose Garrison Regiment No. 1 as a depot battalion .

On October 1, 1797, the depot battalions received a fourth company and (since January 1796) the name III. Musketeer Battalion; their purpose remained essentially the same.

On February 28, 1799 the regiment was restructured, by converting two grenadier companies into musketeer companies, the regiment received the status of two grenadier companies, an I. and II. Musketeer battalion of five and a III. Musketeer battalion of four companies; the grenadiers of two regiments each met again to form a grenadier battalion. The regiment's grenadiers formed a battalion with those of regiment No. 5, which was named von Fabecki in 1806.

On November 20, 1807, the Fusilier Battalion from Stutterheim No. 21 was assigned as a light battalion to the grenadiers in the previous battalion association.

In 1813 a III. Musketeer Battalion and three reserve battalions established and the Musketeer battalion, 1st and 2nd reserve battalions transferred to another regiment.

On October 14, 1814, the two grenadier companies were transferred to the Alexander Regiment , where they became 9th and 10th companies. In 1859 heavy duties followed (also to officers) to the current Regiment No. 44 . On September 27, 1866, the 2nd, 14th and 15th Companies were transferred to Regiment No. 74 .

Later deliveries followed on April 1, 1881 (9th Company to Regiment No. 128 ), on April 1, 1887 (11th Company to Regiment No. 135 ) and on April 1, 1897 (4th Battalion to Regiment No. . 147 ). On October 2, 1893 an IV. (Half Battalion) was formed.

Locations

designation

  • until 1808: after the chiefs of this regiment
  • from September 7, 1808: 3rd East Prussian Infantry Regiment
  • from November 5, 1816: 4th Infantry Regiment (3rd East Prussian)
  • from March 10, 1823: 4th Infantry Regiment
  • from July 4, 1860: 3rd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 4
  • from January 27, 1889: Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich II. (3rd East Prussian) No. 4
  • from September 7, 1901: Grenadier Regiment King Frederick the Great (3rd East Prussian) No. 4

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Calls

The regiment took part in the Thirty Years' War from 1616 to 1648, the Second Northern War from 1658 to 1660 and the Great Turkish War from 1684 to 1686 and from 1693 to 1698. Later it fought from 1702 to 1713 in the War of the Spanish Succession , 1715/16 in the Great Northern War , in 1734 in the War of the Polish Succession , in 1742 in the First Silesian War and 1745 in the Second Silesian War ; then from 1757 to 1762 in the Seven Years' War , from 1778 to 1779 in the Bavarian Succession War , in the German War in 1866 against the Austrian Empire and in 1870/71 in the Franco-German War .

First World War

On August 17, 1914, the regiment was mobilized according to the mobilization plan . It belonged to the 3rd Infantry Brigade , the 2nd Infantry Division , the 8th Army and the 1st Army Corps . In addition to the back end of the field regiment it turned a reserve battalion to four companies and two recruits - depots on. On August 29, 1918, the regiment received its own mine thrower company, which was formed from parts of mine thrower company No. 2 .

Web links

  • Gren.R 4th Grenadier Regiment King Frederick the Great (3rd East Prussian) No. 4. In: wiki-de.genealogy.net. GenWiki , March 13, 2019, p. 7 , accessed November 25, 2019 .