Period: 1473 - 1938 Scope: 25.5 linear metres = 924 units of description Cataloguing: ordered and indexed, index (2005) Citation method: AHR, 1.1.3.12. No. ... or AHR, Mayor and Council: Warfare, No. ... Contents: 1st Military Organization General, including shipping in wartime, arrival of an English fleet under Admiral Nelson (1551-1873, 9 VE), city fortifications (1526-1849, 11 VE).- Armament (1488-1852, 16 VE) - War registers (1510-1574, 9 VE) - City soldiers (1510-1850, 11 VE) - City guard, quarters, citizen flags (around 1560-1848, 32 VE) - Citizen guard, flag corps (1847-1873, 21 VE).- war chest, ticket and service money (1625-1864, 14 units) - advertising, desertions (1563-1807, 20 units) - quarters (1665-1930, 9 units) - disputes with military personnel (1744-1858, 10 units).- Mecklenburg Garrison, Füsilierregiment No. 90 (1731-1930, 31 VE) - Mecklenburg Military Affairs (1473-1905, 21 VE) - Military Affairs of the German Reich (1868-1938, 32 VE) - Warnemünde Airfield (1912-1918, 30 VE). 2nd wars Thirty Years War (1613-1670, 74 VE) - Swedish licence duty in Warnemünde after the end of the Thirty Years War (1632-1747, 18 VE) - Swedish wars (1657-1681, 16 VE) - Nordic War (1702-1749, 22 VE).- Imperial execution against Mecklenburg (1719-1741, 4 units) - Seven-year war (1758-1798, 38 units) - Napoleonic wars (1805-1820, 235 units) - Franco-German war (1870-1879, 9 units) - First World War (1913-1922, 232 units). Overview: The fortified wall belt with the city gates and towers provided the city with effective military protection. The citizens were obliged to work fortification, to guard and defend the town, had to pay taxes for military purposes. The craft offices had to provide fixed contingents of crew and weapons for the citizen contingent. In times of war, the armed forces were increased by recruited mercenaries under noble leaders, who were used in particular for foreign undertakings. Since the 16th century, the dukes of Mecklenburg Rostock have contested the sovereignty of the armed forces and sought the right of occupation (ius praesidii). In 1565 Duke Johann Albrecht I succeeded in occupying the town and subjugating it to sovereignty. As a result, the inheritance contract of 21 September 1573 was concluded, which left Rostock the right of occupation, but granted the dukes the right to move into the city with up to 400 men in case of danger. For the defence of the country the formation of mercenaries was planned, Rostock had to provide in this case 400 men and two guns. A number of measures should protect against the looming dangers of the Thirty Years' War. From 1623, the town set up mercenary units and from 1626, in order to pay them and finance their quarters, raised service or ticket money. The urban area was divided into 18 flags. In 1626 the reconstruction of the fortification according to the plans of the Dutch architect Johann van Valckenburg began. Nevertheless, in 1628 the town had to surrender to the troops of the imperial commander Albrecht Wallenstein. In 1631 the dukes of Mecklenburg succeeded in reconquering their country with the help of the Swedish king. In return, the Swedes were granted the duty in Warnemünde. The Swedish entrenchment there was fought over and over again in the changeful constellations of the following period, Rostock was occupied several times by Brandenburg, Danish and Swedish troops. After 1631 the town had set up its own mercenary company again. In 1702 they agreed with the sovereigns on a strength of 50 men. The city militia was to serve together with ducal soldiers. Rostock gave up its occupation right with this settlement, had from now on only a co-occupation right. Since 1715 Duke Karl Leopold tried by force to obtain the full occupation right. It was not until the Convention of 1748 that the disputes could be settled. At first the city held on to the right of co-occupation and its 50 soldiers, but in the inheritance contract of 1788 they renounced it. After 1748 the dukes had begun to station their own regiments in Rostock. Triggered by the Napoleonic wars, a fundamental change in military conditions set in. After Mecklenburg's accession to the Confederation