Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12

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Standard of the regiment

The Thuringian Hussars. 12 was a cavalry joined the Prussian army .

Organization and command structure 1914

8th Division in Halle on the Saale - Commander: Lieutenant General Hildebrand
8th Cavalry Brigade in Halle an der Saale - Commander: Major General Georg Thumb von Neuburg

history

On July 30, 1791, which was designated Foundation Day by cabinet order of August 29, 1899, the Duke and Elector Friedrich August III. of Saxony the formation of a hussar regiment of eight squadrons , which should be stationed in Pillnitz . The new regiment was put together in Mühlberg / Elbe at the end of September .

When Germany was redistributed after the Napoleonic era , Prussia was awarded a part of Saxony, whereupon King Friedrich Wilhelm III. on March 25, 1815 ordered the formation of the 12th Hussar Regiment from the assigned areas. The previous Saxon hussars, which had now become Prussians, formed the tribe of the new hussar regiment from May 8, 1815. The regiment was initially transferred to Silesia , where it remained until 1817. Then at the beginning of April 1817 the relocation to Eisleben , Artern , Sangerhausen and Cölleda in the former Thuringian district took place . From 1830 the regiment was briefly relocated to the Rhineland . The reason for this was the July Revolution of 1830 in France. It then returned to its locations. Because of the revolution in Baden , the regiment was commanded to Saarlouis and Saarbrücken . From then on it moved to the garrisons in Merseburg , Eisleben and Weißenfels . The last garrison was Torgau on April 2, 1901 .

Coalition wars

Reign of the Hundred Days

As a Prussian regiment, fought against France in the Blücher corps and marched into Paris on July 8, 1815 .

Baden Revolution

In conjunction with the II. Army Corps under Karl von der Groeben , the regiment took part in the suppression of the Baden Revolution in 1849 . It fought at Ladenburg (June 21), Ötingheim (June 28), stone walls (June 29) and from June 29 to July 23, 1849 during the siege of Rastatt .

German war

During the war against Austria, participation in the fighting in Bohemia:

Franco-German War

In the war against France , the regiment fought in the Maas Army in 1870/71 and was assigned to the siege ring around Paris until January 1871 . After the war it remained in France as an occupying force and returned to the garrisons on June 19, 1871.

1870

1871

  • to January 28th --- Enclosure and siege of Paris

First World War

The regiment made at the beginning of the First World War mobile , marched into the neutral Belgium and came here for the first time into the battle. This was followed by fighting in northern France, the battle and the retreat from the Marne , crossing the Aisne near Soissons and being used in the race to the sea . After the fighting on the Western Front had turned into trench warfare, the regiment took up patrol services behind the front.

In November 1914 it moved to the Eastern Front and participated in the fighting in northern Poland. In May 1915 it was used in Courland and Lithuania and then came to Romania . Until early 1917 was involved in the fighting on the southeast front. In February 1917 they were relocated to the Western Front. After surrendering the horses and converting the regiment into a cavalry rifle battalion, the regiment members took part in defensive battles in Flanders after their infantry training until the end of the war.

Whereabouts

After the armistice and return home, the regiment arrived in Torgau on December 6, 1918 and began demobilization . Numerous hussars then joined the Tüllmann detachment, which was active as a free corps, and took part in the fighting in Upper Silesia . After the evacuation of Upper Silesia in January 1920, the detachment was incorporated into the Reichswehr Cavalry Regiment 16.

The tradition was taken over in the Reichswehr by the 2nd Squadron of the 10th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Torgau.

Regiment chief

Rank Surname date
Major general from Gutschmid July 18, 1809 to June 7, 1812
General of the Infantry Oldwig from Natzmer 0September 2, 1834 to November 1, 1861
Russian general of the infantry Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich June 16, 1867 to February 17, 1909
General of the Infantry Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst June 16, 1913 until dissolution

Commanders

Rank Surname date
from sweet milk called Hörnig July 30, 1791 to April 11, 1801
from Truetzschler April 12, 1801 to January 17, 1805
Pflugk dam January 18, 1805 to March 14, 1809
from Gutschmid March 15 to November 5, 1809
from angel 0November 6, 1809 to January 23, 1813
from Lindenau January 24, 1813 to February 1, 1814
from Leyser 0February 2, 1814 to June 16, 1815
Lieutenant colonel Karl Heinrich von Czettritz and Neuhaus June 17, 1815 to May 10, 1816
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm August von Wulffen May 11, 1816 to March 29, 1830
Lieutenant colonel Karl von Wolff March 30, 1830 to January 5, 1831 (responsible for the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl von Wolff 0January 6, 1831 to March 29, 1839
major Friedrich von Borcke March 30, 1839 to January 27, 1841 (responsible for the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich von Borcke January 28, 1841 to March 26, 1847
major Karl Wurmb von Zinck March 27, 1847 to January 12, 1848 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Karl Wurmb von Zinck January 13, 1848 to February 17, 1853
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Richard von Meyerinck February 18, 1853 to January 11, 1858
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Theophil von Podbielski January 12, 1858 to January 28, 1863
major Gustav von Barnekow January 29 to March 16, 1863 (responsible for the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gustav von Barnekow March 17, 1863 to November 17, 1868
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Bodo von Suckow November 18, 1868 to May 27, 1874
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Maximilian of verses May 28, 1874 to November 20, 1882
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hans von Wartensleben November 21, 1882 to March 21, 1889
Lieutenant colonel Rinaldo von Brünneck March 22, 1889 to June 15, 1891
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Ernst von Liebermann June 16, 1891 to May 12, 1895
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hasso von der Schulenburg May 13, 1895 to June 9, 1899
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich von Seydewitz June 10, 1899 to February 16, 1903
major Eberhard von Krosigk February 17 to April 17, 1903 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Eberhard von Krosigk April 18, 1903 to May 1, 1908
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg von der Wense 0May 2, 1908 to June 15, 1911
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Arthur of Ledebur June 16, 1911 to May 2, 1915
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Otto Mumm von Schwarzenstein 0May 3, 1915 to January 3, 1917
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Bernhard von Schlebrügge 0January 4, 1917 to September 22, 1918
major Werner von Bresler September 23, 1918 until demobilization

uniform

The uniform consisted (from 1912 only as a peace uniform) of a fur cap made of black seal skin with a brass scale chain and a new silver currency ribbon (so-called fatherland bandeau) with the inscription MIT GOTT FÜR KÖNIG UND VATERLAND. The rope and the cap pouch known as the kalpak were white. The atilla was cornflower blue with white lacing and regimental numbers in brass on the shoulder boards. The breeches were anthracite colored. The riding boots were cut in the hussar style and provided with a surrounding decoration around the upper edge.

literature

  • Jürgen Kraus : The emperor's rock in the First World War. Verlag Militaria Wien, ISBN 3-9501642-5-1 .
  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1013/14. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-89350-343-9 .
  • Bogislav von Studnitz: History of the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 and its mobilization formations in the world wars 1914–1918. Weimar 1930.
  • Reinhart von Westrem to Gutacker: History of the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1901.
  • Hellmann: list of active officers in the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12. 1815–1918. Publisher R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1918.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , p. 61.
  2. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The staffing of active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 125.
  3. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list until August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , pp. 125–126.