List of infantry regiments of the Old Prussian Army

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The infantry of the Old Prussian Army comprised 60 regiments at its peak. In addition, there were several other formations and garrison grenadier battalions. The formation of the first regiments in a standing army took place after the decision of the Brandenburg-Prussian Privy Council of June 5, 1644. The gradually increasing regiments finally went down in 1806 in the fourth coalition war against Napoleonic France in large numbers. Only eight regiments were taken over into the new army, which historians call the "New Prussian Army" to distinguish it.

Explanation of the system

The Prussian regiments were numbered shortly before the army collapsed in 1806. Before that, the regiments were named exclusively after their owners. In the case of identical names, an "old" or "young" was added depending on the age. Some regiments had general names, such as "Prince of Prussia" (No. 18). The Prussian army reformer, Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau , introduced the first master list with his “specifications” in 1729/1737 , which was based on the principle of anciency . To distinguish the New Prussian regiments , the designation "No." used by Hans Bleckwenn is shown here with an Arabic number (New Prussian "No."). Garrison troops are given a "Roman No.". In addition, the year of foundation has been added to the list below. This is intended to facilitate comparability. This numbering consistently follows the Ticino line-ups . When Friedrich Wilhelm II took office in 1786, the distinction between traditional “regiments on foot” and “ fusilier regiments” recruited after 1740 was abandoned. All were now uniformly called "infantry regiments". In 1806 the infantry regiments were given numbers in addition to the regiment chief name.

Field infantry

The regiments also always led grenadier companies , which were grouped into battalions in times of war . Only contingents of the garrison grenadiers remained together in times of peace.

