List of regiments of the Frankish Reichskreis
The Frankish imperial circle consisted of the spiritual principalities ( Würzburg , Bamberg , Eichstätt ), the margravates of Brandenburg-Ansbach and -Kulmbach, but also numerous free imperial cities , especially Nuremberg , Rothenburg ob der Tauber . However, there were also numerous smaller territories in the district. The Frankish regiments were among the permanent troops within the imperial troops , despite the great territorial and confessional fragmentation. In the Palatinate War of Succession , the Franconian district of Saxe-Gotha took on troops in order to fulfill its obligations. In 1694 the Franconian District maintained a standing army of 2,940 men on horseback and 5,703 men on foot. The teams for this standing circle army were provided by the individual district stands, to which clothing and armament were largely left, which led to the much-mocked, colorful appearance of the troops. In the Seven Years' War the district fought against Prussia - but the Würzburg and Bamberg house regiments also fought against Prussia. With the sale of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth by Margrave Karl Alexander to Prussia, Prussia established a regiment of hussars.
Explanation of the system
The following listing of the regiments, including years and numbering, is based on Ticino. The numbering of the infantry regiments was supplemented with No. 1-3 according to Bleckwenn. This is followed by the names of the regiment chiefs or the name (possibly name of the commander).
Meaning of the symbols used: "*" = foundation, "†" = dissolution, ">" = whereabouts, "=" = double function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate.
Sustainable regiments
infantry
cavalry
| regiment | date | Commander | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconian cuirassier regiment from 1681/1 | * 1681 | Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Battle of the Kahlenberg |
| 1702 | Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Siege of Landau Fortress | |
| 1727 | Albrecht Ernst von Fechenbach | ||
| 1734 | Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Seven Years War | |
| 1763 | Adam Friedrich von Tresskau | ||
| 1793 † | |||
| Franconian District Dragoon Regiment from 1691/1 : | * 1691 | Christoph Wilhelm von Aufseß | Siege of Ingolstadt 1704 |
| 1704 | Heinrich Karl (Karl Siegmund) Freiherr von Bibra | Siege of the Ingolstadt fortress, 1704 | |
| 1733 | Philipp Caspar von Linsingen | ||
| 1757 | Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander von Ansbach | ||
| 1793 † |
Short-term regiments
infantry
cavalry
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1595 - Georg Friedrich zu Hohenlohe * 1595 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1596 - Hans Clauss Russwormb * 1596 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1597 - Georg Friedrich zu Hohenlohe * 1597 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1601 - Otto von Vohenstein * 1601 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1664/1 - Johann Wilhelm Zobel zu Giebelstedt * 1664 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1672/1 - Friedrich III. (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) * 1676 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1675/1 - Wolf Peter von Oberndorff (Dragoons) * 1676 †
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1692/1 - Wengenheim (Dragoons) (Rent Regiment Sachsen-Gotha ) * 1692 - 1697> Sachsen-Gotha Cavalry Regiment from 1692
- Franconian District Cavalry Regiment from 1793 = Old Prussian Hussar Regiment H 10 ( Prussia )
See also
- Imperial Army
- Franconian Empire
- List of the Standing Armies of the Early Modern Period
- List of Frankish knight families
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. d. Uniforms d. emperor. Army on the Rhine 1734 . Harenberg, Dortmund 1979. ISBN 3-88379-125-3 ; P. 17ff.
- Rudolf Endres : Der Fränkische Reichskreis , House of Bavarian History, issue 29/03, Augsburg, 2004, the issue is available as a PDF file: online part 1 (PDF; 2.5 MB); P. 13ff (Defense).
- Heinrich Helmes: Brief history of the Franconian district troops 1714–1756 ; in: Representation from the Bavarian war and army history; Booklet 16; Munich 1907.
- Heinrich Helmes: Overview of the history of the Franconian district troops 1664-171 4; in: Representations from the Bavarian war and army history; Booklet 14; Pp. 1-70.
- Karl August Freiherr von Soden: Message from the Franconian Craistrouppen . In addition to an appendix from the Swabian circle regiments; Nuremberg 1782.
- Bernhard Sicken : The defense system of the Franconian Reichskreis (1681-1714) ; 2 volumes; Nuremberg 1957.
- Georg Tessin : The regiments of the European states in the Ancien Régime des XVI. to XVIII. Century ; 3 volumes; Biblio Verlag: Osnabrück 1986–1995. ISBN 3-7648-1763-1 . P. 152ff.
- History of the imperial regiments, including their former and current constitution, establishment, owners and their campaigns (etc.) - Franckfurt a. M. 1762 Google Book
Remarks
- ↑ Rudolf Endres : The Franconian Empire Circle. (PDF) House of Bavarian History , 2003, accessed on August 6, 2015 . Page 14.
- ^ Ticino 1986: 154.
- ^ Ticino 1986.
- ↑ Bleckwenn 1979: 25
- ↑ The Margravial Troops - Infantry (Heimatverein Ansbach)
- ↑ a b c d Streffleur's military magazine , tenth issue, p.281 .
- ↑ see also root list of the Hohenzollern
- ^ Family article Haller von Hallerstein
- ↑ a b Varell miniatures infantry regiment
- ^ Military register
- ^ The corpse sermon of Georg Adams von Varell digitalisat.
- ↑ Family article Varell (noble family)
- ^ German biography
- ^ Family article Oelhafen von Schöllenbach
- ^ Family article Erffa
- ↑ Great complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts, which bisshero were invented and improved through human understanding and wit , Volume 45, p. 493 .
- ↑ Remembrance speeches which during the solemn exequies of your Excellency des Weyland Reichs-Frey-hochwohlgebohrnen Mr. Heinrich Philipp Höltzl von Sternstein, Mr. on Bibersfeld p.42 .
- ↑ remembrance speeches Höltzl of Stermstein personal p.33 .
- ↑ Family Product Hohenlohe (noble family) #Grafen and Prince Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
- ^ Gustav Ratzenhofer : Campaigns of Prince Eugene of Savoy. P.423 Death of the GWM
- ↑ Family article Fechenbach (noble family)
- ↑ Family article Aufseß (noble family)
- ^ Ingolstadt in the War of the Spanish Succession
- ↑ see also Christoph Erhard von Bibra
- ↑ Discover regional studies online Baden-Württemberg detail page Reichsstädt. Nuremberg. u. of the Franconian. Reichskreis colonel against the Turks in Hungary.
- ↑ Heinrich Kunnert: The approach of the Imperial Army to the battle of St. Gotthard - Moger There (1664). In: Burgenland homeland sheets . 1964, No. 26, p. 53, entire article p. 51–61, PDF on ZOBODAT
- ^ German biography
- ^ Family article Hohenlohe (noble family)
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Archives, estate of Count Georg Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
- ↑ Family article Rußwurm (noble family)
- ↑ Family article Zobel (noble family)