Hussar regiment "Graf Goetzen" (2nd Silesian) No. 6

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Standard and uniform of the 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment No. 6

The 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment No. 6 was a hussar affiliated to the Prussian Army .

history

The regiment was on November 21, 1806 on the orders of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. established under the name of the 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment. It was formed from the remains of the depots of fourteen different cavalry regiments that remained in Silesia during the war in 1806/07 . At first the regiment consisted of four squadrons of 150 horses each.

Locations

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Russian campaign in 1812

As part of the conquest of what was then the Russian fortress of Riga , there were some skirmishes in advance in the Riga area along the rivers Aa and Düna . The first meeting in which the hussar regiment was involved took place on July 18th in Eckau . Under Generals Grawert and Kleist , the place in which the Russian fighter battalions had taken up positions was taken on the same day. The Russians lost 800 soldiers through death, wounding and imprisonment. After that there was no further fighting for a month as the Russian troops withdrew to Riga and the Napoleonic troops had to wait for siege guns from Gdansk , which were not due to arrive until early September. Since the Prussians in Dahlenkirchen were already within artillery range of Riga, defective Russian troops overran this position on August 23. In their arrogance, they pursued the fleeing Prussians and were in turn pushed back by rushing Prussian hussars and dragoons with great losses. As a result, they were forced to return to Riga and the abandoned Dahlenkirchen could be reoccupied by the Prussians the next day.

On September 25, a Russian division of 11,000 men under General Steinheil and Löwis, which had reached Riga on September 19 from Finland , entered Courland . Their aim was to capture or destroy the siege guns that had just arrived in Ruhenthal . So it came to the battle at Tomoszna on September 26th with the participation of the hussar regiment. In view of the overwhelming Russian power, the Prussian troops had to withdraw behind the Eckaubach . There was another battle there the next morning. On September 28, the Russians tried to secure the river crossings over the Aa in Bauske . The next day the place was taken by them and they could now advance further to Ruhenthal. However, on the right side of the Aa in Bauske, a delayed Prussian brigade under General Massenbach from Friedrichstadt arrived on the same day , which was forced to make a detour due to the Russian occupation of Eckau. Together with General Kleist's brigade, which had withdrawn from Mitau to Graefenthal on the left side of the Aa , the Russian troops between Ruhenthal and Bauske could be raised at the last minute. General Steinheil then withdrew with his troops to Riga. In the weeks that followed, the Napoleonic troops were able to build a siege semicircle around Riga, which stretched from Tuckum in the west via Eckau in the south and Friedrichstadt in the east. The hussar regiment had taken up position in Friedrichstadt together with Polish and Bavarian battalions under General Grandjean . Here they repeatedly suffered from General Wittgenstein's offensives . On November 18, Major General Veljaminov tried to take the position in Friedrichstadt by surprise from Riga, but was pushed back again.

Wars of Liberation 1813/15

1st and 2nd squadrons
1813 1814
3rd and 4th squadrons
1813 1814

1815

Austro-Prussian War 1866

In the German War of 1866, the regiment was only used in the battle of Königgrätz . The division belonged to the VI. Corps in the Crown Prince's 2nd Army . The deployment plan provided for advancing behind the 5th Army Corps ( Steinmetz ) over the pass from Nachod to Bohemia. The hussars were not involved in the battles of Nachod and Skalitz , as the entire VI. Corps lagged far behind during these battles. Only when Steinmetz was seconded to observe Josephsstadt did the VI take over. Corps took the lead and was able to push back the right flank of the Austrians at Königgrätz. During the advance of General von Zastrow's 11th Division at around 3:30 p.m., the hussars stood on the left flank and formed the connection with the 12th Division. Later at around 5 p.m. they covered the corps artillery from counterattacks.

Franco-German War 1870/71

As part of the VI. Corps under Tümpling , the regiment came into action quite late, as this corps was retained until the beginning of August as border security against Austria. During the siege of Paris the regiment came under von der Tann's army group . With this army group, the hussars had to fight against the newly established Loire army . These fighting ended with the defeat of the Loire Army at Le Mans and the subsequent pursuit of the remnants of this army in January 1871.

