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The imperial and royal naval section , wrongly referred to as kk until 1889 like the army from 1867 , then kuk , was a department of the War Ministry in the Austrian Empire and from 1867 in Austria-Hungary . She was responsible for the affairs of the Kriegsmarine . It consisted of the administrative branch in Vienna , the subordinate fleet command in Pola , the largest naval port and naval base , and other offices at home and abroad.

The aim of the navy to re-establish its own naval ministry (it had existed with Friedrich Moritz von Burger as minister only 1862-1865, at that time responsible for the war and merchant navy) stood in the way of the Austro-Hungarian settlement of 1867, the only three common for the entire dual monarchy provided responsible ministries. The politicians of Hungary did not want a fourth joint ministry or had stipulated that two of the four joint ministries should then be set up in Budapest, which the Austrian government refused.

The naval affairs therefore had to continue to be administered in the War Department; However, like the short-lived Ministry of Navy before the end of the monarchy, the naval section was housed separately. (Section is the term used in Austria to this day for organizational units of a ministry that report directly to the minister.)

Chiefs of the Marine Section and Naval Commanders

Before the establishment of the dual monarchy in 1867, the following were active in management positions:

  • Archduke Ferdinand Max , naval commander 1854–1860; 1860–1864 Section Head - he had to resign because of the acceptance of the Crown of Mexico (April 10, 1864).
  • Ludwig von Fautz , 1860–1865 naval commander, from July 1865 (with the abolition of the naval ministry) to March 1868 section chief.

In the dual monarchy, the two functions were filled in personal union until February 8, 1917. The head of the section acted as the deputy of the (Reich) Minister of War in naval matters and had the right to ask the Austrian and Hungarian delegations (of the respective parliament), which were in the same city (Vienna or Budapest), but in separate meetings, on the budget proposal for the kuk Marine had to decide to speak directly and answer questions put by delegates.

The headquarters of the naval section

Marine section building of the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry in Vienna 3rd, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 9; on the facade between the 1st and 2nd floor coats of arms of Austrian port cities in color

According to Lehmann's Vienna address book (e.g. 1868 and 1871), the naval section was, as before the 1862–1865 incumbent Imperial and Royal Navy Ministry (see above) in the 1st district at Schenkenstrasse 14 (behind the new building of the Burgtheater ), from 1874 on in Doblhoffgasse 7 behind the Reichsratsgebäude built between 1874 and 1883 . In 1887 the naval section was relocated to the address 9, Währinger Straße 6 and 8, opposite the Votive Church , where it remained until the new building built for it was moved into.

New building

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In 1908 the naval section was designed according to plans by Theodor Bach (Wiener Baugesellschaft; * 1858 Vienna, † 1938 Prague) and naval chief engineer Camillo Flat and built for it by Ettore Fenderl (* 1862 Trieste, † 1966 Vittorio Veneto) and Friedrich Reichel since 1906 representative corner house with two entrances on the 3rd  Vienna district , highway established. The main architectural portal was located at Vorderen Zollamtstrasse  9 with a view of the Wien River , on the other bank of which, beyond the Kleiner Marxerbrücke with the main front on the Stubenring, the new main building of the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry was built. The entrance actually used was located around the corner on the left, at Marxergasse 2, where tram lines 77 and K ran to the Stubenring. The postal address was also on Marxergasse.

At the height of the first floor, the facade is decorated with enamelled coats of arms of 16  Adriatic ports of the monarchy : Zara / Zadar , Fiume / Rijeka , Pola / Pula , Trieste , Cattaro / Kotor , Lissa / Vis , Spalato / Split , Sebenico / Šibenik , Capodistria / Koper , Lesina / Hvar , Muggia , Lussinpiccolo / Mali Lošinj , Cherso / Cres , Rovigno / Rovinj , Pirano / Piran and Ragusa / Dubrovnik ; Fiume belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary , the other 15 were in the Austrian half of the empire . (The Italian names were officially used in the navy at that time.)