Regiment on foot. "Electoral body regiment". Elector (commanders: 1655: Johann von Klingsporn , 1657: Gerhard Bernhard von Pölnitz , 1679: Wolmar von Wrangel , 1684: Hans Adam von Schöning , 1691: Heino Heinrich von Flemming , 1693: Johann Albrecht von Barfus ), 1702: Alexander Hermann von Waiting life , (1709 "Füsiliergarde"), 1723: Caspar Otto von Glasenapp , 1742: Hans Christoph Friedrich von Hacke , 1754: vacant Hacke, 1756: Hans Carl von Winterfeldt , 1758: Johann Siegismund von Lattorff , 1760: Karl Christoph von Zeuner , 1768: Ernst Julius von Koschenbahr , 1776: Christian Friedrich von Bandemer , 1778: Ludwig Gottlob von Kalckreuth , 1778: Hans Ehrentreich von Bornstedt (from 1786: "Alt-Bornstedt"), 1792: Johann Ernst von Kunheim - location: Berlin .
1655: Bogislaw von Schwerin , 1668: Friedrich von Dönhoff , 1696: Otto Magnus von Dönhoff , 1717: Erhard Ernst von Röder , 1743: Samuel von Schlichting , 1750: Hans Wilhelm von Canitz , 1768: Joachim Friedrich von Stutterheim (from 1778: “ Alt-Stutterheim ”), 1783: Heinrich Wilhelm von Anhalt , 1786: Viktor Amadeus Henckel von Donnersmarck , 1793: Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck , 1805: Ernst von Rüchel
Regiment on foot (1665) 1665 Johann von Fargel , 1679 Johann Georg von Anhalt-Dessau , 1693 Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau ("Alt-Anhalt"), 1747 Leopold Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau , 1752 Leopold Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau , 1758 Henning Alexander von Kahlden , 1759 Franz Adolf von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym , 1784 Heinrich Ernst von Leipziger , 1788 Johann Leopold von Thadden , 1800 Johann Jeremias von Renouard . Location: Magdeburg , from 1717 Halle (Saale) (Hzm. Magdeburg).
Regiment on foot (1672). 1672 Christian Albrecht von Dohna , 1677 Johann Albrecht von Barfus , 1698 Christoph zu Dohna (Jung-Dohna), 1716 Jakob von Bechefer , 1731 Georg Rudolph von Glaubitz , 1740 Konrad Heinrich von der Groeben , 1744 Samuel von Polentz , 1745 Christoph zu Dohna , 1745 Karl Erhard von Kalnein , 1757 Carl Friedrich von Rautter , 1758 Georg Friedrich von Kleist , 1761 Georg Reinhold von Thadden , 1774 Friedrich von Pelkowsky , 1782 Albrecht Dietrich Gottfried von und zum Egloffstein , 1789 Benjamin von Amaudruz , 1797 Wilhelm Heinrich Adolf von Kalckreuth . Location: Prussian Holland and Mühlhausen , from 1773 Elbing (East Prussia).
Regiment on foot (1655), 1655 Jonas Casimir von Eulenburg , 1667 Bogusław Radziwiłł , 1670 Karl Emil von Brandenburg , 1674 Hans Adam von Schöning , 1707 Georg Abraham von Arnim , 1731 Jakob von Bechefer , 1732 Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz , 1739 Johann von Wedell , 1742 Anselm Christoph von Bonin , 1755 Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ("Old Braunschweig"), 1766 Friedrich Christoph von Saldern , 1785 Christian August von Lengefeld , 1789 Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein , 1800 Franz Kasimir von Kleist . Location: Magdeburg .
1675 Crown Prince Friedrich , 1688 Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm , from 1713 King, 1740 Gottfried Emanuel von Einsiedel , 1745 Wolf Friedrich von Retzow , 1760 Friedrich Christoph von Saldern , 1766 Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz , 1779 Friedrich Wilhelm von Rohdich , 1796 Friedrich Adrian Dietrich von Roeder , 1798 Friedrich von Ingersleben , 1801 Karl Ludwig von Le Coq .
1676 Electress Dorothea , 1688 Carl Philipp von Brandenburg , 1695 Christian Ludwig von Brandenburg , 1734 Friedrich Casimir von Botzheim , 1737 Carl Wilhelm von Bredow , 1741 August Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Bevern , 1781 Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld , 1784 Wilhelm Heinrich von der Goltz , 1790 Karl Eduard von Tiedemann , 1790 Carl Philipp von Owstin
Regiment on foot (1679). 1679 Johann Anton von Zieten , 1690 Anton Günther von Anhalt-Zerbst , 1714 Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst , 1747 Hans Otto von Treskow ("Alt-Treskow"), 1754 Georg Friedrich von Amstel , 1757 Karl Ferdinand von Hagen called "Geist" , 1759 Julius Dietrich von Queis , 1769 Levin Friedrich von Hacke , 1785 Johann Georg Wilhelm von Keller , 1786 Johann Andreas Anton von Scholten , 1791 Franz Otto von Pirch , 1795 Friedrich Leopold von Ruits . After the Prussian army reform, transferred to the New Prussian army as the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 . Location: Minden (Westphalia).
1646 Johann Ernst von Pöllnitz , 1684 Heinrich de Briquemault , 1692 Anton Sigismund de Buys , 1694 Otto von Schlabrendorf , 1703 David Adolph von Wulffen , 1704 Rudolf Friedrich von Lattorff , 1713 Etienne du Trossel , 1714 Johann Sigismund von der Heyden , 1719 Jonas Casimir von Auer , 1721 Johannes du Buisson , 1726 Christoph Rudolf von Schliewitz , 1732 Sigismund Rudolf von Waldow , 1735 Otto Friedrich von Leps , 1747 Johann Christian Rölemann Quadt von Wickrath , 1756 Friedrich Ludwig von Kleist , 1758 Jürgen Friedrich von Oldenburg , 1758 Nikolaus von Puttkamer , 1759 Friedrich August von Schenckendorff ("Jung-Schenckendorff"), 1763 Karl Friedrich von Wolffersdorff , 1782 Alexander von Budberg , 1792 Wilhelm Dietrich von Manstein , 1796 Christian Ludwig von Winning , 1796 Johann Friedrich von Brehmer , 1802 Johann Friedrich Schenck zu Schweinsberg
Regiment on foot (1683). "Regiment Courland ". 1683 Alexander von Kurland , 1686 Ferdinand (Kettler) von Kurland , 1689 Friedrich von Heiden , 1703 Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel , 1714 Georg von Hessen-Kassel , 1730 Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau , 1750 Dietrich Erhard von Knobloch , 1757 Gottlob Ernst von Pannewitz , 1759 Friedrich Wilhelm von der Mosel , 1768 Eggert Christian von Petersdorff , 1781 Sylvius Ferdinand von Stwolinsky , 1787 Friedrich Wilhelm Siegmund von der Marwitz , 1788 Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg , 1799 Wilhelm Albrecht von Burghagen , 1799 Ehrenreich Wilhelm Gottlieb von Besser , 1803 Karl Alexander von Wedell . Locations: from 1714 Bielefeld and Herford (Westphalia).
1685 Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Beck , 1720 Friedrich Wilhelm von Holstein-Beck , 1749 Lorenz Ludwig von Below , 1758 Johann Karl von Rebentisch , 1763 Hans von Tettenborn , 1776 Jakob Rüdiger von Zastrow , 1782 Friedrich Alexander von Rothkirch ("Jung-Rothkirch" ), 1786 Karl von Voss , 1790 Friedrich Karl Ludwig von Holstein-Beck , 1798 Ernst Siegmund von Schöning , 1807 Prince Heinrich of Prussia . Traditional successor to the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2nd East Prussian) No. 3
