The Monatliche Listen des Regiments Kurfürst (1820), preserved in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAM, Bestand 10g, Nr. 100), is a regimental administrative record consisting of monthly returns for a unit identified as “Regiment Kurfürst” in the Electorate of Hesse (Kurhessen). Such Monatslisten were standard military documents in early 19th-century German armies, used to track personnel status, readiness, and internal organization on a recurring basis.
The lists typically record the strength of the regiment by company, including officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men. They often note changes such as recruits, transfers, furloughs, desertions, sickness, and deaths, providing a continuous snapshot of the regiment’s condition over time. In many cases, they also include information on equipment status, pay categories, and duty assignments, making them a key source for understanding the day-to-day functioning of a military unit in the post-Napoleonic period.
For researchers, this record is particularly valuable for reconstructing personnel histories and analyzing regimental composition within the army of Electorate of Hesse. Genealogists can use the lists to trace individual soldiers, while military historians can study patterns of recruitment, attrition, and administrative practice. The year 1820 places the document in a period of reorganization following the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, when German states were restructuring their forces under more standardized systems.
