The Regiment. 59 was the last infantry regiment, which was established as part of the Prussian army organization. Although received in the Warsaw constructed regiment of Chlebowsky with the number 60 assigned a higher root number in October 1806 but had been set up in November 1802 as no. 59 only followed in January / march 1803.
According to the terms of a contract between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Prussia from 23 May 1802, which regulated the assignment left Rhenish Prussian territories to France, for which Prussia through the empire with territories secularized spiritual principalities should be compensated, moved Lieutenant General Alexander Leopold of Wartensleben 21 August 1802 with a Prussian corps in Erfurt with the command, a city and region - until then Kurmainzer territory - to take possession. The procedure was a Prussian arbitrary anticipation of the provisions of the nascent yet to emerge Reichsdeputationshauptschluss .

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