Hussar regiment "Graf Wurmser"

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Hussar regiment "Graf Wurmser"

Imperial Hussar Regiment H 5 Albertina manuscript 1762.jpg

The Esterhazy Hussar Regiment (H 5) in 1762 - contemporary Albertina manuscript, Vienna
active 1742 to 1775
Country Habsburg lands
Branch of service cavalry
Former locations 1749 Oedenburg, 1750 Keszthely , 1752 Coito ( Lombardy ), 1754–1756 Lodi, 1768 Prerau , 1766 Teschen , 1769 Bohemia, 1773 Galicia , 1775 Nagy-Sáros
owner 1742 Paul Anton Esterházy , 1762 Gabriel von Lusinsky, 1773 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
Tribe list List of cavalry regiments of the Imperial Habsburg army in the early modern period
Trunk number Ticino: 1742/2 - Bleckwenn: H 5 - official: 1769 Cavalry Regiment No. 24
Wars War of the Austrian Succession , Seven Years War
The regimental founder, Prince Esterhazy
The later regiment owner Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser

The regiment was a cavalry association that was established in 1742 as the Anton Esterhazy Hussars (in the 17th and 18th centuries, regiments only carried the name of the regiment owner ) for the imperial Habsburg army .

In 1769 the regiment was named in the cavalry rankings: Cavalry Regiment No. 24 was assigned.

The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1742/2 (to Ticino ), Hussar Regiment H 5 (to Bleckwenn).

Formation history

  • 1742 According to the capitulation of January 17th, the regiment with ten companies was set up by Prince Esterházy at the Oedenburg assembly point at his own expense . At an appeal by Queen Maria Theresa , Prince Esterházy had already provided 500 men at the end of December 1741. To speed up the completion, the owner was allowed to employ the portalists (around 400 men) to be provided by his masters in the regiment according to the insurrections article; These had to be replaced by recruited crews after the insurrection had ended .
  • In 1748 parts of the disbanded "Hussar Regiment Trips" were incorporated
  • In 1775 the regiment was dissolved, the Colonel Division to the Nádasdy Hussar Regiment (No. 9), the Lieutenant Colonel Division to the former Nauendorf Hussar Regiment, now the Wurmser Regiment (No. 8), the Majors Division to the Emerich Esterházy Regiment (No. 3) offset. (According to the original dispositions, the majors division was to be incorporated into the Kálnoky Hussar Regiment (No. 2), but this was later changed as described above).

Garrisons

Regimental owner

Regimental Commanders

Battle calendar

War of the Austrian Succession

→ War of Austrian Succession , including First Silesian War and Second Silesian War

Seven Years War

→ Seven Years War

  • In 1757 the regiment was transferred from Italy to Bohemia. Participation in the skirmish near Hirschfeld as well as in the Battle of Prague and the Battle of Leuthen
  • 1758 Initially security and patrol services in Moravia and Silesia. Fight with the main army in the Battle of Hochkirch
  • 1759 A detachment under Lieutenant Colonel Pallasty fought in battle near Laun. Fight in the Battle of Maxen .
  • In 1760 the regiment in Corps Lacy took part in the expedition against Berlin and later fought in the battle of Torgau .
  • 1761 Security and patrol services in the main army, partly in Saxony , partly in Lausitz
  • 1762 With the main army in Silesia, without combat activity.

After that, the regiment was no longer deployed.

Adjustment

  • 1752 Light blue fur, dolman and breeches
  • 1757 kalpak , dark blue fur, dolman and trousers (this change has not been made.)
  • 1765 Sea-green fur, dolman and trousers, yellow buttons (This change has not been made.)
  • 1767 Green shako , dark blue fur, dolman and trousers, yellow buttons. Cords, saber pockets and saddlecloths in ponceau red

→ see also adjustment

Regimental building

A regiment in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry usually consisted of three to four (exceptionally more) divisions. Each division had three squadrons , each of which consisted of two companies . The number of riders in the individual sub-units fluctuated, but was usually around 80 riders per company.

As a rule (up to 1798) the regiments were named after their respective owners (who did not also have to be the commanders). There was no binding regulation of the spelling. (e.g. Count Serbelloni regiment - or Serbelloni regiment.) With each change of ownership, the regiment concerned changed its name.

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Empress's Regiments: Thoughts on the Albertina Manuscript 1762 of the Military History Museum Vienna. In: Writings of the Army History Museum in Vienna. Volume 3: Maria Theresia - Contributions to the history of the army of her time. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1967, pp. 25–53.
  • Hans Bleckwenn: Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. d. Uniforms d. emperor. Army on the Rhine 1734. Harenberg, Dortmund 1979, ISBN 3883791253 , p. 17ff.
  • Hermann Meynert: History of the KK Austrian Army, its formation and organization, as well as its fate, actions and campaigns, from the earliest to the present time. C. Gerold and Son, Vienna 1854. online at google books
  • Osprey Military. Issue No. 271, reprint 1999.
  • Austrian military history. Special volume 1997, Verlag Stöhr Vienna.
  • Georg Schreiber : The emperor's cavalry. Austrian cavalry in 4 centuries. With a foreword by Alois Podhajsky . Speidel, Vienna 1967.
  • György Ságvári: The Book of the Hussars. Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest 1999.
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century. 3 volumes. Biblio, Osnabrück 1986–1995, ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 , p. 152ff.
  • Alphons von Wrede: The history of the kuk Wehrmacht. The regiments, corps, branches and establishments from 1618 to the end of the XIX. Century. Vienna 1898–1905. Part III, Part 1 Cavalry, Part 2 Disbanded troops on horseback. Directory of regiment chiefs at the Wrede plant (PDF; 325 kB)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
  2. ↑ Bleckwenn