Regiment on foot (1685). 1685 Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1712 Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1741 Wolf Balthasar von Selchow , 1743 Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt , 1757 Friedrich August von Finck , 1763 Johann Jakob von Wunsch , 1788 Franz Casimir von Kleist , 1800 Friedrich Wilhelm Duke of Braunschweig-Oels . Location: Lebus , from 1716 Prenzlau (Brandenburg, Uckermark).
Regiment on foot (1685). 1686 Jacques L'Aumonier , 1715 Anton von Pannewitz , 1722 Alexander von Dönhoff , 1740 Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald Truchsess zu Waldburg , 1745 Samuel von Polentz , 1746 Philipp Bogislav von Schwerin , 1750 August Friedrich von Itzenplitz , 1760 Friedrich Wilhelm von Syburg , 1762 Tsar Peter III. of Russia , 1763 Friedrich Wilhelm von Wylich and Lottum , 1774 Heinrich Gottlob von Braun , 1794 Alexander Wilhelm von Arnim . Location: Soest (Westphalia), from 1724 Berlin.
Regiment on foot (1687). 1629 Johann Streiff von Lauenstein , 1632 Henning von Goetze , 1634 Adam Valentin von Redern , 1653 Otto Wilhelm von Podewils , 1657 Pierre de la Cave , 1679 Wolfgang Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg , 1688 Johann Georg von Belling , 1689 Wilhelm von Brandt , 1702 Christoph Albrecht von Canitz , (from 1708 formal: Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Oranien), 1713 Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein , 1735 Andreas Joachim von Kleist , 1738 Johann von Lehwaldt , 1768 Friedrich von Anhalt , 1777 Johann Christian Wilhelm von Steinwehr , 1782 Viktor Amadeus Henckel von Donnersmarck , 1786 Franz Ludolph Ferdinand von Wildau , 1794 Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch , 1795 Georg Prince von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen , 1803 Ehrenreich Wilhelm Gottlieb von Besser . After the Prussian army reform, transferred to the New Prussian Army as the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 . Location: Pillau , from 1719 Bartenstein , Friedland and Schippenbeil (East Prussia).
1688 Philipp Karl von Wylich and Lottum , 1719 Friedrich Wilhelm von Koenen , 1720 Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz , 1732 Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia , 1740 King Friedrich II of Prussia, 1786 Franz Georg Gneomar von Kunitzky , 1793 Friedrich von Ingersleben , 1798 Karl Friedrich from Hirschfeld . After the Prussian army reform, taken over as the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in the New Prussian Army. Location: Wesel (Hzm. Kleve), from 1733 Neuruppin and Nauen (Brandenburg, Mittelmark).
Regiment on foot (1689). 1689 Alexander zu Dohna (Alt-Dohna), 1728 Adam Christoph von Flanß , 1748 Christoph zu Dohna , 1762 Friedrich Wilhelm von Syburg , 1771 Christian Ernst Wilhelm Benedikt von Borcke , 1776 Ludwig von Buddenbrock , 1782 Karl Adolf Schott von Schottenstein , 1785 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz von Romberg , 1789 Ernst Heinrich von Gillern , 1792 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Hausen , 1799 Friedrich Otto von Diericke . After the Prussian army reform, it was transferred to the New Prussian Army as the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich I." (4th East Prussian) No. 5 . Location: from 1721 Königsberg , from 1796 Braunsberg , Mühlhausen (East Prussia) and Prussian Holland (East Prussia).
Regiment on foot (1695). 1693 Baltzer Friedrich von Sydow , 1703 Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow , 1739 Ernst August de la Chevallerie von la Motte , 1748 Adam Friedrich von Jeetze , 1756 Gerd Heinrich von Manteuffel , 1764 Karl Gustav von Rosen , 1772 Konstantin von Billerbeck , 1786 Heinrich Gottlieb von Koenitz ("Jung-Könitz"), 1786 Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck , 1793 Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer , 1795 Karl Friedrich von Langen , 1802 Carl Peter von Tresckow . Locations: Köslin and Rügenwalde (Western Pomerania).
Regiment on foot (1703). 1698 Anton von Pannewitz , 1703 Daniel von Tettau , 1709 David Gottlob von Gersdorf , 1731 Georg Volrath von Kröcher , 1738 Christian Reinhold von Derschau , 1742 August Wilhelm of Prussia , 1758 Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia , 1786 King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia , 1790 Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia , 1797 King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia . Designation: "White Grenadier Battalion". Location: Berlin , from 1716 Bernau near Berlin , Strausberg and Köpenick , from 1763 Potsdam .
Regiment on foot (1702). 1702 Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1731 Carl Friedrich Albrecht von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1763 Hans von Tettenborn , 1763 Friedrich August von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Oels , 1794 Karl Ludwig Bogislav von Goetze , 1806 Wilhelm Friedrich von Oranien-Nassau . Location: Königsberg in the Neumark , from 1737 Berlin-Friedrichstadt .
Regiment on foot (1689). 1689: Karl von Schomberg , 1698 Johann Heinrich von Börstel , 1711: Ulrich Christoph von Stille , 1728: Wilhelm Chenu de Chalsac l'Aujardiere , 1732: David Jürgen von Graevenitz , 1741: Johann August von Voigt , 1742: Hans Kaspar von Herzberg , 1746: Franz Andreas von Borcke , 1756: Bernhard Asmus von Zastrow , 1757: August Gottlieb von Bornstedt , 1759: Otto Ludwig von Stutterheim ("Jung-Stutterheim"), 1778: Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein , 1784: Matthias Wilhelm von Below , 1786 : Dietrich Eugen Philipp von Bornstedt ("Jung-Bornstedt"), 1793: Ludwig von Baden , 1795: Louis Ferdinand of Prussia . Location: Magdeburg .
Regiment on foot (1713). 1713: Ernst Wladislaus von Dönhoff , 1724: Heinrich Karl von der Marwitz , 1744: Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow , 1756: Johann Dietrich von Hülsen , 1767: Carl Magnus von Schwerin , 1773: Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig . Locations: Halberstadt and Quedlinburg (later Province of Saxony).
Regiment on foot (1713). 1713: Adrian Bernhard von Borcke , 1741: Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau , 1760: Balthasar Rudolf von Schenckendorff (until 1763: "Alt-Schenckendorff"), 1768: Karl Christoph von Plötz , 1777: Friedrich Karl von Schlieben , 1791: Karl Friedrich von Klinckowström , 1795: Franz Otto von Pirch . Location: Stettin , from 1746 Stargard in Pomerania .
Regiment on foot (1713). 1713 Paul Anton von Kameke , 1716 Johann Quirin von Forcade de Biaix , 1729 Egidius Ehrentreich von Sydow , 1743 Alexander Ernst von Blanckensee , 1745 Christoph zu Dohna , 1748 Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade , 1765 Christian Ernst von Puttkamer , 1766 Christoph Friedrich von Rentzell , 1778 August Wilhelm von Thüna , 1786 Stephan von Lichnowski , 1796 Christian Ludwig von Winning . Location: Berlin ( Königsvorstadt and Spandauer Vorstadt ).
