Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment K 6 (1806)

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Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment K 6

Carl August Sachsen-Weimar GMKraus @ Goethe Nationalmuseum 03.JPG

Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1757–1828) in the uniform of the Aschersleben cuirassiers, 1791, painting by Georg Melchior Kraus
active 1688 to 1806 surrender of Anklam , remnants to the Brandenburg cuirassier regiment .
Country Kingdom of Prussia
Branch of service Cuirassiers
Former locations Aschersleben , Kroppenstedt, Oschersleben
Origin of the soldiers Osterwiekscher, Halberstadt and Aschersleben districts including the cities of Kroppenstedt , Oschersleben , Schwanebeck , Dardesheim , Ermsleben
Nickname Aschersleben cuirassiers
owner 1689 Franz du Hamel , 1702 Charles de l'Ostange , 1704 Jacques Chalmot du Portail , 1715 Wilhelm Gustav von Anhalt-Dessau , 1737 Friedrich Heinrich Eugen von Anhalt-Dessau , 1744 Christoph Ludwig von Stille , 1753 Georg Philipp Gottlob von Schönaich (until 1758 "Jung-Schönaich"), 1759 Heinrich Rudolph von Vasold , 1769 Rudolf von Seelhorst , 1779 Christoph Ernst von Hoverbeck , 1781 Hans Ludwig von Rohr , 1787 Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar , 1794 Carl Wilhelm von Byern , 1800 Christian Heinrich von Quitzow
Tribe list List of cavalry regiments of the Old Prussian Army
Trunk number K 6 ( Bleckwenn )
Butcher Prague (1744), Kesselsdorf (1745), Prague (1757), Kolin (1757), Breslau (1757), Leuthen (1757), Hochkirch (1758), Maxen (1759), Reichenbach (1762), France (1792), Auerstedt (1806)

The Old Prussian Cuirassier Regiment K6 was a heavy cavalry unit of the Royal Prussian Army . It was established in 1688 as a regiment on horseback du Hamel and, when it was dissolved as a result of the surrender at Anklam in 1806, it had trunk number 6 and the owner name of Quitzow . Because of its garrison, it was also nicknamed Aschersleben cuirassiers .

history

By order of the electoral prince on February 19, 1689, the regiment was made up of four surrendered companies from the Briquemault regiment on horseback (cuirassier regiment No. 5) with only 88 riders to form a new regiment on horseback under Major General Franz du Hamel, whose previous regiment had already ceased in 1679 was. Through advertising in Westphalia there was a rapid expansion to eight companies for the campaign against France. In 1691 the regiment ceded a company to the new regiment on horseback No. 9, which was immediately replaced by recruiting in Halberstadt. In 1697 it was reduced to three companies of Peace Strength, but in 1699 it was increased to three squadrons. At the beginning of 1702 there were 20 commons from the Regiment on Horseback Heiden. In June 1703 it was reinforced to six companies of 55 soldiers each. In 1713 it came to Recklinghausen, Essen, Werden and Bockum monastery. In 1718 there was another reinforcement to 10 companies (5 squadrons). Recruits took place from 1733 to 1806 in the districts of Osterwiek, Halberstadt, Aschersleben and Oschersleben with the associated towns. The garrisons were in Minden , Lübbecke, Rahden, Enger in 1714 , and in Mansfeld , Seehausen, Salze, Schönebeck and Walsleben since 1718 . From May 1, 1722 until its dissolution in 1806, the regiment was garrisoned in the town of Aschersleben , and Oschersleben and Kroppenstedt were also garrison towns. It became famous under its boss, Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar , whose well-known minister Goethe occasionally visited him in the regimental headquarters in Aschersleben (today: at Tie 29) and accompanied him on the 1792 campaign . Some prominent persons served in the regiment at the time, such as Karl Georg von Loebell and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué . In the battle of Auerstedt on October 14, 1806, all but 95 men fell in three squadrons. On October 28, the regiment on the Uecker suffered a split: some surrendered on November 1 at Anklam , but the remnants of the 4th and 5th squadrons brought 12 officers and 250 men via Stettin to East Prussia, where they formed a squadron, which remained. These rescued parts of the regiment were used in 1807 to set up the Märkische Kürassier-Brigade, which from 1808 was named "Brandenburgisches Kürassier-Regiment" .

