Lützow Free Corps

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Lützow Free Corps (German: Lützowsches Freikorps pronounced [ˈlʏtso:vʃəs ˈfraɪˌkɔɒ̯ps]) was a free corps of the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Raised in 1813, it was named after its commander, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow. The troops of the corps were also widely known as the “Lützower Jäger“ or “Schwarze Jäger“ (“Black Hunters”), sometimes also "Lützower Reiter" ("Lützow Riders"). Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the corps was disbanded in 1815.

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