List of cavalry regiments of the New Prussian Army
The cavalry regiments of the Prussian army were the organizational form of the revived since 1807 cavalry the Prussian army. It was one of the three major branches of the Prussian army.
After the fall of the Prussian army in the war against France in 1806/7 , the army was reorganized and reformed . The old regiments were replaced by the new ones in the course of the reform.
Cuirassier regiments (as of 1914)
- Regiment of the Gardes du Corps , the old Gardes du Corps, K 13
- Guard cuirassier regiment , set up in 1815 as the Guard Uhlan Regiment and reclassified to cuirassiers in 1821
- Leib-Kürassier-Regiment "Großer Kurfürst" (Silesian) No. 1 , the old Cuirassier Regiment No. 4, K 4, which took in remnants of other regiments in 1807
- Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 , until 1819 Dragoon Regiment No. 1 "Queen"
- Cuirassier Regiment "Graf Wrangel" (East Prussian) No. 3 , established in 1808 by splitting a Dragoon Regiment, until 1819 Cuirassier Regiment No. 2
- Cuirassier Regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 , until 1819 Dragoon Regiment No. 2
- Cuirassier Regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5 , until 1819 Dragoon Regiment No. 4
- Cuirassier regiment "Emperor Nikolaus I of Russia" (Brandenburg) No. 6 , formed in 1807 from the remains of cuirassier regiments, until 1819 Cuirassier regiment No. 3
- Cuirassier Regiment "von Seydlitz" (Magdeburgisches) No. 7 , established in 1815 from levies from other cuirassier regiments, until 1819 Cuirassier Regiment No. 4
- Cuirassier Regiment "Graf Gessler" (Rheinisches) No. 8 , until 1819 Dragoon Regiment No. 8
Dragoon regiments
- 1st Guard Dragoon Regiment "Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland"
- 2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment "Empress Alexandra of Russia"
- Dragoon Regiment "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" (Litthauisches) No. 1 , until 1819 No. 3
- Dragoon Regiment "Margrave of Ansbach" (1st Brandenburg) No. 2. , until 1819 No. 5
- Dragoon Regiment "Freiherr von Derfflinger" (Neumärkisches) No. 3 , until 1819 No. 6
- Dragoon Regiment "von Bredow" (1st Silesian) No. 4
- Dragoon Regiment "Freiherr von Manteuffel" (Rheinisches) No. 5
- Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6 (1860)
- Westphalian Dragoon Regiment No. 7
- Dragoon Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 8
- Dragoon Regiment "King Carl I of Romania" (1st Hannoversches) No. 9
- Dragoon Regiment "King Albert of Saxony" (East Prussian) No. 10
- Dragoon Regiment "von Wedell" (Pommersches) No. 11
- Dragoon Regiment "von Arnim" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12
- Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon Regiment No. 13
- Kurmärkisches Dragoon Regiment No. 14
- 3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 15
- 2nd Hannoversches Dragoon Regiment No. 16
- 1st Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 17
- 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 18
- Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19
Uhlan regiments
- 1st Guard Uhlan Regiment
- 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment
- 3rd Guard Uhlan Regiment
- Uhlan Regiment "Emperor Alexander III. von Russland "(West Prussian) No. 1
- Uhlan regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2
- Uhlan regiment "Emperor Alexander II of Russia" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
- Uhlan Regiment "von Schmidt" (1st Pomeranian) No. 4
- Westphalian Uhlan Regiment No. 5
- Thuringian Uhlan Regiment No. 6
- Uhlan regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden" (Rhenish) No. 7
- Uhlan regiment "Graf zu Dohna" (East Prussian) No. 8
- 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9
- Uhlan regiment "Prince August of Württemberg" (Posensches) No. 10
- Uhlan regiment "Graf Haeseler" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 11
- Litthau Uhlan Regiment No. 12
- King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hannoversches) No. 13
- 2nd Hanover Uhlan Regiment No. 14
- Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15
- Uhlan regiment "Hennigs von Treffenfeld" (Altmärkisches) No. 16
Hussar regiments
- Life Guard Hussar Regiment
- 1. Leib-Hussar Regiment No. 1 ("Totenkopfhusaren")
- 2. Leib-Hussar Regiment "Queen Victoria of Prussia" No. 2
- Hussar regiment "von Zieten" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
- Hussar regiment "von Schill" (2nd Brandenburg)
- Hussar regiment "Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt" (Pomeranian) No. 5
- 1st Silesian Hussar Regiment No. 4
- Hussar regiment "Graf Goetzen" (2nd Silesian) No. 6
- Hussar regiment "King Wilhelm I." (1st Rheinisches) No. 7
- Hussar regiment "Emperor Nicholas II of Russia" (1st Westphalian) No. 8
- 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment No. 9
- Magdeburg Hussar Regiment No. 10
- 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11
- Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12
- Hussar regiment "King Humbert of Italy" (1st Kurhessisches) No. 13
- Hussar regiment "Landgrave Friedrich II. Von Hessen-Homburg" (2nd Kurhessisches) No. 14
- Hussar regiment "Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands" (Hannoversches) No. 15
- Hussar regiment "Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria" (Schleswig-Holstein) No. 16
- Brunswick Hussar Regiment No. 17
Regiments of hunters on horseback
- King Jäger regiment on horseback No. 1
- Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 2
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 3
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 4
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 5
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 6
- Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 7
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 8
- Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 9
- Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 10
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 11
- Horse Regiment No. 12
- Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 13
See also
- Prussian Army
- Cavalry regiments of the Old Prussian Army 1644–1806
- Cuirassiers
- dragoon
- Hussars
- Uhlans
- Landwehr
literature
- Jany, Curt: History of the Prussian Army , fourth volume: The royal Prussian army and the German Reichsheer 1807–1914, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967
Web links
- List of cavalry regiments
- www.kuerassierregimenter.de - Lineup , equipment and history of the 10 Prussian cuirassier regiments