Regiment on foot (1715). 1715 Johann Sigmund von Schwendy , 1723 Curt Christoph von Schwerin , 1757 Karl Christoph von der Goltz , 1761 vacant Goltz, 1763 Bernhard Alexander von Düringshofen , 1776 Leopold von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , 1785 Gottlieb Ludwig von Beville , 1791 Karl Ludwig von Frankenberg , 1795 Johann Ludwig von Grünberg , 1799 August Wilhelm Hartmann von Zenge Location: Frankfurt (Oder) (Brandenburg, Mittelmark).
Regiment on foot (1715). 1715 Otto von Schlabrendorf , 1718 Johann Christoph von Wylich and Lottum , 1727 Martin von Thile , 1728 Friedrich August Rutowski , 1729 Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein , 1760 Friedrich Ehrenreich von Ramin , 1782 Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff . Location: Berlin-Friedrichstadt .
Regiment on foot (1715). 1714 Kurt Hildebrand von Loeben , 1730 Henning Alexander von Kleist , 1749 Dietrich Reichard von Meyerinck , 1758 Carl Heinrich von Wedel , 1760 Christian Bogislaw von Linden , 1764 Anton Abraham von Steinkeller , 1778 Hans Christoph von Woldeck (from 1782: "Alt-Woldeck" ), 1789 Philipp Adolph von Schwerin , 1795 Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch . Location: Berlin .
1715 Leopold Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau , 1747 Franz Ulrich von Kleist , 1757 Moritz Wilhelm von der Asseburg , 1759 Daniel Georg von Lindstedt , 1764 Peter Heinrich von Stojentin , 1776 Alexander Friedrich von Knobelsdorff , 1800 Alexander von Tschammer .
Regiment on foot (1723). 1723 Konrad Heinrich von der Mosel , 1733 Friedrich Ludwig zu Dohna , 1742 Heinrich Carl Ludwig Herault de Hautcharmoy , 1758 Lorenz Ernst von Münchow , 1758 Friedrich von Kreytzen , 1759 Friedrich Ehrenreich von Ramin , 1760 Friedrich Wilhelm von Thile , 1770 Michael Konstantin von Tsaremba , 1786 Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein , 1789 August von Genzkow , 1792 Friedrich Leopold von Ruits , 1795 Carl Friedrich von Klinckowström , 1799 Johann von Malschitzky .
Regiment on foot (1723). Set up as a fusilier regiment, later converted into musketeers. Location: Wesel (Westphalia), from 1742 Breslau (Silesia). 1723 Hans Christoph von Bardeleben , 1736 Georg Heinrich von Borcke (Jung-Borcke), 1747 Kaspar Ernst von Schultze , 1758 Carl Heinrich von Wedel , 1758 Karl Gottfried von Knobloch , 1764 Johann Ferdinand von Stechow , 1778 Heinrich Ludwig von Flemming , 1782 Balthasar Ludwig Christian von Wendessen , 1798 Wilhelm Karl von Treuenfels .
Regiment on foot (1728). 1728 Martin von Thile , 1733 Joachim Christoph von Jeetze , 1752 Christian Gottfried von Uchtländer , 1755 Bernd Siegmund von Blankensee , 1756 Hans Samuel von Pritz , 1757 Ernst Ludwig von Kannacher , 1759 Joachim Friedrich von Stutterheim ("Alt-Stutterheim"), 1768 Karl Franz von Sobeck , 1778 Philipp Wolfgang Teuffel von Birkensee , 1782 Georg August von Schönfeld , 1792 Georg Friedrich von Wegnern , 1793 Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Rüchel , 1798 Friedrich Adrian von Borcke . Set up as a fusilier regiment. Location: Anklam (Western Pomerania).
Regiment on foot (1729). 1729 Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow , 1743 Friedrich Wilhelm von Varenne , 1744 Philipp Bogislav von Schwerin , 1746 Johann Georg von Lestwitz , 1763 Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien , 1791 Philipp Ernst von Borcke , 1792 Philipp Friedrich Lebrecht von Lattorff , 1800 Bernhard Vollrad von Oldenburg , 1805 Heinrich von Kropff . Location: Wesel (Westphalia), from 1743 Breslau (Silesia).
Regiment on foot (1743). 1743 Friedrich Julius von Schwerin (Jung Schwerin), 1747 Joachim Christian von Tresckow , 1763 Johann Georg von Lestwitz , 1767 vacant Lestwitz, 1770 Hans Christoph von Rothkirch (from 1782: "Alt-Rothkirch"), 1786 Friedrich Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen . Location: Neisse (Silesia).
Regiment on foot (1740). 1740 Andreas Johann Persode de Dommangeville , 1743 Samuel von Schlichting , 1743 Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow , 1744 Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué , 1774 Georg Reinhold von Thadden , 1784 Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen , 1786 Julius Rudolph von Klingsporn , 1794 Theodor Philipp von Pfau , 1794 Franz Andreas von Favrat , 1804 August Ludwig von Schierstedt , 1804 Ludolf August Friedrich von Alvensleben . Set up as a fusilier regiment. Location: Glatz (Silesia).
Regiment on foot (1740). 1740 August Ferdinand of Prussia . Location: Neuruppin (Brandenburg, Mittelmark).
Regiment on foot (1740). 1740 Heinrich Ludwig of Prussia , 1802 vacant Prince Heinrich.
Fusilier regiment (1740). 1740 Gustav Bogislav von Münchow , 1766 Henning Alexander von Kleist , 1780 Peter Christoph von Zitzewitz , 1785 Wilhelm Magnus von Brünneck , 1786 Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer , 1793 Georg Henning von Puttkamer . Location: Brandenburg an der Havel .
Fusilier regiment (1740). 1740 Paul Heinrich Tilio de Camas , 1741 Peter Ludwig du Moulin , 1755 Heinrich Adolf von Kurssel , 1758 August Wilhelm von Braun , 1770 Johann Georg Wilhelm von Keller , 1785 Adam Heinrich von Wolfframsdorff , 1794 Johann Eberhard Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen , 1799 Johann Friedrich Gustav von Stockhausen , 1804 Karl Gottlieb von Tschepe . Location: Glogau (Silesia), from 1795 Fraustadt and Lissa (" South Prussia ").
Fusilier regiment (1740). 1740 Wilhelm Alexander von Dohna-Schlodien , 1749 Johann Christian von Brandeis , 1758 Carl Anton Leopold von Zastrow , 1766 Friedrich Gotthelf von Falkenhayn , 1781 Heinrich Wilhelm von Anhalt , 1783 Eberhard von Hager , 1790 August Wilhelm von Vietinghoff , 1796 Christian August von der Marwitz , 1800 Carl von Pelchrzim . Location: Breslau , from 1782 Frankenstein , from 1796 Neisse (Silesia).
Fusilier regiment (1740). 1740 Ferdinand von Braunschweig , 1744 Albrecht von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , 1745 Friedrich Franz von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , 1758 vacant Braunschweig, 1763 Wilhelm Adolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , 1771 Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff , 1783 Christian Ludwig von Kenitz , 1793 Daniel Ludwig von Crousaz , 1800 Friedrich Wilhelm Christian von Zastrow . Location: Königsberg in the Neumark , from 1795 Posen ("South Prussia").
Fusilier regiment (1740). 1740 Wilhelm Heinrich von Sachsen-Eisenach , 1741 David Jürgen von Graevenitz , 1743 Georg Christoph von Kreytzen , 1750 Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen , 1759 Georg Carl Gottlob von der Gablenz , 1777 Friedrich August von Erlach , 1791 Carl Ludwig von Pfuel , 1794 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steinwehr , 1805 Dietrich Leberecht von Schimonsky . Location: Breslau , from 1763 Schweidnitz (Silesia).
