Cuirassier regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburg) No. 7

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Cuirassier barracks in Halberstadt

The Cuirassiers "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburgisches) No. 7 was a cavalry joined the Prussian army . It was named after Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , general of the cavalry under King Friedrich II of Prussia.

Association membership 1914

8th Division in Halle (Saale) - Commander : Lieutenant General Georg Karl August Hildebrandt
8th Cavalry Brigade in Halle (Saale) - Commander: Major General Georg Thumb von Neuburg
  • Garrison:
Halberstadt (1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Squadron)
Quedlinburg (3rd Squadron)

history

Lineup

With the Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of March 7, 1815 (Foundation Day), the establishment of a cuirassier regiment was ordered. In addition, the East Prussian Cuirassier Regiment had to hand over the 1st Squadron, the Silesian Cuirassier Regiment the 2nd Squadron and the Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment the 3rd Squadron. In the period that followed, it was increased to its budgetary target base through an increase in staff.

The new association was named 4th Cuirassier Regiment and was initially stationed in Landsberg an der Warthe and Driesen . From September 17, 1817, the Halberstadt regiment and the 1st and 4th squadrons were assigned to Quedlinburg as a garrison. The first in command was Major von Koschembahr.

Through multiple renaming, the regiment received the following names over time:

  • on May 27, 1819 7th Cuirassier Regiment (1st Magdeburg)
  • on March 10, 1823 7th Cuirassier Regiment
  • on July 4, 1860 Magdeburg Cuirassier Regiment No. 7
  • on January 27, 1889 Cuirassier Regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburgisches) No. 7

Wars of Liberation

In the war against Napoleonic France in 1815, the regiment took part, but was not involved in any major activities.

German revolution

When the civil unrest was put down , the regiment in Aschersleben was deployed.

German war

During the war against Austria, the regiment moved into Bohemia in 1866 and took part in the Battle of Königgrätz .

Franco-German War

On August 16, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War , the regiment rode together with the Uhlan Regiment No. 16 and the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19 the attack in the Battle of Mars-la-Tour (contemporary as the death ride of the Bredow brigade or Death Ride of Mars-la-Tour) and had high losses of 72 dead and 98 wounded.

The standard bearer in this attack was sergeant Wilhelm Rahmsdorf , he was portrayed as a life-size equestrian sculpture on the Quedlinburg victory monument in 1895 . It was the first time that a simple soldier was portrayed as an equestrian sculpture.

First World War

At the beginning of the First World War , the regiment took part in border battles in neutral Belgium after the march out . Then it fought in the Battle of the Marne and retreated behind the Aisne . From autumn 1914 it moved to the Eastern Front with fighting in Russian Poland, Courland , Lithuania and Romania until the beginning of 1917. In early 1917 relocation to the west and surrender of the horses, the regiment lost its cavalry status and became a cavalry rifle regiment transformed. Trench warfare in Belgium and Lorraine until April 1918. Then trench warfare in Flanders and the Siegfried Line.

Whereabouts

After the end of the war, the regiment arrived in Halberstadt on December 19, 1918, where it was demobilized and disbanded. From the remnants of the unit, a volunteer formation was set up to take part in the battles against the Polish insurgents in the Baltic States .

This troop was later integrated into the Reichswehr-Reiter-Regiment 10 of the provisional Reichswehr and moved to Torgau in March 1920.

The tradition was taken over in the Reichswehr by the 1st Squadron of the 10th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Torgau .

Regiment chief

Painting by Anton von Werner : Proclamation Anton von Werner's painting from 1885, The Proclamation of the German Empire , shows Bismarck in the white parade uniform of his regiment

From January 13, 1823, the first head of the regiment was the Russian Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich . After his death, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV appointed Duke Ernst II as the new head of the regiment. This high position passed on April 26, 1894 to Prince Otto von Bismarck , who had been à la suite of the regiment since October 18, 1868 .

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Leopold Ernst Gustav von Koschembahr March 29, 1815 to March 26, 1831
major Hans von Sydow March 30, 1831 to February 9, 1832 (responsible for the tour)
major Hans von Sydow February 10 to March 29, 1832
major Karl Stein von Kaminski March 30 to June 6, 1832 (entrusted with the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ludwig von Rollaz du Rosey 0June 7, 1832 to August 12, 1834
Major / Lieutenant Colonel August von Beyer August 15, 1834 to January 5, 1836 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel August von Beyer 0January 6, 1836 to April 6, 1842
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Willisen 0April 7, 1842 to June 10, 1846
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Gebhard Truchseß zu Waldburg June 11, 1846 to October 13, 1848
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ferdinand von Schlippenbach October 14, 1848 to March 10, 1852
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm Messerschmidt von Arnim March 11, 1852 to July 19, 1854
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav von Heydebrand and the Lasa July 25, 1854 to July 24, 1859
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav von Langenn July 25, 1859 to April 6, 1863
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Job of Hontheim 0April 7, 1863 to June 17, 1869
Colonel Emil of Albedyll June 24 to October 20, 1869 (commanded to guide)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Larisch October 21, 1869 to June 14, 1875
Lieutenant colonel Karl von Burgsdorff June 15, 1875 to May 7, 1880
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm Schmidt from the east May 13, 1880 to July 14, 1886
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Albert Reichlin from Meldegg July 15, 1886 to January 15, 1890
Lieutenant colonel Curt von Rundstedt January 16, 1890 to June 16, 1893
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Carl von Klinkowström June 17, 18943 to June 16, 1897
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hans zu Schoenaich-Carolath June 17, 1897 to June 15, 1901
Lieutenant colonel Heinrich von Schuckmann June 16, 1901 to November 13, 1903
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Leo from Kramsta November 14, 1903 to March 19, 1906
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Fritz von Werdeck March 20, 1906 to May 16, 1910
Colonel Paul Seiffert May 17, 1910 to September 30, 1912
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Alexander Heydemann 0October 1, 1912 to September 17, 1914
major William von Günther September 18, 1914 to February 20, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Axel von Wachtmeister February 21, 1918 to May 25, 1919

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 metal with brass decorations and a white bandolier with a black cartridge . The badge color was lemon yellow. In addition, a white metal, two-part cuirass was put on for parades. 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 lemon-yellow trim.

Wefts, buttons and frill were silver-colored.

Already ordered by AKO on February 14, 1907 and introduced gradually from 1909/10, 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

  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914. Weltbild Verlag 1992.
  • Hein: The little book of the German Army. Lipsius & Tischer Verlag, Leipzig 1901.
  • Victor Köhler (arrangement): The cuirassier regiment of Seydlitz (Magdeburgische) No. 7. Its history. Self-published by the Association of Officers of the former Cuirassier Regiment No. 7. Hanover 1935.
  • Master list of the Royal Prussian Army from the 16th century to 1840. pp. 154–155.

Web links

Commons : Cuirassier Regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburgisches) No. 7  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 from the foundation or list until August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 29f.