1870

1871

First World War

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Whereabouts

The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of the Chief of the Army Command General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt from August 24, 1921 the 2nd Squadron of the 11th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Leobschütz .

Heads of regiments

Rank Surname date
Major General /
Lieutenant General 		Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen 0September 9, 1810 to February 29, 1820
General of the cavalry Karl of Bavaria November 30, 1841 to October 30, 1866
General of the cavalry Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov June 10, 1871 to November 14, 1908

Commanders

Rank Surname date
major Friedrich Wilhelm of St. Paul January 18 to July 9, 1809
major Heinrich Bernhard von Winterfeld June 21, 1809 to October 22, 1810
major Theodor Ernst von Eicke October 31, 1810 to October 16, 1811 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Theodor Ernst von Eicke October 17, 1811 to August 19, 1816
Lieutenant colonel Andreas Iwan von Witowski November 13, 1816 to June 9, 1817
major Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erdmann von Langen August 11, 1817 to September 9, 1823
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav Friedrich von Barnekow December 22, 1823 to September 13, 1824 (entrusted with the tour)
Colonel Gustav Friedrich von Barnekow September 14, 1824 to November 12, 1834
major Georg von Schoenermarck November 13, 1834 to September 8, 1835 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg von Schoenermarck 0September 9, 1835 to March 29, 1840
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Forstner March 30, 1840 to March 9, 1842
Lieutenant colonel Ludwig von Westarp 0April 7, 1842 to January 9, 1843 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ludwig von Westarp January 10, 1843 to April 12, 1848
major Karl Albert von Rudolphi April 13 to May 6, 1848 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl Albert von Rudolphi 0May 7, 1848 to April 24, 1854
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel August Weber May 23, 1854 to July 24, 1859
major Thilo von Trotha July 25, 1859 to May 11, 1860 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Thilo von Trotha May 12, 1860 to October 29, 1866
Lieutenant colonel Karl Luis Hermann jug from Nidda October 30, 1866 to February 7, 1868
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg von Graevenitz March 22, 1868 to January 25, 1875
Lieutenant colonel Arthur Egmund von Stangen January 26 to June 14, 1875 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant colonel Arthur Egmund von Stangen June 15, 1875 to June 12, 1876
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Otto Kähler June 13, 1876 to April 28, 1882
major Wilhelm Hugo von Rosenberg 0May 9 to December 11, 1882 (substitute)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm Hugo von Rosenberg December 12, 1882 to October 14, 1888
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich Georg von Sauerma October 15, 1888 to June 17, 1892
Lieutenant colonel Ludwig von Ziegler and Klipphausen June 18 to July 27, 1892 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ludwig von Ziegler and Klipphausen July 28, 1892 to December 18, 1895
major Georg von Bornstedt December 21, 1895 to March 18, 1896 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg von Bornstedt March 19, 1896 to June 15, 1900
major Otto Liman June 16, 1900 to April 17, 1901
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Otto Liman April 18, 1901 to June 13, 1906
Lieutenant colonel Bernhard von Sydow June 14, 1906 to April 20, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Victor von Lepel April 21, 1911 to February 12, 1915
Colonel Alfred von Hülst February 13 to May 6, 1915
Lieutenant colonel Paul von Troschke 0May 7, 1915 to June 30, 1919

literature

  • Ehrenreich von Mahnstein, Cedric von Jerin: Hussar Regiment Graf Goetzen (2nd Silesian) No. 6 in the World War 1914 - 1918 (=  memorial sheets of German regiments. Troops of the former Prussian contingent . Volume 173 ). Stalling, Oldenburg iO / Berlin 1926 ( digitized version of the Württemberg State Library ).
  • von Seherr-Thotz: Stammliste of the Hussar Regiment Graf Goetzen (2nd Silesian) No. 6. 1809–1908. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1908, p. 163.
  • Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Weissenfeld : History of the Königl. Preuss. 6th Hussar Regiment (formerly 2nd Silesian). Publishing house of the Royal Secret Upper Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin 1860, digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The campaign of 1866 in Germany, War History Department of the Great General Staff Online Available from Google Books, page 428
  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 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 113.
  3. ^ 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 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list until August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 113f.