Fusilier regiment (1741). 1741 August Wilhelm Duke of Braunschweig-Bevern , 1741 Johann Volprecht Riedesel zu Eisenbach , 1746 Franz Karl Ludwig von Wied zu Neuwied , 1765 Matthias Ludwig von Lossow , 1782 Alexander Friedrich von Woldeck (from 1786: "Jung-Woldeck"), 1792 Karl Friedrich Gottlieb von Schladen , 1804 Karl Ernst Ludwig von Lettow . Previously the Württemberg regiment "Hereditary Prince". Location: Wesel , from 1755 Minden (Westphalia), grenadiers always in Magdeburg .
Fusilier regiment (1741). 1741: Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt , 1789: Nikolaus Reinhard von Hanenfeldt , 1794: Kaspar Sigismund von Lüttwitz , 1796: Franz Heinrich Christian von Ploetz . Location: Frankenstein (Silesia), from 1796 in Warsaw ( South Prussia ).
Fusilier regiment (1741). 1741: Maximilian von Rampusch , 1743: Philipp Ernst von Bardeleben , 1744: Joachim Ernst von Zimmerow , 1744: Christian Ludwig von Kalsow , 1757: Samuel Adolph von Kalckreuth , 1758: Joachim Leopold von Bredow , 1760: Christian Wilhelm von Zieten , 1767: Döring Wilhelm von Krockow , 1773: Carl Magnus von Schwerin , 1776: Leopold Ludwig von Anhalt , 1795: Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben , 1803: Ludwig von Strachwitz . Location: Schweidnitz , from 1763 in Liegnitz (Silesia).
Fusilier regiment (1742). 1742: Friedrich Ludwig zu Dohna , 1749: Martin Eberhard von Jungkenn Müntzer von Mohrenstamm, 1759: Rudolph August von Hoffmann , 1760: Johann von Grant , 1764: Hans Christian von Brietzke , 1779: Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst von Gaudi , 1789: Franz Otto von Pirch , 1791: August von Dohna-Lauck , 1793: Franz Georg Gneomar von Kunitzky , 1799: Ludwig von Strachwitz , 1803: Christian Alexander von Hagken . Location: Wesel (Westphalia).
Fusilier regiment (1743). 1743: Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow , 1757: Friedrich II. Von Hessen-Kassel , 1786: Johann Ludwig von Eckartsberg , 1792: Friedrich August von Graevenitz , 1795: Karl Philipp von Unruh , 1805: Johann Christian von Zweiffel . Location: Wesel (Westphalia), from 1792 in Bayreuth ( Fsm. Brandenburg-Bayreuth ), today Bavaria .
Fusilier regiment (1743). 1743: Ernst Ludwig von Goetze , 1745: Friedrich Christoph Christian von Rindtorf , 1746: Friedrich Leopold von Schwerin , 1750: Christian Ludwig von Pfuel , 1756: Emanuel von Schöning , 1757: Johann Albrecht von Bülow , 1776: Heinrich Wilhelm von Lettow , 1779 : Ernst Ludwig von Pfuhl , 1794: Alexander Heinrich von Thile . Location: Deutsch-Rixdorf and Berlin, Köpenicker Vorstadt , from 1796 in Warsaw (South Prussia).
Fusilier regiment (1743). 1743: Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt , 1747: Karl Friedrich von Derschau , 1752: Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim , 1756: Kaspar Friedrich von Rohr , 1758: Christoph Heinrich von Grabow , 1764: Johann Adolph von Nassau-Usingen , 1778: Wenzeslaus Christoph von Lehwaldt , 1788: Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim , 1790: Karl von Hertzberg , 1797: Julius August von Grawert . Location: Burg (Hzm. Magdeburg), from 1789 in Glatz (Silesia).
(Garrison) 1743 Alexander von Beaufort , 1743 Joachim Wocislaus von Wobeser , 1746 Johann Leonhard von Wutgenau , 1755, vacant, commander: Friedrich Wilhelm von Salmuth called Beringer
Fusilier regiment (1755). 1756 Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel , 1757 Friedrich Wilhelm von Salmuth called Beringer , 1763 Karl Friedrich von Beckwith , 1766 Martin Ludwig von Eichmann , 1791 Martin Ernst von Schlieffen , 1792 Georg Boguslav von Koethen , 1797 Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel . Location: Wesel (Westphalia).
Fusilier regiment (1742). 1742 Gerhard Cornelius von Walrave , 1748 Philipp Loth von Seers , 1758 Christian Friedrich von Diericke , 1770 Karl August von Schwartz , 1788 Otto Heinrich Friedrich von Borch , 1794 Friedrich Wilhelm von Schönfeld , 1800 Friedrich Wilhelm von Müffling . Location: Neisse (Silesia).
Battalion on foot (1773). 1773 Franz Ludwig von Rossieres , 1778 Karl Ludwig von Troschke , 1794 Georg von Steensen , 1799 Karl Wilhelm von Sanitz . Location: Silberberg , from 1800 Frankenstein (Silesia).
Fusilier regiment (1773). 1773 Otto Heinrich von Laxdehnen , 1773 Döring Wilhelm von Krockow , 1789 Ernst Friedrich Carl von Hanstein , 1803 Friedrich August von Kauffberg . Location: Marienburg (East Prussia), from 1794 Danzig (West Prussia).
Fusilier regiment (1773). 1772 Christian August von Lengefeld , 1785 Wilhelm von Schwerin , 1795 Franz Joachim von Reinhart , 1807 Carl Friedrich von Hamberger . After the Prussian army reform, the grenadier regiment "Graf Kleist Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6 was transferred to the New Prussian army. Location: Prussian Holland , from 1800 Rastenburg (East Prussia).
Fusilier regiment (1773). 1773 Kaspar Fabian Gottlieb von Luck , 1780 Wilhelm Heinrich von der Goltz , 1784 Wilhelm von Schwerin , 1785 Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer , 1786 Franz Andreas von Favrat , 1794 Albert von Anhalt , 1800 Wilhelm Christian von Larisch . Location: Braunsberg (East Prussia), from 1795 Thorn (“South Prussia”).
Fusilier regiment (1773). 1773 Albrecht Ehrentreich von Rohr , 1783 Karl Kuno Ludwig von Klitzing , 1786 Bogislav Ernst von Bonin , 1794 Christoph Friedrich von Mosch , 1799 Hans Christoph von Natzmer . Location: Graudenz (West Prussia).
Fusilier Regiment (1774). 1774 Adolph von Hessen-Philippsthal , 1780 Georg Ewald von Blumenthal , 1784 Melchior Sylvius von Koschenbahr , 1790 Karl Eduard von Tiedemann , 1792 Albert Christian Heinrich von Brühl , 1792: Friedrich Christian Karl von Holwede , 1796: Hermann Johann Ernst von Manstein . Location: Prussian Stargard (West Prussia), from 1796 in Bromberg and Gnesen (“South Prussia”).
1794: Christoph Ludwig Rudolph von Reitzenstein , 1796 Friedrich Gottlieb von Laurens , 1804 Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien . Location: Ansbach (Fsm. Brandenburg-Ansbach, today Bavaria).
1795: Friedrich August von Graevenitz . Location: Glogau (Silesia).
1797: Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière . After the Prussian army reform, it was transferred to the New Prussian army as the grenadier regiment "King Wilhelm I" (2nd West Prussian) No. 7 . Location: Wartenstein (Hinterpommern).
1803: Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben . Location: Erfurt .
1802: Christian Wilhelm von Chlebowsky . After the Prussian army reform, the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10 was transferred to the New Prussian army. Location: Warsaw (South Prussia).