Chiefs of the regiment and name variants

In the course of its existence, the regiment often changed its name after the respective chief of the regiment .

  • 1688–1702 Major General Franz du Hamel (regiment chief from February 19, 1689)
  • 1702–1704 Major General Charles Graf de l'Ostange ( Head of the Regiment from March 1, 1702)
  • 1704–1715 Colonel Jacob Chalmod du Portail , later Lieutenant General (regiment chief from November 30, 1704) takes over regiment no. 12
  • 1715–1737 Lieutenant General Wilhelm Gustav Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (regiment chief from November 30, 1715; garrison in Aschersleben from May 1, 1722)
  • 1737–1744 Major General Prinz Eugen von Anhalt-Dessau (head of the regiment from December 16/23, 1737, resigned 1744)
  • 1744–1752 Major General Ludwig Christoph von Stille (from March 10, 1744, died October 20, 1752)
  • 1753–1759 Major General Georg Philipp Gottlob Baron von Schönaich (regiment chief from April 13/17, 1753, dimitted 1759)
  • 1759–1769 Major General Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Vasold (head of regiment from April 14, 1759, dimitted 1769)
  • 1769–1779 Colonel Rudolf von Seelhorst (head of the regiment from June 18, 1769, died as major general on January 7, 1779),
  • 1779–1781 Major General Theophilus Ernst Freiherr von Hoverback (regiment chief from January 15, 1779, died in January 1781),
  • 1781–1786 Colonel Hans Ludwig von Rohr (regiment chief from January 7, 1781, led the Dragoon Regt. No. 6 from 1786 (formerly the famous "Porcelain Dragons"))
  • 1787–1794 Colonel Duke Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar (regiment chief and major general from 16 Dec. 1787; promoted to lieutenant general for services in the Holland campaign and the campaign in France in 1792 )
  • 1794–1800 Major General Carl Wilhelm von Byern (1737–1800, head of the regiment from December 29, 1794)
  • 1800–1806 Colonel Christian Heinrich von Quitzow (born June 27, 1737; regiment chief from June 11, 1800; in the rank of major general commander of the Quitzow Brigade (Wartensleben Division or 2nd Cavalry Division) in the battle of Auerstedt on October 14, 1806; wounded in the course of the same near Hassenhausen and died on November 1, 1806 in Magdeburg after a foot amputation)

Participation in combat operations

The regiment took part in the following combat operations:

