kuk war school

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The kuk war school , also k. (U.) K. War School was the highest military educational institution for the training and further education of general staff officers in the Austrian Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy . At the time, the kuk war school was more like a war academy in terms of its purpose, mandate and teaching content .

Location

The building was located at Lehargasse 4 in Vienna's 6th district and was built in 1865 according to plans by Captain L. Weeger vom Geniestab. In 1875, 1895 and 1900, extensions had to be built because the number of officers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire kept increasing. After the First World War , the Vienna University of Technology took over the buildings of the War School and the neighboring Technical Military Committee (the former Genie Directorate building ).

Between 1965 and 1970, the “ chemistry high-rise ” was built on the property according to plans by Karl Kupsky (1906–1984) .

history

The founding of the military school was ordered by Emperor Franz Joseph I after a lecture given by Quartermaster General Feldzeugmeister Heinrich Freiherr von Hess .

When it was founded in 1852, the first location was the field vicariate building at Franzenstor (today: Teinfaltstrasse). In 1853 the company was relocated to the rifle factory , Währinger Straße 11–13, Vienna-Alsergrund . After another move to the monastery barracks , the building could finally be moved into.

institution

The k. (U.) K. War school was at the top of the hierarchy of military training centers in the armed forces of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy above the Theresian Military Academy , the Technical Military Academy and the Naval Academy . It was created in 1852 to train officers of all branches for senior posts, the general staff and senior adjutants .

Applicants for training at the war school had to have completed two years of service with the troops, were not allowed to be older than 26 years and had to pass a preliminary examination that corresponded to the final examination from the academy in Wiener Neustadt . Of the often up to a thousand participants, 200 to 400 applicants who passed the test were able to take part in the following main written and oral examination, which was held annually in Vienna. This test lasted four days and, according to many participants, should have been characterized by a high level of correctness and objectivity. About 50 military school students were enrolled around 1880, but the number has fluctuated over the years. An exception was the fact that, following Hungarian pressure, eight Honvéd officers were accepted without the entrance examination in later years .

The training period was initially two years, then three years under Conrad von Hötzendorf . After the end of the training period, all of the subject matter was examined and the assessment was made in writing. The extremely extensive curriculum placed emphasis on physical fitness as well as languages ​​and military science.

Successful candidates were promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to the general staff on a trial basis for two or three years , and those who proved themselves were finally assigned to the general staff with the rank of captain as a regular officer. However, it turned out to be a problem that only about 30 officers were admitted to the General Staff each year. Those graduates who waited in vain for an order had to return to their regiments and were ranked lower on the promotion list than those who had never left the regiment. In times of peace, the Quartermaster General's staff could only be assigned to military school graduates.

See also

literature

  • The k. and k. War school 1852–1902. Published by the command of the k. and k. War school. Seidel. Vienna 1903.
  • The kuk war school . in: Hubert Zeinar (Ed.): History of the Austrian General Staff . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna. 2006, pp. 516-543, ISBN 978-3-205-77415-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Jiresch: Honors, awards and prizes from the Vienna University of Technology . Publications of the University Archives of the Technical University of Vienna, Volume 2. University Archives of the Technical University of Vienna, Vienna 1994, Permalink Austrian Library Association .
  2. ↑ a b c István Deák: The K. (below) K. Officer 1848-1918. Publishing house Böhlau. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1995. ISBN 3-205-98242-8 . P. 135ff.
  3. ↑ Catalog list Austrian National Library .

Remarks

  1. ↑ From the year it was founded, 1852, to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867, the institution was called the kk war school . However, the predicate kk was likely to have remained up until the introduction of the Joint Army in 1889. - See the status 1877: Anniversary celebration of the kk war school. In:  Wiener Zeitung , Abendblatt, October 16, 1877, p. 4, top center. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz

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