Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. of Bavaria "(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102

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The infantry regiment “King Ludwig III. von Bayern “(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102 was an infantry regiment of the German Army in the Association of the Royal Saxon Army . It was last part of the 32nd Division (3rd Royal Saxon) . It was in the tradition of the Seckendorff grenadiers formed in 1709 . The following numbering was subsequently introduced for the system: 1709/2 (to Ticino), Infantry Regiment No. 6 (1756/57 Old Prussian Infantry Regiment S 53 ) (after Bleckwenn).

Officer and musketeer of the regiment around 1791
Grenadier officer of the regiment around 1802 (3rd from left)

history

The main troops of the 3rd Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 102 were created in 1705 with the establishment of the "Ansbach Grenadier Battalion" by Margrave Wilhelm Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach . Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff entered the service of the Elector of Saxony and helped him to recruit 41 officers and 784 men. Von Seckendorff received 36 Reichstaler advertising money for every man and sergeant. In 1709, Elector Friedrich August of Saxony, King of Poland, took over the units for the sum of 18,000 Reichstaler . The regiment was subordinated to the then major general Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff as chief and was named "Grenadier Regiment von Seckendorff". The first in command was Colonel Johann Adam von Diemar.

From 1867 the regiment was completely stationed in Zittau as the Royal Saxon 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102.

1870/1871 takes the regiment as part of the XII. Army Corps participated in the Franco-German War . Here it fought as part of the Meuse Army under Prince Albert, among other things, in the Battle of Sedan and the siege of Paris .

Flag of the Kgl. Saxon. 3rd Infantry Regiment King Ludwig III of Bavaria No. 102, 2nd and 3rd Battalion around 1913 (front)

During the First World War , the regiment fought from 1914 to 1918 as part of the 32nd Infantry Division on the Western Front . In 1919 it was dissolved.

uniform

The first uniforms around 1709 consisted of blue body skirts and vests with white facings and lining, lederhosen and grenadier hats. But just a year later, red skirts with blue lapels and brass-colored buttons had been issued to distinguish themselves from the regular Saxon troops.

Names

Insinuation

The 3rd Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 102 “King Ludwig III. von Bayern " was in 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, subordinated to the following major units:

Locations

time Locations
1709-1710 Merseburg , Torgau , Zeitz
1714-1715 Luckau (staff), Gommern , Belzig , Brück , Zahna , Seyda , Schweinitz , Jessen , Schönewalde , Herzberg , Schlieben , Dobrilugk , Kirchhain , Sonnewalde , Finsterwalde , Lübbenau , Vetschau
1717-1719 Zwickau (Stab), and other cities in the Ore Mountains and Vogtland district
1719 Dresden
1720-1723 Görlitz (staff), Zittau , Laubau, Bautzen , Kamenz
1724-1729 Freiberg (staff and one company), one company each in Schneeberg , Wiesenthal , Annaberg , Marienberg , Zschopau , Frankenberg , Altenberg , and units in Neustädtel , Grünhain , Elterlein , Schlettau , Schwarzenberg , Scheibenberg , Jöhstadt , Buchholz , Ehrenfriedersdorf , Geyer , Thum , Öderau, Wolkenstein , Zöblitz , Geising
1729 the staff moves from Freiberg to Chemnitz
1729-1730 Dresden
1731-1732 Freiberg (Stab), Frankenberg, Oederan , Dippoldiswalde , Altenberg, Geising, Neustadt in Sachsen , Sebnitz , Bischofswerda
1732-1733 Großenhain (staff), Tharandt , Dippoldiswalde, Altenberg, Geising, Dohna , Pirna , Neustadt in Sachsen, Sebnitz, Radeberg , Bischofswerda, Kamenz , Ortrand , another four newly formed companies in Großenhain, Ortrand, Senftenberg , Kamenz, Sebnitz and Schandau
1735-1736 Zwickau (Stab), Werdau , Neustadt an der Orla , Pausa , Plauen , Oelsnitz , Adorf , Eibenstock , Johanngeorgenstadt , Aue , Schneeberg, Schwarzenberg, Grünhain, Elterlein, Wiesenthal, Scheibenberg
1736-1737 Großenhain (Stab), Herzberg, Kirchhain, Übigau , Wahrenbrück , Dobrilugk, Drebkau , Ortrand, Senftenberg, Meißen , Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa., Sebnitz, Schandau
1740-1741 Grossenhain (Stab), Mühlberg , Belgern , Kirchhain, Liebenwerda , Wahrenbrück , Dobrilugk, Drebkau, Herzberg, Uebigau , Schlieben , Schweinitz, Schönewalde, Meißen, Lommatzsch , Rossen , Siebenlehn
1741-1742 Dresden
1742-1744 Bautzen (staff), Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Großenhain, Ortrand, Senftenberg, Spremberg
1746 Döbeln (Stab), Colditz, Rochlitz, Geringswalde, Hartha, Roßwein, Mittweida, Lommatzsch, Mühlberg, Belgern
1746-1748 Bautzen (staff), Löbau, Sebnitz, Neustadt i.Sa., Schandau, Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Senftenberg, Spremberg
1748-1749 Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Zahna, Niemegk, Belzig
1749-1751 Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Dahme, Schweinitz
1751-1752 Dresden
1752-1754 Luckau (staff), Kirchhain, Herzberg, Jüterbog, Dahme, Schweinitz
1754-1756 Großenhain (staff), Liebenwerda, Kirchhain, Senftenberg, Kamenz, Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa.
1763-1767 Großenhain (staff), Liebenwerda, Mühlberg, Herzberg, Schlieben, Kirchhain, Dobrilugk, Senftenberg
1767-1810 Großenhain (staff), Herzberg, Liebenwerda, Kirchhain, Dobrilugk, Senftenberg, Bischofswerda, Neustadt i.Sa. from 1770 Schandau, the companies often changed their garrisons
1810 Bautzen (staff and 1st battalion), Görlitz (2nd battalion), Sorgau (grenadiers)
1816-1821 Grossenhain (1st Battalion), Bautzen (2nd Battalion)
1821-1831 Zittau (staff and 1st battalion), Löbau (2nd battalion)
1823 and 1828 In autumn for one year each to Dresden
1831-1849 Bautzen (Staff, 2nd and 3rd Battalion), Zittau (1st Battalion)
1849-1866 Dresden, IV Battalion until 1851 in Bautzen
1866-1867 Schandau (1st battalion), Neustadt (2nd battalion), Bischofswerda (staff and 3rd battalion), Kamenz (4th battalion)
1867-1919 Zittau, the III. Battalion was in Löbau until 1869

See also

literature

  • History of the Royal Saxon 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 "Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria" 1709–1909. Berlin 1909
  • Saxon. State Ministry of the Interior (Ed.): Saxon State Handbooks. 1728 to 1934

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ticino 1986 vol. 1:40
  2. ↑ cf. List of the Electoral Saxon regiments of the early modern period