Garrison regiments

Founded in the first decades of the 18th century as battalions and only functionally delimited from the field regiments, the garrison regiments became units for soldiers of small size and those who had been transferred to prison. Officers were also transferred to punishments, along with half-disabled and commoners.

1714 Jacques de Brion , 1724 Ludwig von l'Hospital , 1755 Christoph Georg von Luck , 1757 Werner Friedrich von Puttkamer (since 1766 "Alt-Puttkamer"), 1772 Friedrich Sylvius von Hallmann , 1786 Karl Ernst von Bose - † 1787/88
1717 Georg Boguslav von Wobeser , 1723 Kaspar Dietlof von Winterfeld , 1725 Peter von Seers , 1727 Jean de Natalis , 1742 Georg Werner von der Schulenburg , 1743 Christoph Ernst von Roeder , 1754 Hans Siegmund von Sydow (1759–1763 "Alt-Sydow") , 1773 Georg Wolf von Tümpling , 1777 George Lorenz von Pirch - † 1787/88
1718 Siegmund von Sack , 1740 Georg Rudolph von Glaubitz , 1740 Vorath Hellermann (from 1743 von Hellermann), 1756 Georg Arnold von Grolman , 1763 August Friedrich Marschall von Bieberstein , 1767 Ernst Friedrich von der Heyden , 1772 Baron Detlef von Vietinghoff - † 1787 / 88 → Kolberg
1736 Caspar Joachim von Wachholtz , 1737 Peter d'Arbaud , 1739 Andreas Johann Persode de Dommangeville , 1740 Adam von Weyherr , 1744 vacant Weyherr, 1746 Johann Heinrich von Grape , 1759 Martin Eberhard von Jungkenn called Müntzer von Mohrenstamm , 1760 Ewald Georg von Lettow , 1763 Friedrich Franz Ernst von Plotho , 1766 Franz Thuro von Großkreutz , 1769 Ludwig von Gohr , 1772 Peter Georg von Puttkamer , 1775 Heinrich Ludwig von Gotter , 1782 Valentin Friedrich von Rüchel , 1784 Otto Kasimir von Hüllessem - † 1787/88
1741 Christoph Friedrich von Thümen , 1743 Friedrich Julius von Mützschefall , 1759 Gustav Adolph von Sydow ("Jung-Sydow"), 1763 Christian Friedrich von Berner , 1770 Johann Benjamin von Hasslocher , 1771 Adam Friedrich von Arnstedt , 1778 Paul von Natalis - † 1787 / 88
1740 Kaspar Heinrich von Stechow , 1743 Heinrich von Saldern , 1745 Johann Georg von Lehmann , 1750 Heinrich Günther Gottfried von Bosse , 1752 Christoph Friedrich von Lattorf , 1762 Gerhard Alexander von Saß - † 1787/88
1741 Carl Wilhelm von Bredow , 1746 Hans Christoph von Jeetze , 1754 Christian Henning von Lange , 1760 Joachim Christian Friedrich von Itzenplitz , 1766 Christoph Friedrich von Rentzell , 1766 Christian Ernst von Puttkamer ("Jung-Puttkamer"), 1771 Georg Lorenz von Kowalski - † 1787/88
1741 Karl von der Recke , 1745 Rudolf Kurt Leberecht von Loeben , 1746 Kaspar Friedrich von Knobelsdorff , 1748 Georg Ernst von Nettelhorst , 1757 Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Quadt zu Wickrath , 1763 Franciscus de Le Noble , 1772 Karl Benedikt von Bremer , 1778 Sigismund August von Berrenhauer , 1782 Ulrich von Heyking - † 1787/88
1743 Georg Volrath von Kröcher , 1748 Ernst August de la Chevallerie von la Motte , 1759 Bernd Eckard von Bonin , 1763 Konstantin Nathanael von Salenmon - † 1787/88 → Stationed in Geldern from 1778 Wesel
1742 Georg Ewald von Puttkamer , 1744 Arnold Goswin von Rittberg , 1747 Busso Christian von Blanckensee , 1765 Christoph Ludwig von der Mülbe , 1780 Heinrich Gottlieb von Könitz , 1786 Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer , 1786 Friedrich von Oven - † 1787/88
1744 Georg Ewald von Puttkamer , 1748 Franz Christoph von Manteuffel , 1760 Henning Christian von Mellin , 1769 Carl Ludwig von Ingersleben , 1782 Sigismund August von Berrenhauer - † 1787/88
1748 Ernst Georg von Kalckreuth , 1763 Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière , 1787 Philipp Lambert de Bauvrye - † 1787/88
1748 - without regiment chief - † 1763

Standing grenadier battalions

Grenadier battalions were combined units of grenadier companies of the garrison, but also field regiments that stayed together in peacetime.

1742: I. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. III , No. IV , No. VII (not 1756–1763 and 1778/79) and New Garrison Regiment . Heinrich Wilhelm von Byla , 1749 Henning Alexander von Kahlden , 1758 Friedrich Just von Wangenheim , 1758 Wilhelm Ernst von Buddenbrock , 1759 Georg Karl von Carlowitz , 1771 Hans Ernst Otto Christian von Rohr , 1778 Johann Heinrich von Oldenburg , 1779 Johann Andreas Anton von Scholten , 1786 Konstantin Johann von Budritzki , 1787 Friedrich Adrian von Borcke - † 1787/88.
1744 (de facto), formally 1748: II. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. 45 , No. IX (1756-1760) or No. XIII (1760-1763). 1748 Rudolf August von Ingersleben , 1757 Kaspar Rudolph von Unruh , 1760 prisoner of war, 1763 Carl Ludwig von Ingersleben , 1765 Joachim Adam von Voss , 1771 Wilhelm Ludwig von Meusel - † 1787 to No. 48.
1746 (de facto), formally 1753: IV. "Standing" grenadier battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. 41 and No. 44 . 1748 Eberhard von Gemmingen , 1757 Johann Friedrich von Benkendorf , 1765 Christoph Siegmund von Wallenrodt , 1775 Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg , 1780 Johann Wilhelm Leopold von Borcke , 1784 Johann Heinrich von Drost - † 1787
1746 (de facto), formally 1753: IV. "Standing" grenadier battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. I , No. II (1757–1760 not in the battalion) or No. XI . 1751 Ludolf August von Katte , 1753 Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde , 1760 Matthias Ludwig von Lossow , 1765 Joachim Friedrich von der Hardt , 1779 Friedrich Wilhelm von Hacke , 1780, Julius Rudolph von Klingsporn , 1785 Friedrich Karl Ludwig von Holstein-Beck - † 1789
1753: V. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. V , No. X . 1753 Leopold von Rath , 1760 Hans Siegismund von Koschenbahr , 1776 Carl Elias Adolph von Hachenberg , 1776 Georg Ludwig von Lentzke , 1780 Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch - † 1788
1753: VI. "Standing" grenadier battalion: consisted of grenadiers from No. VI , No. VIII . 1753 Johann Ernst von Plötz , 1757 Hans Leberecht Ehrentreich von Rohr , 1759 Karl Leberecht von dem Bussche , 1764 Friedrich Ernst von Zabeltitz , 1773 Ernst Heinrich von Gillern - † 1789
1775: VII. "Standing" Grenadier Battalion: consisted of two grenadier companies of the IV. Standing Grenadier Battalion (from Garrison Regiment No. II ) and newly recruited, 1775 Nikolaus Albrecht von Baehr - † 1788

Light infantry or free regiments

In 1786 King Friedrich II created three regiments of 10 companies each. The concept was abandoned the following year in favor of the fusilier battalions.

  • Chaumontet Light Infantry Regiment
Emanuel Franz Anton Eugen von Chaumontet
  • Arnauld de la Perière Light Infantry Regiment
Johann Gabriel Arnauld de la Perière
  • Light Infantry Regiment Müller von Andolfingen (also: Swiss Regiment )
Johann Rudolph Müller from Andolfingen

Fusilier battalions

Uniform and equipment of the fusilier battalions "Schencke" and "Renouard" from 1792

When the standing grenadier battalions were dissolved, the fusilier battalions were created in 1787/88.