of the Rhine, contingent troops had to be set up according to the conscription system of the French army. This marked the break with the old feudal army and the change to bourgeois military rule. After the victory over Napoleon and the accession of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the German Confederation, this system was further developed and in 1820 the military obligation for the male population was established. In contrast to the residence cities, the military played a subordinate role in Rostock. The Neue Wache at Blücherplatz, built in 1822/25, was the seat of the ducal city commander. A special feature was the Citizen Guard set up in March 1848, which grew out of the old military organisation of flags. However, the idea of people's armament was lost again in the following flag corps. The military contingent to be provided by Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the German Confederation was strongly oriented towards Prussia, which led in 1868 to the integration into its army. The two battalions in Rostock belonged to the Grand Ducal Fusilier Regiment No. 90 according to the count used from then on. 1876 the garrison hospital was built for the regiment in St.-Georg-Straße, 1890 the barracks in Ulmenstraße were completed (thus the previous quarters were no longer needed), 1914 the machine gun company moved into the barracks in Ulmenstraße. The First World War represented a considerable burden for the population who remained at home, in particular the supply and welfare issues required a great deal of administrative effort. The Warnemünde airfield on Hohe Düne, which had been built since 1913 with the support of the Reichsmarineamt, was used by a seaplane experimental command during the war. In 1919 the Füsilier Regiment No. 90 was demobilized and a battalion of the Infantry Regiment No. 5 of the Reichswehr moved into Rostock as a garrison. In 1935, the Schützen- and Artilleriekaserne for now two battalions of the infantry regiment no. 27 of the Wehrmacht were built in the western city expansion area. Publications: Rogge, W.: Wallenstein and the city of Rostock. A contribution to the special history of the 30-year war. Appendix: The history of Rostock's fortification, in: Meckl. Vol. 51, 1886, pp. 283-350 Koppmann, Karl: The Exercises of the Citizens' Guard, in: Beitr. Rost. 2nd Vol. 1899 H. 2, pp. 93-96 Krause, Karl Ernst Hermann: Rostock's Soldiers in the Thirty Years' War, in: Beitr. Rost. 2nd Vol. 1899 H. 4, S. 75-84 Vorberg, Axel: Die Disziplinar- und Strafreglements der Rostocker Bürgergarde (1848-1853), in: Beitr. Rost. 4th vol. 1905 H. 2, pp. 71-80 Koppmann, Karl: Rostock Artillery, in: Beitr. Rost. Volume 4 1907 H. 3, pp. 43-58 Krause, Karl Ernst Hermann: Rostock in the Seven Years' War, in: Beitr. Rost. 7th vol. 1913, pp. 97-111 Hofmeister, Adolph: Die Brüder Varmeier und die Ermordung des Obristen H.L. von Hatzfeld im Jahre 1631, in: Beitr. Rost. 7th vol. 1913, pp. 81-96 Krause, Ludwig: Schill in Rostock, in: Beitr. Rost. 9th vol. 1915, p. 1-32 Freyenhagen, Walter: The Wehrmacht Relations of the City of Rostock in the Middle Ages, in: Meckl. Vol. 95, vol. 1931, p. 1-102 Bachmann, Friedrich: A plan of the siege of Rostock in 1631 and the fortification of the city since about 1613, in: Beitr. Rost. 18th vol. 1933, p. 5-78 Lorenz, Adolf Friedrich: On the history of the Rostock city fortification (An attempt at reconstruction), in: Beitr. Rost. Vol. 20, 1935, pp. 27-78 Raif, Friedrich Karl: Mercenaries and soldiers of the city of Rostock from the 16th to the 18th century, in: Beitr. Rost. N.F. H. 7 1987, pp. 17-34 Keubke, Klaus-Ulrich: Mecklenburg Military History (1701-1918), Schwerin 2000 (Writings of the Atelier für Porträt- und Historienmalerei, 5) Strahl, Antje: Rostock in the First World War, Berlin 2007 (Kleine Stadtgeschichte, 6) Münch, Ernst: Honorary Doctorate and Audience. Two Rostock Variations on the Theme of Dealing with the French Occupiers in 1807, in: Manke, Matthias / Münch, Ernst (Ed.): Unter Napoleons Adler. Mecklenburg in der Franzosenzeit, S. 207-244 (Publications of the Historical Commission for Mecklenburg. Series B New episode, vol. 2)
