List of infantry regiments of the New Prussian Army

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Guard regiments

Regiments taken over from the old Prussian army

Regiments reorganized after the army reform

Army expansion under Albrecht von Roon

Army expansion 1897

Regiments taken over from the old Prussian army

Monument to the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 in front of Rastenburg Castle (1926)

In 1806/7 only a few regiments escaped surrender. This list shows the names 1808 and up to 1914.

Regiments reorganized after the army reform

Army expansion under Albrecht von Roon

Army expansion after the German War and the founding of the North German Confederation

After the end of the German War of 1866, new regiments were established from the military of the annexed states of Hanover , Kurhessen and Nassau . Furthermore, after the conclusion of appropriate military conventions, the associations of the North German and Thuringian small states were integrated into the Prussian Army.

Reorganization of the army in the North German Confederation

The War Ministry of the North German Confederation reorganized the army with the significant participation of Theophil von Podbielski . The expansion of the army was followed by a cabinet order of December 7, 1867, the renaming of numerous units in the North German Confederation as shown below.

infantry

Hunter

cavalry

artillery

Pioneers

Train

Landwehr

Army expansions after the establishment of the German Empire

Army expansion 1881

(The infantry regiments No. 100–127 come from Saxony, Baden, Hesse and Württemberg.)

(Infantry regiments No. 133 and 134 come from Saxony.)

Army expansion 1887

(Infantry Regiment No. 139 comes from Saxony.)

Army expansion 1890

Army expansion 1897

(The infantry regiments No. 168–170 come from Hesse and Baden.)

(The infantry regiments No. 177–182 come from Saxony and Württemberg.)

See also

Web links

literature

  • 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.

Military sources

  • 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, master 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 the replacement troops of all weapons of the North German Armed Forces Supplement to the Army Ordinance Sheet 1870, Mittler, Berlin, 1870 digitized

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). Volume 3 p. 656ff.
  2. ^ War Ministry of the North German Confederation, Army Ordinance Gazette , Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1867, Cabinet Order No. 188, p. 138 digitized