Cuirassier regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5

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The cuirassier regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5 was a cavalry association of the Prussian Army .

Lineup

On April 19, 1717, King Friedrich Wilhelm I ordered the formation of a dragoon regiment "von Wuthenow" (Old Prussian D VI), for which the German troops of King August II of Poland , Elector of Saxony , who had been released in exchange for Chinavasen, were used (" Porcelain Dragons "). In 1727 the association was divided into the "von Cossel" (D VI) dragoon regiment and the "von Dockum" (D VII) dragoon regiment. This was renamed on October 7, 1808 in Dragoon Regiment No. 4, (2nd West Prussian Dragoon Regiment). This association received the new designation 4th Dragoon Regiment (East Prussian) by AKO on November 3, 1817. From July 4, 1860 it became the 2nd West Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 5 and received its final name from January 27, 1889 with AKO "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5 until December 1808, the regiment was in Insterburg in garrison , and later in Gdansk .

Association membership

Peace structure 1914

XX. Army Corps in Allenstein - Commanding General : General of the Artillery Friedrich von Scholtz
41st Division in Deutsch-Eylau - Commander : Lieutenant General Hermann von Stein
41st Cavalry Brigade in Deutsch-Eylau - Commander: Colonel von Hofmann (in charge of leadership)

Campaigns and skirmishes

Seven Years War

Coalition wars

  • 1807 Battle of Prussian Eylau against the troops of Napoleon I.
  • In 1812 the regiment belonged to the auxiliary troops of the Grande Army and took part in Napoleon's campaign to Russia. According to the Tauroggen Convention , the regiment resigned from the Yorck Corps and fought from then on on the opposite side.
  • In the Wars of Liberation of 1813/15 the regiment in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig belonged to the reserve cavalry and had no contact with the enemy. In the subsequent pursuit of the French troops, the unit marched through Holland to northern France and returned to its garrisons at the beginning of 1815. The regiment was mobilized again after Napoleon's return from Elba , but did not take part in any combat operations.

German revolution

  • To fight insurgents, the regiment moved to South-East Prussia and West Prussia in 1848.

German war

The regiment marched into Bohemia and took part in the battle of Königgrätz .

Franco-German War

As part of the 41st Cavalry Brigade, the cuirassiers fought at Wörth , Sedan and from January 10 to 12, 1871 at Le Mans . After the armistice, the unit initially remained with the occupying forces and returned to its locations in mid-June 1871.

First World War

After mobilization, the regiment moved to the east as part of the 1st Cavalry Division , where it was initially used in border battles, and then used in the battles near Gumbinnen and Tannenberg against the armies of Rennenkampff . After the winter battle in Masuria in February 1915, the regiment was used for cavalry in Russian Poland. This was followed by deployment on the Baltic Sea coast in Lithuania and Courland , where it provided coastal protection, until the summer of 1916 . This was followed by the transfer to the 7th Cavalry Division , with which it took part in the campaign against Romania from late 1916 to January 1917 . After that, the regiment moved from Transylvania to Belgium , where it surrendered the horses and from then on was used as infantry. This was followed by trench warfare in Lorraine from 1918 , battles in front of the Siegfried line and, at the end of September 1918, the defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin .

Whereabouts

After the Armistice of Compiègne , the regiment marched back to its garrisons from November 12 to 24, 1918 and was then disbanded in Riesenburg.

The tradition was taken over in the Reichswehr by the 1st squadron of the 2nd (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Allenstein .

Regiment chief

Commanders

  • 1808 Karl von Massenbach
  • 1811 Leopold von Bültzigslöwen
  • 1811 Alexander von Treskow
  • 1815 Friedrich von Wrangel
  • 0March 5, 1821 Wilhelm Heinrich von Besser
  • April 29, 1829 to February 18, 1831 Lieutenant Colonel Kasimir von Ingersleben (entrusted with the leadership)
  • February 18, 1831 to March 19, 1834 Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Kasimir von Ingersleben
  • March 30, 1834 Konrad von Heuduck
  • March 30, 1838 Karl von Heister
  • December 10, 1844 Philip of Rapin-Toyras
  • 0March 2, 1848 to October 9, 1849 Major Karl von Dunker
  • October 12, 1849 Ernst Corsep
  • January 12, 1853 Wilhelm von Tümpling
  • July 25, 1854 Wilhelm von Bothmer
  • March 12 to June 10, 1859 Major Rudolf von Schön (in charge of the tour)
  • June 11, 1859 to April 3, 1866 Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Rudolf von Schön
  • 0April 5, 1866 Maximilian von Bredow
  • December 10, 1867 Franz Zimmer
  • April 12, 1870 Wilhelm von Arentsschildt
  • 0August 1, 1873 Edwin von Ohlen and Adlerskron
  • November 11, 1876 Bogislav von Kleist
  • October 19, 1878 Alexander von dem Knesebeck
  • March 12, 1881 Gustav von der Gröben
  • 0December 6, 1884 Ernst von Willich
  • June 14, 1888 Hugo von Kirchbach
  • November 19, 1889 Matthias von Matuschka
  • June 17, 1893 Francesco von Fürstenberg
  • August 18, 1897 Friedrich von Busse
  • March 22, 1902 Johannes Schmige
  • July 18, 1903 Max Krieger
  • February 20, 1909 Sylvius von Posadowsky-Wehner
  • February 18, 1913 Kurt von Rex
  • 0February 7, 1917 Hugo von Schmelzing and Wernstein

Uniform in 1914

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. In addition, 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 pink trimmings. The badge color on the Swedish lapels, the collar and the epaulette fields was pink, the buttons and trimmings gold. The regimental number was on the epaulette fields.

Crews and NCOs wielded tubular steel lances with black and white lance flags.

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

  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician Uniforms 1753-1786 . Volume III: Mounted Troops. Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 .
  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914 . Weltbild Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-89350-343-9 .
  • Stefan rest (ed.): Jürgen Kraus: The German army in the First World War. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-9501642-5-1 .
  • Oskar Pusch: The Duncker family. Oberhausen 1961, p. 126.
  • The royal Prussian standing army. Volume 2, pp. 120ff.

Web links

Commons : Cuirassier Regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  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.