Infantry Regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27

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Infantry Regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27

active March 7, 1815 to October 9, 1918
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 , Halberstadt
Colours Red (collar and epaulette); Light blue (surcharges), dark blue (flap), yellow (regimental number)

The Infantry Regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (second Magdeburgisches) No. 27 was an infantry joined the Prussian army .

history

The association was founded on March 7, 1815 as the 27th Infantry Regiment and for a number of years from November 5, 1816 to March 9, 1823 it was called the 27th Infantry Regiment (2nd Magdeburg Regiment). In the course of the army expansion, it was renamed the 2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 27 on July 4, 1860. One last change came into force on January 27, 1889, when Kaiser Wilhelm II renamed the association to Infantry Regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (2nd Magdeburgisches) No. 27.

From 1820 to 1914 the regiment was subordinate to the IV Army Corps and during this time belonged to the 7th Division . Until 1851 it belonged to the 7th Infantry Brigade and the rest of the time to the 14th Infantry Brigade .

The regiment was founded from the 9th and 10th companies of the foreign voluntary hunter corps "von Reiche" by Ludwig von Reiche , the 11th and 12th companies of the Hellwig Freikorps by Friedrich von Hellwig . In 1859 heavy charges took place, including to the 59th Infantry Regiment .

On September 27, 1866, the 12th, 13th and 14th companies were transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 79 . Further donations were the 3rd Company in 1881 to the Infantry Regiment No. 98 , the 10th Company in 1887 to the Infantry Regiment No. 136 and the 4th Battalion in 1897 to the Infantry Regiment No. 152 .

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

Locations

Locations were Frankfurt (Oder) , Soldin , Königsberg in the Neumark (1816/17); Magdeburg (1817 to 1865, next to Torgau [1817/18], Burg [1819 to 1821], Wittenberg [1830 to 1837, 1844 to 1853, 1857 to 1860], Baden [1849/50] and Halberstadt [1860 to 1865]) , Halle an der Saale and Magdeburg (1865), Magdeburg (1866 to 1893, next to it Burg [1866], Halberstadt [1867], Burg [1868 to 1871], Wittenberg [1872] and Halberstadt [1873 to 1893]) and Halberstadt ( 1893).

Calls

After its re-formation, the regiment took part in the summer campaign of 1815 . He fought at Ligny for the village of Tongrines, losing 14 officers and 210 men. Another 13 officers and 394 men were killed at Wavre . It also took part in the siege of Saarlouis.

Baden Revolution

During the suppression of the Baden Revolution , the fusilier battalion took part in the battles at Ubstadt , Durlach and Michelbach in 1849 .

German war

In the German War of 1866 it was part of the 7th Infantry Division of the 1st Army . It fought in the battle of Königgrätz in the forest near Swiep near Benatek and Maslowed with infantry regiment No. 26 . It lost 25 officers and 444 men. Then it fought at Pressburg. During the fighting, Colonel von Zychlinski and Captain von Buddenbrock earned the order Pour le Mérite .

Franco-German War

In 1870 it was used in the Franco-German War .

First World War

On August 2, 1914, the regiment was mobilized according to the mobilization plan . In addition to the back end of the field regiment it turned a reserve battalion to four companies and two recruits - depots on. On September 2, 1918, the regiment received its own mine thrower company, which was formed from parts of the mine thrower company No. 113 .

Commanders and chiefs

Bosses
Rank Surname Period
Field Marshal General Karl von Müffling called white 1836 to 1851
General of the Infantry Wilhelm von Radziwill 1853 to 1870
Heinrich von Treskow 1875 to 1900
Commanders
Rank Surname Period
Colonel Georg Ferdinand Plesmann March 31, 1815 to February 20, 1817
Colonel Heinrich von Bünau February 27, 1817 (mWdGb), April 25, 1817 to March 30, 1831
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Otto von Hugo March 30, 1832 (ad interim), December 24, 1832 to June 8, 1834
Colonel Philipp August von Maltitz March 30, 1835 (ad interim), March 30, 1836 to July 3, 1837
Colonel Ludwig von Corvin-Wiersbitzky 1837
Colonel Ferdinand von Münchow 1842
Colonel Ferdinand von Goetze April 13, 1848 (ad interim), May 7, 1848 to April 15, 1852
Colonel Ferdinand Alexander von Bialcke April 15, 1852 to April 25, 1854
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Louis von Gersdorff 0May 4, 1854 to May 7, 1857
Colonel Julius von Rieben 1857
Colonel Hermann von Tresckow 1860
Colonel Ernst Karl Julius von Tresckow June 25, 1864 to April 3, 1866
Franz von Zychlinski 1866
Karl Christian August von Pressentin 1870
Colonel Hermann von Schmeling July 18 to September 14, 1874 (appointed to represent)
Colonel Hermann von Schmeling September 15, 1874 to May 13, 1880
Albert von Bülow 1880
Oskar Franz Alexander von Tippelskirch May 15, 1885 ( M. d. F. b. ), July 14, 1885 to October 11, 1888
Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Haberland October 11, 1888 (mdFb), October 13, 1888 to
Friedrich von Barby 1888
from Stephanie 1894 to 1896
from sack 1896 to 1898
George of Gayl from 1898
Erich von Gündell 1904 to 1906
by Katzler 1906 to 1907
from Kehler 1907 to 1911
from Pfuel 1911 to 1914
Alfred Kruger until August 6, 1914
Ernst von Below August 18, 1914 to December 2, 1914
Hundrich 0December 2, 1914 to August 15, 1918
Hans Koeppen August 15, 1918 to September 29, 1918
Witte September 29, 1918 until the end of the war

literature

  • Georg Alt: The Royal Prussian Standing Army. Volume 1, p. 191 f.
  • Emil von Lessel: The 2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 27 in the war against France. Digitized
  • Carl Maximilian von Witzleben: The first 50 years of the 2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 27.
  • Max von Lessel: Commemorative sheets of the Officer Corps Infantry Regiment Prince Louis Ferdinand von Preussen (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27. Digitized
  • Kreuzwendedich von dem Borne: History of the Infantry Regiment Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27, 1815-1895, and its main troops. [History of the Infantry Regiment Prince Louis Ferdinand von Preussen (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27 digitized]
  • Franz von Zychlinski: Share of the 2nd Magdeburg. Infantry Regim. No. 27 at the battle near Münchengrätz on June 28, 1866 and at the battle of Königgrätz on July 3, 1866. Halle 1866, digitized
  • Bernhard Werner: The royal Prussian Inf.-Rgt. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (2nd Magdeb.) No. 27 in the World War 1914-1918 (=  German deed in World War 1914/1918 . Volume 5 ). Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1933 ( digitized version of the Württemberg State Library ).

Web links

IR 27th Infantry Regiment Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (2nd Magdeburgisches) No. 27. In: wiki-de.genealogy.net. GenWiki , November 23, 2018, p. 6 , accessed November 9, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper. Volume 2, p. 66.