The 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment, No. 11 was a cavalry unit of the Prussian Army.
History The regiment was formed on December 8, 1813, in Düsseldorf, in the newly established General Government of Berg, as the "1st Hussar Regiment" following the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte. It was created from the remnants of the cavalry of the former Grand Duchy of Berg. In 1860, as part of a widespread renaming of Prussian regiments, the 1st Hussar Regiment was renamed the "2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment, No. 11."Ministry of the Interior (ed.): Ministerial Gazette for the entire internal administration in the Royal Prussian States. 21st year, Berlin, 1860, p. 161.
From 1906 onwards, it was also jokingly nicknamed the "Krefeld Dancing Hussars" after relocatiing to Krefeld. In Düsseldorf, it was stationed in the Neustadt district on Neusser Strasse; a separate barracks for one squadron was built in 1893 west of Ross Strasse. In Krefeld, it was stationed in the newly constructed barracks on what is now Westparkstrasse.
See also List of Imperial German cavalry regiments
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Further reading
Captain von Eck: History of the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 and its parent troops from 1807–1893 , Part Two, 1893, p. 177. Günter Wegmann (ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation History and Staffing of the German Armed Forces 1815–1990. Part 1: Staffing of the German Armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The Staffing of Active Regiments, Battalions and Detachments from their Foundation or Establishment until August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 123.
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