On November 12, 1918, the former Austro-Hungarian War Ministry was converted by the Renner I state government of the new state of German Austria into a liquidating ministry under the supervision of the State Office (= Ministry) for the Army; since April 1920 the term military liquidation office was used for it. This also affected the now liquidating naval section , which was still working in its building for some time after 1918 to deal with personnel and material matters of the no longer existing Austrian navy. (The Military Liquidation Office was not dissolved until 1931.)

From 1925 the office building housed the general management of the Austrian Federal Forests , which later moved to Purkersdorf . Today the Federal Agency for Agriculture is located here . The coat of arms of Adriatic ports on the facade and a plaque in the driveway remind of the original function.

The Austro-Hungarian naval section building in Vienna around 1910 on a historical postcard

Offices and commanders in Vienna

The following structural data refer to the status in the summer of 1914 immediately before the start of the First World War .

War Department, Marine Section

(Vienna 3rd district , Marxergasse 2)

Naval Commander and Chief of War Department, Marine Section

Ordinance officer : vacant
Deputy Naval Commander
Adjutant: Lieutenant of the line ship Franz Hild von Galanta
  • Assigned flag officer:
Rearmiral Franz Ritter von Keil
Personnel adjutant: Liner of the line Alfred Liebler von Asselt
Presidential Office
Board of Directors : Liner Captain Viktor Wickerhauser
Personal details of the active flag and staff officers, medals and awards, commercial activities, naval attachés, military service and discipline in general, regulations and instructions, training of officers and crew, commissioning and decommissioning of ships, systemisation of the crews, naval schools, hydrographic nature, Constitution of statutes and organic regulations, press matters
Operations office
Board of Directors : Liner Captain Alfred Cicoli
Mobilization, operations of the fleet, commissioning programs, instructions for commanders at sea, exercises for squadrons, naval tactics, signaling, telegraphy, equipment of the fleet, description of the coast, fleet records, archives, history
I. Business group
Board of Directors : Liner Captain Ottokar Schubert
1st department
Board of Directors : Frigate Captain Benno von Millenkovich
Personal details of all persons related to the fee (with the exception of flag, staff and senior staff officers ), personal records, professional records, editing of the ranking and classification lists and the personnel regulation sheet , adjustment
2nd department
Board member and also office director : Corvette Captain Moritz Bauer
Crew supplements and personal details, scholarships for sons of naval members of the crew
3rd department
Board of Directors : Naval Chief Commissioner 1st Class Franz Lovisoni
Approvisioning and clothing, provisions and material for nursing, railway and steamship matters in economic-administrative relationships, fees, support and remunerations, invalidity, pensions, commissions, gifts of grace, severance payments, all foundation matters
II. Business group
Board of Directors : Liner Captain Franz Teichgräber
4th department
Board of Directors : Liner Captain Franz Lauffer
Technical nature, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, artillery, weapons and electrotechnical department, procurement of guns, ammunition, weapons, torpedoes, mines, lighting equipment
5th department
Board of Directors : Chief Engineer in Land and Hydraulic Engineering 1st Class Alfred Januš
Land and water structures, maintenance, amelioration and adaptation of the naval buildings
6th department
Board of Directors : Navy Chief Commissioner 1st Class Karl Paur
Checking the budget submissions of departments 4 and 5, administrative department for the entire technical nature, arsenal contracts, auction tenders, negotiations for the purchase or sale of weapons, etc.
7th department
Board of Directors : General Auditor Leopold Veigl
Justice, maritime affairs, marriage bail matters
8th department
Board of Directors : Naval Commissioner General Wenzel Jiřik
Control, clearing, accounting and cash management, drafting of the budget, allocation of the naval funds, refund and tax matters
9th department
Board of Directors : Marine General Staff Doctor Martin Wolf
Marine medical services, medical reports

Material control office in Vienna

  • Board:
Admiral Erwin Raisp Edler von Caliga
Navy Chief Commissioner 1st Class Emil Baader
Coat of arms of the Austro-Hungarian Navy 1915–1918

Central Naval Archive in Vienna

  • Board:
Liner captain Gustav Dassenbacher

Offices and commanders in Pola

The following structural data refer to the status in the summer of 1914 immediately before the start of the First World War .

