Life Guard Hussar Regiment

Kaiser Willhelm II in the uniform of the Leib-Guard Hussar Regiment

The Life Guards Hussar Regiment was a cavalry joined the Prussian army , which was from 1815 to 1919 and the Guard Corps belonged.

history

The regiment was set up on February 21, 1815 (Foundation Day) as a Guard Hussar Regiment from the Guard Hussar Squadron of the Light Guard Cavalry Regiment and three squadrons of the East Prussian National Cavalry Regiment . The association was initially stationed in Berlin , from 1829 in Potsdam . With the accession to the throne of Kaiser Wilhelm II , he was appointed head of the regiment on June 19, 1888 and renamed the association the Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment.

German war

During the war against Austria in 1866, the regiment took part in the battles at Soor and Königgrätz .

Franco-German War

In the war against France in 1870/71, the association was used by the 1st Guard Division on August 18 at the Battle of Gravelotte and on September 1, 1870 at Sedan . After the 1st Squadron had worked on September 19 in the battles at Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Stains , the regimental association then took part in the enclosure and siege of Paris until December 20, 1870 . This was followed by fighting at the Hallue and, from December 27 to January 10, 1871, the siege of Péronne . During this time the hussars took part in the Battle of Bapaume . The last combat mission took place on January 19, 1871 in the battle of Saint-Quentin .

First World War

During World War I , the 1st Squadron was in the 2nd Guards Division , the 2nd Squadron in the 203rd Infantry Division , the 3rd Squadron in the 1st Guard Division , and the 4th Squadron in the 92nd Infantry -Division deployed.

Whereabouts

After the Armistice of Compiègne , the regiment was demobilized until January 1919 and finally dissolved. The tradition took over in the Reichswehr by decree of the Chief of the Army Command General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt from August 24, 1921, the 6th Squadron of the 4th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment stationed in Potsdam . In the Wehrmacht , the anti-tank division 23 of the 23rd Infantry Division continued the tradition.

uniform

The ponceau-red Attila had lemon-yellow lacing. The fur hat was black with dark blue trimmings and ponceau red Kolpak. The breeches were blue with gold braid, as were the mente.

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. The cut was completely similar to the peace uniform, but the lacing was gray. The leather gear and the boots were natural brown, the fur hat was covered by a fabric cover called reed-colored. The bandolier and the cartridge were no longer applied to this uniform.

Like all hussar regiments, they were armed with the M89 cavalry sword with straight razor blade (introduced in 1890) and the 98a carbine .

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl von Knobloch	February 21, 1815 to October 5, 1819
Colonel	August Ludwig von Nostitz	0October 6, 1819 to October 21, 1821
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl von Malachowski and Griffa	November 29, 1821 to May 31, 1832
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Friedrich von Pückler	0June 1, 1832 to March 29, 1840
Colonel	Georg von Schoenermarck	March 30, 1840 to February 17, 1844
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Ferdinand von Kaphengst	March 30, 1844 to April 26, 1848
major	Louis von Dönhoff	April 27 to May 6, 1848 (in charge of the tour)
major	Louis von Dönhoff	0May 7th to December 13th, 1848
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Friedrich August von Elverfeld called von Beverförde-Werries	December 14, 1848 to May 10, 1854
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl Geyr von Schweppenburg	May 11, 1854 to June 7, 1858
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen	0July 8, 1858 to July 23, 1861
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Hermann von Kerssenbroigk	July 24, 1861 to September 6, 1864
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Rudolf von Krosigk	September 28, 1864 to July 27, 1868
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Karl von Hymmen	July 28, 1868 to August 14, 1874
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm of Württemberg	August 15, 1874 to June 25, 1875
Major / Lieutenant Colonel	Gebhard von Krosigk	June 26 to August 18, 1875 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Gebhard von Krosigk	August 19, 1875 to August 20, 1883
Colonel	Wilhelm of Prussia	June 16, 1885 to January 26, 1888
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Hans von Gottberg	January 27, 1888 to August 21, 1891
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Walther von Moßner	August 22, 1891 to July 13, 1895
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Paul von Wallenberg	July 14, 1895 to March 10, 1900
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Alfred zu Dohna-Schlobitten	March 11, 1900 to April 23, 1904
Colonel	Wolf Rudolf Freiherr Marshal von Altengottern	April 24, 1904 to September 20, 1906
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel	Oskar von Chelius	September 21, 1906 to June 15, 1910
Colonel	Otto Schuler from Senden	June 16, 1910 to January 26, 1913
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm von Dommes	January 27, 1913 to August 1, 1914
Lieutenant colonel	Georg von Brandenstein	0August 2, 1914 to May 26, 1916
Lieutenant colonel	Arthur von Bredow	May 27, 1916 to May 17, 1918
major	Joachim von Köckritz	May 18, 1918 to January 1919

literature

• Hubert von Meyerinck : The Royal Prussian Guard Hussar Regiment and its descent. 1811-1869. Eduard Döring, 1869 digitized
• Claus von Bredow : Historical ranking and master list of the German army. Verlag August Scherl, Berlin 1905, pp. 204–205.
• Oskar von Chelius: The Guard Hussar Regiment during the first seventy years of its existence. Haebringer, Berlin 1885.

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. 95-97.