  • Fusilier Battalion No. 1
1787 Friedrich Karl von Langelair , 1789 Friedrich Adolf von Schencke , 1793 Karl Alexander von Wedel , 1800 Karl Gottfried von Carlowitz , 1806 Friedrich Ernst Ewald von Keyserlingk
The battalion capitulated at Ratkau on November 7th, the depot remained
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 2
1787 Johann Jeremias von Renouard , 1794 Karl Anton von Bila
The battalion capitulated at Ratkau on November 7th, the depot remained
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 3
1787 Alexander Heinrich von Thile , 1793 Friedrich Georg von Tilly , 1797 Leopold von Wackenitz
The battalion fought in Prussia
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 4
1787 Christian Ludwig von Lieberoth , 1794 Karl August von Greiffenberg
The battalion capitulated at Ratkau on November 7th, and the depot took part in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 5
1787 Friedrich Adrian von Borcke , 1797 Erhard Gustav von Wedel
The battalion surrendered on November 7th at Ratkau, the depot came to Kolberg
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 6
1787 Friedrich Karl Ludwig von Holstein-Beck , 1789 Michael Szabszinski von Rembow
Took part in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 7
1787 Friedrich Benignus von Schmidthenner , 1788 Johann Karl August von Schultz , 1800 Joachim Ernst von Rosen
The battalion was destroyed on October 14th at Umpferstedt, the depot surrendered on February 16, 1807 in Schweidnit
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 8
1787 Julius Hans Friedrich von Plüskow , 1790 Karl Gottfried von Hanff , 1793 Johann Friedrich von Eisenhardt, 1795 Franz Leopold von Kloch
The battalion surrendered at Zottelstedt on October 15, the depot was still fighting in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 9
1787 Ernst Heinrich von Gillern , 1789 Kasper Gottlob von Diebitsch (Jung-Diebitsch), 1789 August Friedrich von Prosch , 1797 Heinrich Christoph von Ladebur , 1802 Jakob Borell du Vernay , 1807 Karl Friedrich von Danielewitz
The battalion was wiped out near Halle on October 15, remnants came to Graudenz, the depot was still fighting in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 10
1787 Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch , 1788 Friedrich Ehrenreich von Diebitsch (Alt-Diebitsch), 1791 Heinrich Leopold von Forcade , 1792 Karl Friedrich von Martini , 1795 Friedrich Ferdinand von Anhalt-Köthen-Pless , 1802 Karl Gustav von Erichsen
The battalion was destroyed on October 14th near Umpferstedt, the depot surrendered on February 16, 1807 in Schweidnitz
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 11
1787 Johann Anton von Dessaunieres , 1795 Georg Joachim von John , 1795 Ernst Wilhelm von Eichler , 1798 Heinrich Ludwig von Thümen , 1805 Karl Ludwig von Bergen
The battalion fought in Prussia and remained in existence
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 12
1787 Nikolaus Albrecht von Baehr , 1788 Count Albrecht von Anhalt , 1795 Johann August von Eicke , 1805 Johann Karl von Knorr
The battalion capitulated at Ratkau on November 7th, but one detachment came as far as Graudenz, the depot was still fighting in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 13
1787 Christian Ludwig von Thadden , 1794 Leopold Ludwig Maximilian Nordeck zu Rabenau
The battalion was destroyed on October 14th near Umpferstedt, the depot surrendered on February 16, 1807 in Schweidnitz
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 14
1787 Karl Friedrich von Pollitz , 1794 Karl von Pelet , 1807 Friedrich Schuler von Senden
The battalion fought near Jena, then came to Prussia and fought in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 15
1787 Karl Leopold Friedrich von Schurff , 1788 Heinrich Leopold von Forcade , 1791 Franz von Rühle
The battalion fought near Jena and still fought in the defense of Danzig, the depot surrendered on February 16, 1807 in Schweidnitz
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 16
1787 Johann Tobias von Kümpel , 1789 Friedrich Gottlieb von Oswald
The battalion surrendered at Ratkau on November 7, the depot was still fighting in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 17
1787 Eugen Reinhard von Wallbrunn , 1788 Johann Christoph von Hinrichs
Two companies were taken prisoner at Halle on October 17th, the rest surrendered at Ratkau on November 7th, and the depot was still fighting in the defense of Danzig
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 18
1787 Georg Gerhard von Wilhelmi , 1789 Friedrich Wilhelm von Müffling , 1794 Siegmund Heinrich von Holtzschuher , 1800 August von Sobbe
The battalion disbanded on withdrawal, the rest surrendered on November 8th in Magdeburg, the depot came to Kolberg
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 19
1787 Johann Wilhelm von Ernest
In Weimar on the Ilmen Bridge, 200 men surrendered, the rest surrendered in Magdeburg on November 8th, the depot came to Kolberg
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 20
1787 August Christoph Heinrich von Legat , 1797 Friedrich Adrian von Borcke , 1798 Philipp von Ivernois
The battalion surrendered on November 7th at Ratkau, the depot came to Kolberg
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 21
1796 Ludwig August von Stutterheim
The battalion fought in Prussia
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 22
1797 Friedrich Ludwig von Puttlitz , 1800 Karl Andreas von Boguslawski
The battalion was destroyed on October 14, the depot surrendered on February 16, 1807 in Schweidnitz
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 23
1797 Hans David Ludwig von York , 1799 Benjamin von Schachtmeyer
The battalion fought in Prussia
  • Fusilier Battalion No. 24
1797 Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
The battalion fought in Prussia

Land regiments

There were four land regiments in Prussia, which were only called up when there was a risk of war. The officers, NCOs and reels received half their pay. The commoners received no pay as they were only called up by the estates when there was a risk of war . The officers and non-commissioned officers were often transferred to the land regiments for reasons of age in order to be able to take care of them.

