Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 7
The 7th Jäger Regiment on Horseback was a cavalry unit of the Prussian Army .
Association membership
- Commander : Lieutenant General von Lindenau
- Regimental commander: Major Freiherr von Tettau
- Garrison: Jäger barracks Trier
- Foundation day of the regiment: October 1, 1913
Lineup
With the Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of September 4, 1913, the formation of a regiment of hunters on horseback with the number 7 was ordered on October 1, 1913.
To do this, each had to submit a squadron
- the Hussar Regiment No. 3
- the Hussar Regiment No. 11
- the Hussar Regiment No. 16
- the Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 2
- the Uhlan Regiment No. 13
At the beginning of the First World War , the hunters in the association of the 16th Cavalry Brigade (together with the Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 8 ) initially moved to the west. On August 7th they fought against the 4th escadron des 2 e régiment de hussards near Stockem ( Arlon ) in Belgium . In the spring of 1915 it was relocated to the Eastern Front. Here the regiment was used in accordance with its task in the patrol, security and reconnaissance service. It was in Russian Poland until the end of 1917, after which it was used in the security service in the Kiev area . After the end of the war, the regiment moved back to Germany, partly involved in fighting with insurgents.
On February 21, 1919, the hunters arrived in Meppen , where the unit was then demobilized and disbanded.
The regiment had retained its cavalry status until it was disbanded.
The tradition continued in the Reichswehr with the 3rd Squadron of the 9th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Beeskow .
uniform
The uniform was based on the style of the cuirassiers. The tunic was gray-green with Swedish facings. Collars, lapels, and lugs were light green, the badge color pink, buttons white, boots and leather gear black. The helmet as with the cuirassiers, but made of blackened sheet metal with a dragoon eagle as decoration. The edging rails, eagle and point were made of nickel silver, the scale chains of tombac . The regimental number was on the epaulets. This regiment was the first of the new formations that did not wear cuirassier but dragoon boots.
Commanders
Rank | Surname | vocation | Recall |
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Major / Lieutenant Colonel | Otto von Tettau | October 1, 1913 | November 25, 1916 |
major | Axel von Wachtmeister | November 26, 1916 | January 21, 1917 (in charge of the tour) |
major | Julius Andreae | January 22, 1919 | July 30, 1917 |
Lieutenant colonel | Otto von Tettau | August 16, 1917 | February 5, 1918 |
major | Do | February 6, 1918 | December 17, 1918 |
Lieutenant colonel | Otto von Tettau | December 18, 1918 | 1919 |
literature
- Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914 Weltbild Verlag 1992.
- Stefan rest (ed.), Jürgen Kraus: The German army in the First World War. Ingolstadt 2004.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery, pioneers, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic forces and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 194.