Cuirassier Regiment "Graf Wrangel" (East Prussian) No. 3

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Cuirassier barracks in Koenigsberg from 1873
Cuirassier barracks in Mitteltragheim
Outgoing cuirassiers on Schützenstrasse in Koenigsberg

The Cuirassiers "Graf Wrangel" (East Prussian) no. 3 was a cavalry joined the Prussian army .

Association membership 1914

The regiment's foundation day was April 19, 1717

The regiment retained its cavalry status until the end of the First World War.

Lineup

In 1717 King Friedrich Wilhelm I ordered the formation of a dragoon regiment "von Wuthenow" with AKO , for which the discharged German troops of King August II of Poland, Elector of Saxony were called in. In 1727 the unit was divided into the "von Cossel" dragoon regiment and the "von Dockum" dragoon regiment. The Dragoons "of Cossel" was renamed the East Prussian dragoon regiment "of Zieten" on 8 November 1807 and 1808 in a Kürassier - and a Dragoon - Regiment shared. The Cuirassier Regiment was named 3rd Cuirassier Regiment (1. Ostpr.) No. 2 in May 1819. On August 15, 1866 it was renamed again to East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 3 and since January 27, 1889 it was called the regiment by AKO cuirassier regiment "Graf Wrangel" (East Prussian) No. 3. Since 1741 the garrison has been Königsberg without interruption .

Campaigns and skirmishes

German war

The regiment belonged to the reserve and entered Bohemia . After only minor fighting, he returned to Königsberg in September 1866.

Franco-German War

Cuirassiers in the battle of Gravelotte

As part of the 1st Cavalry Division, the cuirassiers fought at Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte . After the surrender of Metz, the regiment was moved to the Orléans area. Here the regiment came to the aid of the Hanoverian corps on November 28, 1870 in the battle of Beaune-la-Rolande, just in time to convert an impending defeat into a victory. Then the cuirassiers were used at Orléans and Tours against the French Loire Army . The pursuit of the French defeated at Orléans led the regiment to Vendôme . After the armistice, the unit remained with the occupation troops in Amboise until March 1871 and returned to Königsberg in mid-June 1871.

First World War

After the mobilization, the association moved to the east, where the unit was used in the battles near Gumbinnen , Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes against the armies of Rennenkampff . After the winter battle in Masuria in February 1915, the regiment was used as a cavalryman on the Baltic coast in Lithuania and Courland , where it took part in the capture of Riga in August 1917 . The cuirassiers remained in this part of the country until May 1918 and fought against Russian revolutionary troops during this time. This was followed by the transfer to Ukraine , where security tasks were carried out.

Whereabouts

In December 1918, the march back to Germany began, which had to be fought in part against the resistance of Ukrainian troops. At the beginning of 1919 the regiment reached its home garrison, where it was demobilized and disbanded. Volunteers from this association provided security troops against Polish insurgents until 1920 .

The tradition took over in the Reichswehr the 6th squadron of the 2nd (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Osterode .

Regiment chief

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Christoph Johann Friedrich Otto von Zieten 1807-1813
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia November 16, 1813 to June 17, 1831
Field Marshal General Friedrich von Wrangel September 16, 1845 to November 1, 1877
Major General /
Field Marshal		 Eugene of Austria-Teschen April 27, 1895 until dissolution

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Heinrich Jordan von Wuthenau 1717-1727
Major general Johann Kaspar von Cosel 1727-1734
Major general Johann Adolf von Möllendorff 1734-1747
Major general Ludwig Wilhelm von Schorlemmer 1747-1760
Major general Karl Friedrich von Meyer 1760-1775
Major general Christian Wilhelm Siegmund von Posadowsky 1775-1787
Major general Hans Heinrich Ludwig von Rohr 1787-1790
Major general Philipp August Wilhelm von Werther 1790-1803
Colonel Johann Kasimir von Auer 1803-1807