1730 Anton von Blankensee ; 1740 Karl Friedrich von Cratz ; 1747 Karl Friedrich von Lüderitz ; 1763 Christian Ernst Emanuel von Lembcke ; 1767 (January 14th to April 27th): Ernst Friedrich von der Heyden ; 1767 Johann Sylvius von Rothkirch ; 1782 Karl Friedrich Albrecht von Loeben († 1788)
1730: Karl Friedrich von Fehr ; 1731: Kasper von Fresin ; 1745 Hans Albrecht von Polenz ; 1756 Bernhard Friedrich von Hülsen ; 1765 Christoph Friedrich von Rentzell ; 1765 Albrecht Friedrich von Borck ; 1775 Franz Wilhelm von Iselstein ; 1777 Friedrich Sigmund von Sommerfeld († 1800)
1730 Johann Adolph Marschall von Bieberstein ; 1735 Kaspar Wilhelm von Düringshofen ; 1745 Bernhard Sigismund von Berg ; 1755 Bernhard Friedrich von Ahlimb ; 1757 Johann Christoph von Wegnern (Alt-Wegnern); 1774 Johann Friedrich Christoph von Weißenfels ; 1780 Karl Wilhelm von Kottwitz (1718–1788)
1735 Johann Arend ; 1737 Kaspar Ehrenreich from Thermo ; 1750 Baltzer Julius von Kahlbutz ; 1752–1759 Johann Gottfried von Stockhausen ; 1759 Ernst Heinrich von Langenau ; 1764 Wolfgang Albrecht von Hohendorf ; 1770 Karl Heinrich von Poseck ; 1784 Friedrich August von Eyff († 1792)

Former regiments from Electoral Saxony

After the capitulation of Pirna in 1756, Prussia pressed the defeated Electorate Saxon regiments into its army. Most of the regiments broke up early due to desertion .

→ List of the Electoral Saxon regiments of the early modern period

Erected in 1756, Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Friedrich von Wylich - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Bernd Siegmund von Blankensee , 1757 Georg Friedrich von Oldenburg - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Christoph Hermann von Manstein - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Wilhelm von Saldern , 1758 Friedrich Franz Ernst von Plotho - † 1763> Infantry Regiment No. 33 (1806) 1736/2
Erected in 1756, Friedrich Christian von Hauss , 1760 Ludwig Philipp von Röbel - † 1763> Infantry Regiment No. 36 (1756) 1740/6
Erected in 1756, Johann Bernhard von Loen - 1758 Samuel Adolph von Kalckreuth - 1758 Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim - 1759 Friedrich Magnus von Horn - † 1763> Infantry Regiment No. 32 (1806) 1718/2
Erected in 1756, Friedrich Karl Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Bevern "Prince Friedrich" - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Ernst Bogislaus von Flemming - † 1757
Erected in 1756, Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia - † 1757

Feldjägerregiment

Feldjäger Regiment. 1740 Major Egmont von Chasôt , 1750 Colonel Ludwig von der Osten , 1751 Colonel Wilhelm Ludwig von Aweyde , 1756 Major Karl von Hardwig , 1759 Major Thomas von Baader , 1759 Friedrich Wilhelm von Gaudi (wing adjutant), 1760 Philipp Ludwig Siegmund Bouton des Granges , 1761 Friedrich von Anhalt , 1778 des Granges (head of the regiment from 1785), 1790 Colonel Karl Friedrich von Voss , 1800 Johann David Ludwig von York , 1805 (commander) Ernst Heinrich von Witzleben . It was set up in 1744 as the "Corps Feldjäger zu Fuß". After the Prussian army reform, transferred to the New Prussian army as a Guard Jäger battalion.

See also

literature

  • Hans Bleckwenn (Hrsg.): The old Prussian army : appearance and essence; 1713–1807, 8 parts in 16 volumes, Osnabrück 1973ff, ISBN 3-7648-0187-5 .
  • Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume I: Infantry I; Volume II: Infantry II.
  • Günther Gieraths : The fighting of the Brandenburg-Prussian army 1626-1807. A source manual . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1964 ( digitized on Google Books )
  • Philip Haythornthwaite: The Army of Frederick the Great - Infantry & Cavalry. Siegler Verlag, Sankt Augustin 2004, ISBN 3-87748-641-X
  • Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914 . Ed .: Eberhard Jany. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967 (extended edition of the original edition from 1928). 3 volumes.
  • Adolph Menzel : The army of Frederick the Great in their uniform: 100 panels in color facsimile reproduction / drawn. and ext. by Adolph Menzel . Ed .: Franz Skarbina and Curt Jany. Weltbild, Augsburg 2002, ISBN 3-8289-0523-4 (reprint of the plate work of the same name, probably from 1908 to 1912 in the Oldenbourg publishing house, Berlin).
  • Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century . 3 volumes (1986, 1993, 1995). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 .

Historical literature

  • Karl Friedrich Pauli : Historical news of the royal Prussian regiments. In: Lives of Great Heroes of the Present War. Volume 2, Halle 1758, pp. 201–308 ( books.google.de )
  • Ludwig F. von Ciriacy: Chronological overview of the history of the Prussian Army, its strength, constitution and wars from the last Electors of Brandenburg to the present day. 1820, digitized

swell

  • War Ministry Prussia , Brief list of all regiments and rankings of all regiments of the Royal Prussian Army: from its foundation until the end of 1786 CF Himburg, 1796 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, list of all regiments and corps of the Royal Prussian Army. CF Himburg, 1796 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, master list of all regiments and corps of the Royal Prussian Army for the year 1804. Himburg, 1804 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, ranking and quarter list of the royal Prussian army for the year 1823. Wilhelm Dieterici, Berlin, 1823 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, master list of the Royal Prussian Army from the 16th century to 1840. ES Mittler, Berlin, 1840 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, Army Ordinance Sheet 1867. Mittler, Berlin, 1867 digitized
  • War Ministry Prussia, Dislocations-Tableau of all the replacement troops of all weapons of the North German Armed Forces Supplement to the Army Ordinance Sheet 1870, Mittler, Berlin, 1870 digitized
  • Electoral Hessian Army Corps, list of tribe and rank of the Electoral Hessian Army Corps from the 16th century to 1866. Francke and Ponnaz, 1866 digitized

Web links

Commons : Flags of the old Prussian infantry regiments  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Preussenweb - including an overview of all old and new Prussian infantry and cavalry regiments

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914 . Ed .: Eberhard Jany. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967 (extended edition of the original edition from 1928). 3 volumes.
  2. ↑ But he was demonstrably wrong, see No. 1 and 2.
  3. ↑ cf. Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume I: page 25
  4. ^ Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century . 3 volumes (1986, 1993, 1995). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 .
  5. ↑ cf. Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume II: P. 101ff and Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914 . Ed .: Eberhard Jany. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967 (extended edition of the original edition from 1928). Volume II, p. 181ff.
  6. ^ Oeuvres militaires: 28-30, XXXVII INSTRUCTION FOR THE FREE REGIMENTER OR LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENTER
  7. ↑ cf. Hans Bleckwenn : The Frederician uniforms: 1753–1786 . In: The bibliophile paperbacks . No. 444. Hardenberg, Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-88379-444-9 (license from Biblio-Verl. Osnabrück as: The Old Prussian Army; Part 3, Vol. 3, 4 and 5). Volume IV, p. 71. See also Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army from the 15th Century to 1914 . Ed .: Eberhard Jany. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967 (extended edition of the original edition from 1928). Volume II, p. 375ff.