Port Admiralate of Pola

Port admiral and naval port commander:

Adlatus of the port admiral: Kontreadmiral Gottfried Freiherr von Meyer-Hohenberg
Staff adjutant of the port admiral: Frigate Lieutenant Heinrich Fontaine von Felsenbrunn

Military department

Board of Directors : Captain Dragutin of Prica

Mobilization Department

Board of Directors : Corvette Captain Wenzel Milfait

Telegraph office

Board of Directors : Corvette Captain Alfred Wilhelm

Medical department

Board of Directors : Marine Chief Medical Officer 1st Class Jarolav Okunieski

Economic-administrative department

Board of Directors : Naval Chief Commissioner 1st Class Karl Graf

Judicial officer and military lawyer : Lieutenant Colonel Auditor Maximilian Neumayer

Marine Pay Office

Paymaster : Naval Chief Commissioner 3rd Class Julius Sigharter

Sailor Corps to Pola

  • Commander: Liner of the line Kamillo Teuschl
  • Commander of the 1st Sailor Depot: Frigate Captain Franz Budik
  • Commander of the Second Sailor Depot: Frigate Captain August Brühl
  • Commander of the III. Sailor depots: Corvette Captain Karl Stahlberger
  • Commander of the sailors' detachment in Trieste : Lieutenant of the line Max Honsell

Machine school at Pola

  • Commander: Liner of the line Alois Schusterschitz

Marine elementary and civil school for boys in Pola

  • Director: Alois Kofjatsch

Marine elementary and civil school for girls in Pola

  • Director: Wenzel Fucke

Hydrographic Office in Pola

Chairman of the observatory: Frigate Captain Caesar Arbesser von Rastburg
Head of the department for geophysics: Corvette Captain Theodor Haas von Kattenburg
Director of the instrument depot: Corvette Captain Emil Müller
Board of directors of the sea map depot: Liner captain Hugo Kuschel

Pola Marine Hospital

  • Commander: Marine Chief Medical Officer 1st Class Georg Kugler
  • Medical department commander: Liner lieutenant Karl Jirku

Naval Provisions Office at Pola

  • Board of Directors: Liner Captain Johann Freiherr von Hauser

Naval clothing office at Pola

  • Head: Frigate Captain Fidelis Zeschko

Naval prison at Pola

  • Commander: Corvette Captain Karl Trevani

Naval Arsenal Command at Pola

  • Arsenal Commander: Vice Admiral Paul Fiedler
  • Deputy Arsenals Commander: Kontreadmiral Alexander Hansa
Adjutant: Lieutenant of the line ship Heinrich Freiherr von Levetzow
  • Administrative Director: Naval High Commissioner 1st Class Franz Roland
  • Equipment Directorate: Frigate Captain Josef Debellich
  • Port depot: Lieutenant Johann Paulin
  • Torpedo boat directorate: Frigate Captain Theodor Edler von Gottstein
  • Rigging Directorate: Frigate Captain Alexander Dragojlov
  • Arsenal Commission: Preses Corvette Captain Gustav Schwarz
  • Shipbuilding Directorate: Shipbuilding Chief Engineer 1st Class Theodor Novotny
  • Mechanical engineering directorate: Senior mechanical engineer 1st class Hugo Herrmann
  • Artillery Directorate: Chief Artillery Engineer 1st Class Hugo Fiebinger
  • Chemical laboratory: marine chief chemist 2nd class Franz Aigner
  • Naval ammunition establishment: Liner of the line Otto Balzar
  • Main magazine: Navy Superintendent 3rd Class Viktor Lehner
  • Apprenticeship and workers' school: Shipbuilding engineer 1st class Rudolf Hermann

