Years of retirement from the Theresian Military Academy

The classes of the graduates of the Theresian Military Academy founded in 1751 , the training center for officers in Austria, are understood to be the classes of the Theresian Military Academy . From 1966 they were phasing s cohorts with his own name called.

history

The first graduates of the Theresian Military Academy left the same in 1755, from then until the end of the First World War in 1918, 10,966 officer candidates graduated from the academy. During the period of the First Republic , from 1923 to 1938, 986 lieutenants completed their training, after the Second World War by 1965 there were 904. From their founding in 1751 up to and including the year 2008, a total of 16,261 officers completed their careers at the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy .

It was not until 1966 that the retired classes of the Theresian Military Academy had names that recall well-known people, events or theaters of war in the military history of Austria or Austria-Hungary. This idea was first implemented by the “Lissa” class and goes back to a visit by a delegation from the Theresian Military Academy to the French academy, the Saint-Cyr Military School , in 1964. The tradition of the annual exchange of Austrian military academics with those of other countries, such as from the USA , Sweden or France , had existed for a long time and so on the aforementioned visit in 1964 the participants were given the year badge of the French military academy when they parted. The motif was the battle of Camerone in Mexico on April 30, 1863, which is related to Austrian history , as the battle cleared the way for the reign of the Mexican Emperor Maximilian I , brother of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph , in Mexico .

Inspired by this tradition of the French Military Academy, the introduction of a year badge at the Theresian Military Academy was suggested after the delegation's return. For naming, battle scenes or names of personalities who played a special role in Austrian military history should be used, and a time reference should be established when choosing the year name, whereby the first year of this type in 1966 suggested the sea ​​battle exactly 100 years ago von Lissa , in which Rear Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff defeated an Italian fleet .

