Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment

The Hessen-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment ("Kreis" is a military district) was created on 1 April 1697 in Gießen by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Two companies were transferred from the Schrautenbach Regiment and it later received the 2nd Battalion of the 117th (3rd Grand Ducal) Hessian Infantry Regiment. The Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment wore white insignia. It was reduced in strength to five companies after the Peace of Ryswick but expanded to eight companies on 1 April 1702 because of the War of Spanish Succession.

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