Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. of Bavaria "(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102
The infantry regiment “King Ludwig III. von Bayern “(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102 was an infantry regiment of the German Army in the Association of the Royal Saxon Army . It was last part of the 32nd Division (3rd Royal Saxon) . It was in the tradition of the Seckendorff grenadiers formed in 1709 . The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1709/2 (to Ticino), Infantry Regiment No. 6 (1756/57 Old Prussian Infantry Regiment S 53 ) (after Bleckwenn).
history
The main troops of the 3rd Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 102 were created in 1705 with the establishment of the "Ansbach Grenadier Battalion" by Margrave Wilhelm Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach . Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff entered the service of the Elector of Saxony and helped him to recruit 41 officers and 784 men. Von Seckendorff received 36 Reichstaler advertising money for every man and sergeant. In 1709, Elector Friedrich August of Saxony, King of Poland, took over the units for the sum of 18,000 Reichstaler . The regiment was subordinated to the then major general Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff as chief and was named "Grenadier Regiment von Seckendorff". The first in command was Colonel Johann Adam von Diemar.
From 1867 the regiment was completely stationed in Zittau as the Royal Saxon 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102.
1870/1871 takes the regiment as part of the XII. Army Corps participated in the Franco-German War . Here it fought as part of the Meuse Army under Prince Albert, among other things, in the Battle of Sedan and the siege of Paris .
During the First World War , the regiment fought from 1914 to 1918 as part of the 32nd Infantry Division on the Western Front . In 1919 it was dissolved.
uniform
The first uniforms around 1709 consisted of blue body skirts and vests with white facings and lining, lederhosen and grenadier hats. But just a year later, red skirts with blue lapels and brass-colored buttons had been issued to distinguish themselves from the regular Saxon troops.
Names
- 1709–1717 Grenadier Regiment " von Seckendorff "
- 1746–1759 Grenadier Regiment " von Minckwitz "
- 1759–1827 Line Infantry Regiment "Prince Anton"
- 1828–1873 Infantry Regiment "Prince Albert"
- 1890–1913 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 " Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria "
- 1913–1918 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 “ King Ludwig III. from Bavaria "
Insinuation
The 3rd Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 102 “King Ludwig III. von Bayern " was in 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, subordinated to the following major units:
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XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps with General Command in Dresden
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3rd (Royal Saxon) Division No. 32 with staff in Bautzen
- 5th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade No. 63 with staff in Bautzen
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3rd (Royal Saxon) Division No. 32 with staff in Bautzen
Locations
time | Locations |
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1709-1710 | Merseburg , Torgau , Zeitz |
1714-1715 | Luckau (staff), Gommern , Belzig , Brück , Zahna , Seyda , Schweinitz , Jessen , Schönewalde , Herzberg , Schlieben , Dobrilugk , Kirchhain , Sonnewalde , Finsterwalde , Lübbenau , Vetschau |
1717-1719 | Zwickau (Stab), and other cities in the Ore Mountains and Vogtland district |
1719 | Dresden |
1720-1723 | Görlitz (staff), Zittau , Laubau, Bautzen , Kamenz |
1724-1729 | Freiberg (staff and one company), one company each in Schneeberg , Wiesenthal , Annaberg , Marienberg , Zschopau , Frankenberg , Altenberg , and units in Neustädtel , Grünhain , Elterlein , Schlettau , Schwarzenberg , Scheibenberg , Jöhstadt , Buchholz , Ehrenfriedersdorf , Geyer , Thum , Öderau, Wolkenstein , Zöblitz , Geising |
1729 | the staff moves from Freiberg to Chemnitz |
1729-1730 | Dresden |
1731-1732 | Freiberg (Stab), Frankenberg, Oederan , Dippoldiswalde , Altenberg, Geising, Neustadt in Sachsen , Sebnitz , Bischofswerda |
1732-1733 | Großenhain (staff), Tharandt , Dippoldiswalde, Altenberg, Geising, Dohna , Pirna , Neustadt in Sachsen, Sebnitz, Radeberg , Bischofswerda, Kamenz , Ortrand , another four newly formed companies in Großenhain, Ortrand, Senftenberg , Kamenz, Sebnitz and Schandau |
1735-1736 | Zwickau (Stab), Werdau , Neustadt an der Orla , Pausa , Plauen , Oelsnitz , Adorf , Eibenstock , Johanngeorgenstadt , Aue , Schneeberg, Schwarzenberg, Grünhain, Elterlein, Wiesenthal, Scheibenberg |
1736-1737 | Großenhain (Stab), Herzberg, Kirchhain, Übigau , Wahrenbrück , Dobrilugk, Drebkau , Ortrand, Senftenberg, Meißen , Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa., Sebnitz, Schandau |
1740-1741 | Grossenhain (Stab), Mühlberg , Belgern , Kirchhain, Liebenwerda , Wahrenbrück , Dobrilugk, Drebkau, Herzberg, Uebigau , Schlieben , Schweinitz, Schönewalde, Meißen, Lommatzsch , Rossen , Siebenlehn |
1741-1742 | Dresden |
1742-1744 | Bautzen (staff), Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Großenhain, Ortrand, Senftenberg, Spremberg |
1746 | Döbeln (Stab), Colditz, Rochlitz, Geringswalde, Hartha, Roßwein, Mittweida, Lommatzsch, Mühlberg, Belgern |
1746-1748 | Bautzen (staff), Löbau, Sebnitz, Neustadt i.Sa., Schandau, Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Senftenberg, Spremberg |
1748-1749 | Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Zahna, Niemegk, Belzig |
1749-1751 | Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Dahme, Schweinitz |
1751-1752 | Dresden |
1752-1754 | Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Dahme, Schweinitz |
1754-1756 | Großenhain (staff), Liebenwerda, Kirchhain, Senftenberg, Kamenz, Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa. |
1763-1767 | Großenhain (staff), Liebenwerda, Mühlberg, Herzberg, Schlieben, Kirchhain, Dobrilugk, Senftenberg |
1767-1810 | Großenhain (staff), Herzberg, Liebenwerda, Kirchhain, Dobrilugk, Senftenberg, Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa. from 1770 Schandau, the companies often changed their garrisons |
1810 | Bautzen (staff and 1st battalion), Görlitz (2nd battalion), Sorgau (grenadiers) |
1816-1821 | Grossenhain (1st Battalion), Bautzen (2nd Battalion) |
1821-1831 | Zittau (staff and 1st battalion), Löbau (2nd battalion) |
1823 and 1828 | In autumn for one year each to Dresden |
1831-1849 | Bautzen (Staff, 2nd and 3rd Battalion), Zittau (1st Battalion) |
1849-1866 | Dresden, IV Battalion until 1851 in Bautzen |
1866-1867 | Schandau (1st battalion), Neustadt (2nd battalion), Bischofswerda (staff and 3rd battalion), Kamenz (4th battalion) |
1867-1919 | Zittau, the III. Battalion was in Löbau until 1869 |
See also
literature
- History of the Royal Saxon 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 "Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria" 1709–1909. Berlin 1909
- Saxon. State Ministry of the Interior (Ed.): Saxon State Handbooks. 1728 to 1934
Individual evidence
- ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
- ↑ cf. List of the Electoral Saxon regiments of the early modern period