  • In the Nine Years War from 16 April to 12 October 1689 siege of Bonn . 1690 in the corps of Prince von Waldeck between the Rhine and the Meuse. 1691 defeat of Leuze. Late in 1691 Gent, Ath and Namur. In winter it was in Cleveschen. 1692 Occupation of Flanders without special events. In 1693 the main army fell into the lossy defeat of Neerwind on July 29th. 1694 Flanders, from winter near Magdeburg. Siege of Namur from July 17th to September 2nd, 1695.
  • War of the Spanish Succession In spring 1701 with four companies in the Heiden auxiliary corps in the Wesel area. Colonel Charles Graf de l'Ostange led it with two squadrons against Kaiserswerth, which was taken after the siege on June 15th. The regiment took part in the capture of Venloo on September 22nd and Roermond on October 7th. Enclosure of Geldern on April 21st to December 12th. In 1704, each company increased to 75 soldiers, and Finckenstein moved to the Anhalt-Dessau corps in Rottweil until May 18. On August 13, 1704 it capturedtwo French flagsin the battle of Höchstädt , but lost one standard when it broke through the enemy center in the second attack and crossed three infantry brigades. March 1705 march to Lake Garda, but was not used at Cassano . After it had lost almost all horses to the epidemic, it returned with the other two regiments and reached Halberstadt on foot in February 1706. On July 29, 1709, Tournay was captured, the Citadel was conquered on September 3, and Malplaquet was victorious . From May 2nd to June 26th 1710 the siege of Douay, then the conquest of Bethune and Aire. September 13, 1711 conquest of Bouchain, and from July 16, 1712 siege of Landrecies, which was canceled after two weeks.
  • Great Northern War 1715 Pomeranian campaign under von der Albe , siege of Wismar until April 1716.
Von Schönaich regiment, uniform around 1757 (based on: Adolph Menzel, The Army of Frederick the Great in their uniforms, 1851)
  • Second Silesian War Siege of Prague 1744. In the Battle of Kesselsdorf in 1745, it carried out the successful encirclement attack from the east against the heavily defended Kesselsdorf on the right wing under Kyau, which opened the way for IR 30 so that the enemy position was rolled up. It threw the Rutowsky grenadiers back, losing a flag, and lost three officers and 42 men. From August 29th it advanced as far as Lobositz in the king's army. There it rode with the left wing, which attacked without orders from the king, with the second attack south of the Lobosch.
  • Seven Years' War In Prague broke it on May 6, 1757 at the final assault on Maleschitz from the right wing ago at a gallop by the infantry, squadrons in succession, against the enemy center before and lost two officers, 50 men, some with private by accidental fire. At Kolin it formed the reserve behind the right wing under Bevern at Brzezan and kept the retreat open at Planjan. After the march back with Bevern to protect Silesia via Moys and Perschdorf, on November 22nd, west of Breslau, the enemy was three times superior and could not be stopped by the brave counterattacks under Kyau. Delivered to the king by Zieten near Parchwitz on December 2, it attackedthe Nadasdy corps on the right wingat Leuthen and first fled its cavalry and then its grenadiers at Gohlau to Lissa and the eastern bank of Weistritz. In the battle of Hochkirch on October 14, 1758, it fought on the western edge of the village, threw down the IR 44 completely, took 500 prisoners and captured a flag by repeatedly breaking out with entire squadrons in a column between the infantry. With the KR 7 and 9 it wastaken prisonerin the Finck corps on November 21 on the snow-covered plateau of Maxen , but was restored. So it formed in 1760 in the corps Prinz Heinrich with the Kürassier-Rgt. 7 a common regiment of five squadrons. In 1762 in Silesia, increased to 1000 horses, it experienced the enclosure of Schweidnitz at the beginning of August, the meeting at Reichenbach on August 13th and the handover of the fortress on October 10th.
  • War of the Bavarian Succession 1778/79
Officer of regiment v. Quitzow around 1806. Source: Waldorf-Astoria cigarette pictures

uniform

Standard of the Prussian Cuirassier Regiment No. 6.

The regiment always wore a white skirt with bright red lapels and a collar, the trimmings had a white and red pattern. A black half-cuirass (breastplate) was worn over the skirt, which was held in place with leather belts crossed on the back and a waist band in the color of a badge. NCOs had golden braids on their lapel. Trumpet braids were gold with white and red edges. Officers wore gold braid and velvet badges. A heavy Redingote coat called a 'Roquelor' was also worn in winter . It was blue or white on the outside and the lining was the bright red color of the badge.

The standard was dark blue with a silver central shield with a black eagle. Embroidery and frangles in gold. The Leibstandarte was white with a dark blue central shield.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grosser-generalstab.de
  2. ↑ http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Prussia/cavalry/c_prussiancuirassiers.html#6
  3. ↑ http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/Verlustlisten/vl_jena_auerstedt_1806.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/dkm_deutschland/hassenhausen_1806_wk1u2_sa.htm
  5. ↑ a b http://www.preussenweb.de/regiment4.htm

literature

See also

List of cavalry regiments of the Old Prussian Army

author

Domenic Saller

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