Commanders after 1806

Rank Surname date
Konstantin von Twardowski 0September 7, 1808 to July 4, 1813
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hans Ernst Christoph von Werder June 21, 1813 to August 20, 1816
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Samuel Alexander von Manstein September 18, 1816 to March 26, 1831
Colonel Karl Ludwig Heinrich von Preusser March 30, 1831 to March 20, 1838
Colonel Konrad von Heuduck March 30, 1838 to March 24, 1841
August von Kalckreuth March 25, 1841 to March 29, 1844
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav Julius von Wechmar March 30, 1844 to April 17, 1850
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel August von Oelrichs April 18, 1850 to May 31, 1856
Lieutenant colonel Adolf Theodor Kulenkamp 0June 1, 1856 to July 8, 1857
Lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Graevenitz 0July 9, 1857 to May 11, 1860
Siegmar zu Dohna May 12, 1860 to October 29, 1866
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm von Winterfeld October 30, 1866 to August 14, 1872
Lieutenant colonel Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg August 15, 1872 to October 1874
Wilhelm von Bernhardi February 17, 1874 to January 28, 1878
Oskar von Schäffer January 29, 1878 to April 14, 1882
Ernst von Troschke April 15, 1882 to July 23, 1883
major Clemens von Fürstenberg-Borbeck July 24th to August 22nd, 1883 (substitute)
major Clemens von Fürstenberg-Borbeck 23 August to 19 October 1883 (entrusted with the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Clemens von Fürstenberg-Borbeck October 20, 1883 to March 12, 1884
Friedrich von Broich March 13, 1884 to February 10, 1886
Otto von Rosen February 11, 1886 to March 23, 1890
Oskar von Rabe March 24, 1890 to May 12, 1895
Adolf von Oertzen May 13, 1895 to July 19, 1897
Willibald von Schmettow July 20, 1897 to April 17, 1901
Lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Boddien April 18, 1901 to July 17, 1902
Paul Schalscha von Ehrenfeld July 18, 1902 to February 17, 1908
Franz von Horn February 18, 1908 to June 18, 1909
Hermann von Böhl June 19, 1909 to July 3, 1910
Werner von Lenthe 0July 4, 1910 to November 18, 1911
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Otto von Quast November 19, 1911 to November 19, 1913
August von Lewinski November 20, 1913 to August 19, 1918

uniform

Until 1912, a white rollerball and white boot pants were also worn in the field. Officers were equipped with epaulettes, NCOs and men with epaulets. There were also black cuirassier boots (so-called cannon boots) and the cuirassier helmet made of polished sheet iron with badges made of tombac . At parades , a white metal, two-part cuirass and a white bandolier with a black cartridge were created. For normal duty the cuirassiers wore a dark blue tunic . As a society uniform, this was equipped with epaulettes and fringes for officers . This included a white peaked cap with light blue trim strips.

The badge color on the Swedish lapels, the collar and the epaulette fields was light blue, the buttons and trims were silver. The regimental number was on the epaulette fields. The NCOs and men carried a tubular steel lance with a black and white lance flag in their peace uniform .

Already ordered by AKO on February 14, 1907 and gradually introduced from 1909/1910, the colorful uniform was replaced for the first time by the field-gray field service uniform (M 1910) on the occasion of the imperial maneuver in 1913. This was completely like the peace uniform. The leather gear and the boots were natural brown, the helmet was covered by a fabric cover called reed-colored. The bandolier and the cartridge were no longer applied to this uniform.

literature

  • Stefan rest (ed.), Jürgen Kraus : The German army in the First World War. Ingolstadt 2004.
  • Max Orlop: History of the cuirassier regiment Count Wrangel (East Prussian) No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892.
  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914. Weltbild Verlag 1992.

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 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments by the foundation or listing up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , pp. 16-18.
  2. ^ 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 the active regiments, battalions and departments by the foundation or listing up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , pp. 16-18.

Remarks

  1. ^ With the AKO of September 7, 1808, the naming of the Prussian units was fundamentally changed. Instead of the name of the boss as before, a country team name with consecutive numbering was chosen.