List of old Prussian artillery regiments
The first reports about the use of firearms come from the year 1391, when Jobst Margrave of Brandenburg used a rifle against his vassals. In 1420, Elector Friedrich I had the bells of St. Mary's Church poured into cans. The weapon was further developed and the teams now also had to be trained. Under the elector Johann Georg, there was the Feldzeugmeister Rochus zu Lynar , the snake shooters, gunsmiths and fireworkers. In 1610, during the Thirty Years' War , Hans Meinhard von Schönberg became head of the artillery. During the war, each colonel had his own artillery. In the end, the Brandenburg arsenals contained a collection of artillery pieces, as Otto Christoph von Sparr's Feldzeugmeister complained in 1654. It was not until 1680 that the reorganization of the artillery began again. When a Brandenburg auxiliary corps marched to Hungary in 1686, the Imperial Commissar General, Count Dünewald, was impressed by the Brandenburgers.
- Chiefs of the Brandenburg-Prussian artillery
- 1664 Brostrup Jacobsen von Schört 1677 farewell
- 1677 Ernst Bernhard von Weyler died in 1690
- 1690 Christian von Weiler died in 1717
- 1695 Philipp von Brandenburg died in 1711
- 1698 Johann Sigismund von Schlund , commander
- 1705 Gabriel von Kühlen , commander
- 1711 Gabriel von Kühlen , fallen in 1715
- 1715 Christian Nicolaus von Linger
In 1717 the artillery was reorganized. There was a division into field artillery and garrison artillery. The garrison artillery was initially concentrated on the Pillau fortress and was later distributed to the Prussian fortress: Königsberg, Stettin, Wesel and Magdeburg. After the first Silesian War , a company was established in Breslau in 1742, which was responsible for all Silesian fortresses and commandos. Neisse came first in 1748, Glatz and Schweidnitz in 1750 and Cosel in 1756. After the Seven Years' War , one company each came to Kolberg, Breslau and Glogau in 1771, to Silberberg in 1782, and another to Gaudenz in 1784. In 1797 the artillery command in Plessenburg and Würzburg was formed into a company.
The field artillery was divided into two battalions in 1741, which received different chiefs:
| 1st battalion | 2nd battalion |
|---|---|
| 1741 Samuel von Schmettau | 1741 Ernst Friedrich von Holtzmann († 1759) |
| 1751 Christian Nicolaus von Linger | |
| 1755 Valentin Bodo of the East († 1757) | |
| 1758 Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau | Vacant from 1759? |
| 1762 Karl Friedrich von Moller |
After the Treaty of Hubertusburg , the artillery was organized into regiments and distributed to different cantons.
- Silesian Garrison Battalion
A separate battalion was set up for Silesia as early as 1748.
- 1748 Nikolaus Sigismund von Pannewitz († 1748), lieutenant colonel
- 1748 Friedrich Jonae († 1753), lieutenant colonel
- 1753 Johann Friedrich von Meerkatz († 1763), Colonel
- 1763 Johann Heinrich von Holtzmann († 1776), Colonel
In 1776 it was renamed the Silesian Fortress Artillery
- Silesian fortress artillery
- 1776 Rudolph Heinrich von Winterfeldt († 1788), Colonel
- 1788 Peter Salomon von Linger († 1793), Colonel
- 1793 Heinrich Otto von Scheel († 1808), major general
- 1794 Anton Christian von Strampff († 1822), major general
- 1797 Gottlieb Heinrich von Becker († 1804), Colonel
- 1804 Paul Friedrich Wernitz († 1826), Colonel
- Prussian-Pomeranian fortress artillery
- 1793 Gottfried Siegesmund von Steinwehr († 1797), Colonel
- 1797 Carl Ludwig von Schramm († 1815), major general
Artillery regiments
Based on the experience of the Seven Years' War, the artillery was organized into regiments from 1762 onwards.
- 1762 Karl Wilhelm von Dieskau , 1777 Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff , 1785 Johann Wilhelm von Dittmar , 1792 Johann Friedrich von Merkatz
- 1762 Karl Friedrich von Moller , 1762 Karl Friedrich von Kitscher , 1770 Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz , 1778 Johann Bernhard von Höfer , 1785 Johann Wilhelm von Dittmar , 1786 Adolph Heinrich von Pritzelwitz , 1787 Christoph Karl Friedrich von Bardeleben , 1794 Karl Philipp von Anhalt , 1795 Johann Carl Friedrich von Block , 1797 Johann Christian Wilhelm von Lentken , 1803 Georg Friedrich Wilhelm von Schoenermarck
- 1763 Rudolph Heinrich von Winterfeldt , 1776 Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff , 1777 Johann Friedrich von Merkatz , 1786 Christian Friedrich August von Moller , 1794 Georg Friedrich von Tempelhoff
- Established in 1772 with 10 companies, 1785 Adolph Heinrich von Pritzelwitz , 1785 Johann Friedrich von Merkatz , 1792 Alexander August Eberhard von der Lochau , 1801 Gottfried Ludwig Matthias von Hartmann
- The unit was initially set up as a battalion in 1796 and added to a regiment in 1805, Christian Ludwig von Prosch in 1796 , Johann August von Eckenbrecher in 1804 , and Heinrich Christian von Hüser in 1805
See also
- List of the Standing Armies of the Early Modern Period
- List of infantry regiments of the Old Prussian Army
- List of cavalry regiments of the Old Prussian Army
- List of technical and rear troops of the old Prussian army with navy
- List of grenadier battalions of the Old Prussian Army
- List of free troops and militias of the old Prussian army
- Prussian Army
literature
- Karl von Decker : History of guns and artillery in Europe , Mittler , Berlin and Posen 1822, digitized
- Martin Guddat : Gunner Bombardier Pontonier: The artillery of Frederick the Great , Mittler, Herford u. a. 1992, ISBN 3813209229
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great , Leipzig [1853], p. 283
- Louis von Malinowsky, Robert von Bonin : History of the Brandenburg-Prussian Artillery , Duncker & Humblot , Berlin 1840, Volume 1 , Volume 2 Volume 3
- Prussian War Ministry : Master list of all regiments and corps of the Royal Prussian Army for the year 1804 , Himburg, Berlin 1804, p. 151ff
- Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning : Historical-biographical news on the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian artillery , 3 parts, Mittler, Berlin 1844, ( Volume I ), Volume II , Volume III
- Karl Adolf von Strotha : The royal Prussian horse artillery from 1759 to 1816 , Voss, Berlin 1868, digitized
- Theodor von Troschke : The Relationship of Frederick the Great to his Artillery , Berlin 1865, digitized