Years since 1966

Born	coat of arms	designation	Named after	Graduates
1966		Lissa	the naval battle of Lissa , in which the Austrian fleet under Wilhelm von Tegetthoff defeated the Italian fleet near the island of Lissa off the Dalmatian coast on July 20, 1866.	110
1967		Isonzo	the twelve Isonzo battles of the First World War .	90
1968		Prinz Eugen	Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), probably the most famous general of the House of Austria .	51
1969		Radetzky	Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz (1766–1858), Field Marshal , 72 years in service under the double-headed eagle .	52
1970		Malborghet	after the defense of the fortress of Malborghet from 14th to 17th May 1809 against Napoleon's troops .	53
1971		Schwarzenberg	Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg (1771–1820), Field Marshal, Supreme Commander of the Allied troops in the Battle of Leipzig . 1813	77
1972		Payer Weyprecht	Julius von Payer (1842–1915) and Carl Weyprecht (1838–1881), they led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition from 1872–1874 .	47
1973		Starhemberg	Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701), field marshal, defender of Vienna during the second Turkish siege in 1683.	52
1974		Khevenhüller	Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683–1744), field marshal who fought for the House of Austria in the War of the Spanish Succession , the War of Turks 1736–1739 and the War of the Austrian Succession .	25th
1975		Hoetzendorf	Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925), field marshal, chief of the general staff for all armed power in Austria-Hungary at the outbreak of the First World War until 1916.	29
1976		Andreas Hofer	Andreas Hofer (1767–1810), freedom fighter and leader of the Tyrolean uprising of 1809.	36
1977		Tegetthoff	Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827–1871), Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy .	74
1978		Flitsch-Tolmein	the Twelfth Isonzo Battle, Flitsch-Tolmein section , also known as the “Battle of Karfreit” from October 24th to 27th, 1917.	102
1979		Pasubio	the Pasubio , mountain in the Dolomites and theater of war 1915–1917.	123
1980		Montecuccoli	Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609–1680), imperial general, victor over the Turks in the battle of Mogersdorf on August 1, 1664.	130
1981		Archduke Johann	Archduke Johann of Austria (1782-1859), field marshal, army commander in the coalition wars and director of the Theresian Military Academy.	118
1982		Laudon	Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717–1790), field marshal who fought in several wars and defeated a Prussian army in the battle of Kunersdorf in 1759.	117
1983		Archduke Karl	Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen (1771–1847), field marshal, victor in the Battle of Aspern in 1809, in which Napoleon was first defeated in an open field battle.	115
1984		Down	Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705–1766), field marshal, victorious general in the Seven Years' War 1756–1763.	123
1985		Coldilana	the Col di Lana , mountain in the Dolomites and theater of war 1915–1917.	114
1986		Major Troyer	Josef Troyer (1867–1916), WWI officer, also known as the Iron Major .	110
1987		Predil	the heroic defense of Fort Hermann on the Predil Pass against Napoleon's troops from May 15 to 18, 1809.	101
1988		Ortler	the Ortler , highest Tyrolean mountain and theater of war 1915–1918.	89
1989		Rodakowski	Maximilian von Rodakowski (1825–1900), colonel and regimental commander of the Uhlan Regiment No. 13 in the battle of Custozza in 1866.	89
1990		Banfield	Gottfried von Banfield (1890–1986), also known as the “Eagle of Triest”, the most successful Austro-Hungarian naval aviator in the First World War and the last bearer of the Maria Theresa Order .	98
1991		Montenuovo	Wilhelm Albrecht von Montenuovo (1821–1895), general of the cavalry , fought in Italy and Hungary in 1848 .	81
1992		Novara	the Battle of Novara on March 23, 1849, in which the Austrian troops under Field Marshal Radetzky defeated the troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont .	82
1993		Kolin	the Battle of Kolin on June 18, 1757 , in which Habsburg troops inflicted the first defeat in the Seven Years' War on the Prussian King Frederick II the Great .	61
1994		Kinsky	Franz Joseph Kinsky (1739–1805), Imperial and Royal Feldzeugmeister, reformer of military training, also at TherMilAk.	64
1995		Emperor Maximilian	Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), also called "the last knight".	67
1996		Wellington	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), who fought side by side with Austrian regiments against Napoleon and led the coalition to the final victory over the French at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.	75
1997		Knight von Trapp	Georg Ludwig von Trapp (1880–1947), corvette captain , who sank the French armored cruiser Léon Gambetta on April 25, 1915 as submarine commander of SMU 5 .	81
1998		Sterneck	Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck (1829–1897), admiral and commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy , fought alongside Tegetthoff in the naval battle near Lissa in 1866.	72
1999		No retirement	due to the change of the curriculum to that of a university of applied sciences .
2000		Monte Piano	the Monte Piano , mountain in the Dolomites and theater of war 1915–1917.	80
2001		Liechtenstein	Field Marshal Johann I. Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg (1760–1836), Field Marshal, fought Napoleon's troops in several battles during the coalition wars.	82
2002		Saxe-Coburg	Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737-1815), Field Marshal General, fought in the Seven Years' War as well as during the Turkish and coalition wars.	82
2003		Imperial Count Hadik	Andreas Hadik von Futak (1711–1790), Field Marshal, fought in the Seven Years War and occupied Berlin on October 16, 1757 in the so-called Berlin Hussar coup .	82
2004		Kaiserjäger	the Kaiserjäger , four infantry regiments of the Common Army .	82
2005		O'Donell	Karl O'Donnell (1715–1771), Austrian general of Irish descent, fought in several battles during the Seven Years' War.	67
2006		Count Salm	Niklas Graf Salm (1459–1530), defender of Vienna during the first Turkish siege in 1529.	85
2007		Esterházy	Nikolaus I. Joseph Esterházy de Galantha (1714–1790), Field Marshal, fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.	66
2008		Colloredo-Mansfeld	Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mansfeld (1775–1822), Feldzeugmeister, fought successfully against French troops several times in the coalition wars.	83
2009		Archduke Albrecht	Albrecht von Österreich-Teschen (1817–1895), field marshal and inspector general of the Austro-Hungarian army.	69
2010		Novak from Arienti	Guido Novak von Arienti (1859–1928), Lieutenant Field Marshal , fought successfully on the southern front in the First World War.	71
2011		Knight of Lehmann	Moritz Ritter von Lehmann (1836–1866), kuk Rittmeister, who sacrificed his life in several attacks against a numerically superior opponent in the German War of 1866.	66
2011		Baron von Lehar	Due to the change in the study system at TherMilAk, there were two retired years Anton Freiherr von Lehár (1876–1962), kuk colonel, war hero of the First World War , who in May 1918 with the gold medal of bravery for officers and in August 1918 with the military Maria -Theresien-Order was awarded.	59
2012		Captain Hermann Kirchner	Hermann Kirchner (1890–1953), kuk captain, distinguished himself during the First World War during the South Tyrol offensive in May 1916 with the conquest of the Zugna Torta and in 1922 received the Military Maria Theresa Order .	60
2013		Hackher too hard	Franz Xaver Hackher zu Hart (1764–1837), kk genius - colonel , distinguished himself as the defender of the Graz Schloßberg during the French siege of 1809.	67
2014		Baron von Trauttenberg	Leopold Freiherr von Trauttenberg (1761-1814), Field Marshal Lieutenant , distinguished himself from Napoleon's troops in 1797 during the First Coalition War during the retreat of the Austrians over the Tagliamento near Codroipo , when he was Archduke Carl by deploying his troops independently before his capture rescued and made an orderly retreat possible.	50
2015		Baron von Waldstätten	Egon von Waldstätten (1875–1951), Colonel , distinguished himself in 1915 on the Eastern Front of the First World War.	32
2016		Weissenwolff	Nikolaus Ungnad von Weissenwolff (1763-1825), Lieutenant Field Marshal , distinguished himself through special achievements in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig .	21st
2017		Prince of Löwenstein	Christian Philipp Johann Alexander Löwenstein-Wertheim (1719–1781), General of the Cavalry , distinguished himself through special achievements in the Seven Years' War .	21st
constantly		NOVA	every spring: preparatory semester company (VBS-Kp), after successful admission up to the choice of name: year of birth (Jg) NOVA.

literature

• Theresianische Military Academy (ed.): Officer training. The decommissioned years of the 2nd Republic , Vienna 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Theresianische Militärakademie (Ed.): Officer training. The retired years of the armed forces of the 2nd republic. Vienna 2008, pp. 28–33.
2. ↑ Rolf M. Urrisk: The tradition of care in the Austrian army from 1918 to 1998. Gnas 1997, p. 100.