Infantry regiment "Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau" (1st Magdeburg) No. 26

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Infantry regiment "Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau" (1st Magdeburg) No. 26

Lineup July 5, 1813
Country Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia/ PrussiaPrussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia 
Armed forces Prussian Army
Branch of service infantry
Insinuation IV Army Corps
Former locations u. a. Merseburg , Erfurt , Magdeburg , Berlin
Colours Red (collar, regimental number); Light blue (surcharges); Dark blue (flap); White (shoulder flap)

The Infantry Regiment "Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau" (1 Magdeburgisches) No. 26 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

history

The association was founded on July 5, 1813 (Foundation Day) as the Elbe Infantry Regiment and was named 26th Infantry Regiment on May 25, 1815. From 1820 to 1914 it was subordinate to the V Army Corps - all the time it belonged to the 7th Division and until 1851 to the 7th and then to the 13th Infantry Brigade .

The collar and the regimental number of the uniforms were red, the lapels light blue, the flap dark blue and the epaulette white.

The regiment took part in the Battle of Großbeeren and the German War in 1866.

In 1914 the regiment in Magdeburg moved into the specially built Angerkaserne .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Heinrich von Reuss 1813
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ludwig von Rohr May 24, 1816 to March 29, 1832
Lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Uechtritz-Steinkirch March 30 to December 23, 1832 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich von Uechtritz-Steinkirch December 24, 1832 to March 20, 1839
Lieutenant colonel Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz March 29, 1839 to January 27, 1840 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz January 28, 1840 to March 10, 1843
Lieutenant colonel Karl von Schlieffen March 22, 1843 to March 29, 1844 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Karl von Schlieffen March 30 to October 21, 1844
Colonel Friedrich Malotki von Trzebiatowski 0November 2, 1844 to August 2, 1848
Colonel Ferdinand von Kusserow 0August 3, 1848 to December 3, 1849
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl Schenck zu Schweinsberg 0December 4, 1849 to October 25, 1854
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Robert von Eberstein October 26, 1854 to October 28, 1857
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Eduard von Dresler and Scharfenstein October 29, 1857 to June 6, 1861
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gebhard von Kotze June 22, 1861 to April 3, 1866
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Alexander of Medem 0April 3, 1866 to May 18, 1867
Colonel Cyrus von Schmeling May 18, 1867 to January 8, 1872
Lieutenant colonel Bernhard von Puttkamer 0January 9 to March 13, 1872 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Bernhard von Puttkamer March 14, 1872 to September 15, 1873
Colonel Rudolf von Oppeln-Bronikowski September 18, 1873 to October 20, 1879
Colonel Hermann von Blomberg October 21 to December 10, 1879 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Hermann von Blomberg December 11, 1879 to July 13, 1885
Lieutenant colonel Viktor von Lignitz July 14th to December 2nd, 1885 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Viktor von Lignitz 0December 3, 1885 to April 16, 1888
Colonel Wilhelm Malotki von Trzebiatowski April 17 to July 12, 1888
Colonel August von Bomsdorff July 13, 1888 to January 26, 1890
Colonel Wilhelm von der Knesebeck January 27, 1890 to January 26, 1893
Colonel Karl Runkel January 27, 1893 to October 21, 1894
Colonel Eugen von Steuben October 27, 1894 to March 18, 1896
Colonel Conrad Werneburg March 19, 1896 to April 17, 1899
Colonel Hugo von Kropff April 18, 1899 to April 17, 1901
Colonel Alexander von Seydlitz-Kurzbach April 18, 1901 to June 18, 1902
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Erich von Schon June 19, 1902 to October 15, 1906
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ferdinand von Trossel October 16, 1906 to April 19, 1910
Colonel Carl von Harbou April 20, 1910 to March 21, 1912
Colonel Max von Wienskowski March 22, 1912 to January 26, 1914
Colonel Max von Schuckmann January 27 to September 26, 1914
Lieutenant colonel Wilhelm Hundrich September 27 to November 20, 1914
Colonel Max von Schuckmann November 21 to December 26, 1914
Lieutenant colonel Willy of Livonius December 26, 1914 to August 4, 1915
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Paul Grautoff 0August 4, 1915 to February 2, 1917
major Albrecht von Leesen 0February 2 to November 2, 1917
major Friedbert Lademann 0November 2 to December 21, 1917
major Leopold Heistermann von Ziehlberg December 21, 1917 to February 5, 1919
Lieutenant colonel Gustav Faelligen 0February 5 to September 30, 1919

literature

  • [Karl] Meyer: History of the Infantry Regiment Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (1st Magdeburgisches) No. 26. 1813-1913. Baenisch publishing house, Magdeburg 1913.

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 occupation of the 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. 106-108 .