Uhlan regiment "Graf zu Dohna" (East Prussian) No. 8

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Uhlan regiment "Graf zu Dohna" (East Prussian) No. 8

Lineup September 6, 1812
Country Prussia
Branch of service cavalry
Former locations 1816 Danzig, Marienwerder, Pr. Stargard, Christburg; 1817 Bonn; 1820 Trier; 1849 Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, then Düsseldorf, Benrath; 1851 Bonn; 1852 Elbing, Saalfeld, Osterode, Dt. Eylau; 1859 Elbing; 1860 Elbing, Riesenburg, Rosenberg; 1866 also Pr. Holland, in 1867 Dt. Eylau; 1886 Riesenburg, Rosenberg, Dt. Eylau, 1888 Lyk, (1 Esk. Margrabowa, and 1895 Goldap); 1902 Gumbinnen, Stallupönen
Origin of the soldiers Cantons-free, from the rest of the army and advertising

The . Lancers Regiment "Graf zu Dohna" (East Prussian) No 8 was an East Prussian Lancers - Regiment with garrison in Gumbinnen second squadron and Stallupönen 1st and 3rd Squadron.

history

Friedrich zu Dohna-Schlobitten resigned from the Prussian army in 1812 in order to be able to enter Russian service. He came to the Russian-German Legion. Count zu Dohna became a major in the Legion's hussar staff . On September 1, 1814, he took over two hussar regiments of the Russian-German Legion in Prussian service. On March 19, 1815 formation of a Uhlan Regiment, which later formed the East Prussian Uhlan Regiment No. 8, which was named in 1889. The founding of the regiment was a joint Prussian-Russian achievement in the Wars of Liberation .

Members of the regiment

Monuments

organization

Position of the regiment in the army organization in 1914

Chiefs of the regiment

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Colonel Friedrich zu Dohna-Schlobitten March 29, 1815 to 0April 3, 1820
Colonel Ludwig von Paulsdorff 0April 3, 1820 to March 19, 1829
Lieutenant colonel Karl von Preusser March 30, 1829 to March 29, 1830 (in charge of the tour)
Colonel Karl von Preusser March 30, 1830 to March 29, 1831
Colonel Friedrich von Szerdahely March 30, 1831 to March 29, 1833
major Ferdinand von Schack March 30, 1833 to March 29, 1834 (responsible for the tour)
Lieutenant colonel Ferdinand von Schack March 30, 1834 to March 29, 1836
major Friedrich von Urlaub March 30 to October 18, 1836
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Friedrich von Urlaub October 19, 1836 to December 22, 1841
Lieutenant colonel Wilhelm Fabian von Brozowski 0April 7 to September 11, 1842 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm Fabian von Brozowski September 12, 1842 to March 2, 1848
major Louis of Mutius 0March 9 to May 6, 1848 (in charge of the tour)
Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Louis of Mutius 0May 7, 1848 to November 17, 1852
Emil von Czettritz and Neuhaus January 13, 1853 to September 24, 1855
Ernst von Schaumburg September 25, 1855 to May 13, 1857
Alfred von Borcke May 14, 1857 to March 6, 1863
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Hermann von Krosigk 0March 7, 1863 to May 12, 1866
Karl von Below May 15, 1866 to June 23, 1871
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Wilhelm von Bomsdorff June 24, 1871 to June 25, 1877
Karl Theodor Kutscher June 26, 1877 to December 28, 1881
Constance from Esebeck December 29, 1881 to November 14, 1887
Max von Mandelsloh November 15, 1887 to May 16, 1892
Lieutenant colonel Christoph von Hövel May 17, 1892 to June 16, 1893
Ernst Klockmann June 17, 1893 to July 19, 1897
Erich von Gustedt July 20, 1897 to April 21, 1902
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Gerard de Graaff April 22, 1902 to June 5, 1907
Lieutenant colonel Erich von Borcke 0June 6, 1907 to March 21, 1909
Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Georg Schoeler March 25, 1909 to April 17, 1913
Colonel Rudolf of Recum April 18, 1913 to February 1, 1914
Colonel Friedrich Schäffer from Bernstein 0February 1, 1914 to July 31, 1915
Lieutenant colonel Heinrich Deetjen 0August 1, 1915 to October 20, 1917
major Eugene Steffens October 21, 1917 to the end

literature

  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914. Weltbild, Augsburg 1992.
  • Georg Poten : The Uhlan Regiment Graf zu Dohna (Ostpr.) No. 8 in the World War. After d. official war diaries and among many soldiers. Zeulenroda 1933.
  • Hans Heinrich Fritz Cäcil von Förster, History of the Royal Prussian Uhlan Regiment Graf zu Dohna East Prussian No. 8 from 1815 to 1890. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the regiment , digital copy

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 , p. 166f.