List of regiments of the Upper Rhine Reichskreis
The Upper Rhine Imperial Circle consisted of Hessen-Darmstadt , Hessen-Kassel and a number of clerical principalities ( Princes of Basel , Hochstift Fulda , Hochstift Speyer , Hochstift Worms , Hochstift Strasbourg ), but also numerous free imperial cities (e.g. Frankfurt am Main ) and numerous smaller territories were part of the circle. The district troops were partly provided from territories outside the district ( Kurpfalz and Westerwald ). At the end of the 17th century, Hessen-Kassel gradually left the circle armature . In the 18th century, Hessen-Darmstadt bore the brunt of the district troops , while Hessen-Kassel even fought against the imperial troops on the Prussian side . The last contingent of Hessen-Kassel was drawn up for the War of the Polish Succession .
"von 1555" etc. numbering according to Ticino no. 1-3 according to Bleckwenn : | * Foundation | † dissolution | > Where to | = Dual function as a standing regiment of an imperial estate
Sustainable regiments
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment No. 1 from 1685/2 - Nassau * 1685 - 1689 Goert - 1696 Goert - 1696 Buttler - 1705 Saxony ("Saxons") - 1712 Schönborn - 1722 Isenburg - 1745 (57?) Zweibrücken - 1767 Isenburg - 1772 Zweibrücken - 1794? †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment No. 2 from 1697 - Hessen-Darmstadt * 1697> Hessen-Darmstadt infantry regiment from 1692/2
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment No. 3 from 1702 - Hessen-Weilburg - 1719 Nassau-Weilburg - 1750 Nassau-Weilburg - 1788 Solms - 1794? †
Short-term regiments
Infantry regiments
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1599 - Solms * 1599 †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1664/2 - Solms * 1664 †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1664/3 - Nassau * 1664 †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1673/2 - Solms * 1679? †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1673/3 - Nassau * 1679? †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1689 - Wittgenstein (Fulda?) * 1689 †
- Upper Rhine District Infantry Regiment from 1696 - Hennemann * 1697 †
- Upper Rhine district infantry regiment from 1764 - Hessen-Kassel * 1764 - 1789 †> Hessen-Kassel infantry regiment from 1763/1
Cavalry regiments
- Upper Rhine District Cavalry Regiment from 1664/1 - Nassau * 1664 †
- Upper Rhine District Cavalry Regiment from 1673/1 -? * 1673 - 1679? †
- Upper Rhine District Cavalry Regiment from 1685/1 - Rau * 1685 - 1685 Spiegel - 1686 Nassau-Weilburg - 1713 Cloess (Kurpfalz) - 1754 Kurpfalz - † 1770
See also
literature
- Hans Bleckwenn : Horsemen, Hussars and Grenadiers. d. Uniforms d. emperor. Army on the Rhine 1734 . Harenberg, Dortmund 1979. ISBN 3883791253 , pp. 25f.
- Gustav Adolf Süss: History of the Upper Rhine District and District Associations during the War of the Spanish Succession (1696–1714); in: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine (103/104) 1955/56.
- 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. 246ff.