ku gendarmerie

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The ku Gendarmerie ( Royal Hungarian Gendarmerie , Hungarian Magyar Királyi Csendőrség ) was the unified state security guard founded in Transleithanien , the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary , in 1881 .

In the course of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867, the Imperial and Royal Gendarmerie lost its responsibility for the Hungarian half of the empire. Only in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and Transylvania did the gendarmerie remain active. In 1881, when the Royal Hungarian Gendarmerie was installed in Transleithanien, a uniform national security guard was established. Previously, the responsible local authorities had shown themselves to be overwhelmed as a regulatory authority. The border regiments re-established in 1871, the "Seressaner Corps", which had performed their service at the former military border, were merged into the new ku gendarmerie. The external organization of the ku gendarmerie differed considerably from the kk gendarmerie in that it retained the institution of the wing on duty (instead of the new kk department command ) until the fall of the kuk dual monarchy in 1918. Until then it comprised seven gendarmerie district commanders , each with a colonel , a lieutenant colonel and a major as staff. At the head of the subordinate wings on duty ( squadrons ) stood cavalry masters , the platoons were commanded by lieutenants , and in some cases ensigns .

The term "royal Hungarian" gendarmerie remained in existence after 1918, as Hungary officially operated as the Kingdom of Hungary until December 21, 1944 . The ku gendarmerie was involved in the deportation of Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II . It was dissolved in 1945.

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