Pola Marine, Land and Hydraulic Department

  • Director: Major General Franz Stejnar

Naval Technical Committee to Pola

  • President: Viceadmiral Maximilian Njegovan
  • Deputy: Rear Admiral Napoleon Louis Edler von Wawel
  • 1st department
Board of Directors: Chief Naval Engineer Franz Pitzinger
  • 2nd department
Board of Directors: Chief Mechanical Engineer Anton Tonsa
  • 3. Department Group A
Executive board: Liner captain Ludwig von Camerloher
  • 3. Department Group B
Board of Directors: Chief Naval Artillery Engineer Eduard Seidler
  • 4th department
Board of Directors: Corvette Captain Karl Hirsch
  • 5th department
Board of Directors: Frigate Captain Artur Primavesi
  • 6th department
Board of Directors: Chief Electrical Engineer Moritz Rammetsteiner
  • 7th department
Board of Directors: Frigate Captain Otto Herrmann
  • 8th department:
Corvette Captain Karl Reichenbach

Naval Registration Bureau at Pola

  • Board of Directors: Liner Captain Peter Ritter Gisbeck von Gleichenheim

Naval Technical Control Commission to Pola

  • President: Captain Emil Conte Smecchia

Marines Superior

  • Marine superior: Anton Jackl

Other offices in Germany

The following structural data refer to the status in the summer of 1914 immediately before the start of the First World War .

Maritime district command in Trieste

  • Commander: Admiral Alfred Freiherr von Koudelka
Staff adjutant: Frigate Lieutenant Robert Fischer

Military department

Board of Directors : Frigate Captain Heinrich Freiherr Pergler von Perglas

Technical department

Board of Directors : Frigate Captain Egon Graf Mels-Colloredo

Billing department

Board of Directors : Naval High Commissioner 2nd Class Albrecht Paugger

Sea transport line to Trieste

  • Board of Directors: Frigate Captain Otto Brosch

Naval Academy at Fiume

  • Commanding Officer: Admiral Richard Ritter von Barry
  • Deputy: Frigate Captain Wilhelm Buchmayer
Adjutant: Lieutenant of the line ship Maximus Wöss

Maritime district command in Sebenico

  • Commander: Rear Admiral Hugo Zaccaria
Staff adjutant: vacant

Military department

Board of Directors: Corvette Captain Hermann Jobst

Justice Department

Captain-Auditor Josef Kahler

Medical department

Naval medical officer Franz Hauck

Economic-administrative department

Board of Directors : Navy High Commissioner 2nd Class Robert Fiedler

Naval Detachment in Budapest

  • Commander: Lieutenant of the line Tibor Ronay de Osgyán

Castelnuovo Defense District Command

  • Commander: Liner of the line Egon Klein

Kriegsmarine supplementary district commandos

  • Trieste : Corvette Captain Maximilian Schmidt
  • Sebenico : Corvette Captain Stephan Schanzer
  • Fiume : Corvette Captain Hugo Descovich

Seat commands

Offices abroad

The following structural data refer to the status in the summer of 1914 immediately before the start of the First World War .

Naval detachment in Beijing

  • Commander: Lieutenant of the line Hermann Topil

Naval detachment in Tientsin

  • Commander: Lieutenant of the line Vladimir von Mariašević

literature

  • kuk War Ministry (ed.): Seidel's small army scheme. Dislocation and division of the Imperial and Royal Army, the Imperial and Royal Navy, the Imperial and Royal Landwehr and the Imperial and Royal Landwehr. Seidel & Sohn, Vienna, No. 76, 1914.

Web links

Evidence and Notes

  1. ^ Ministry of the Navy in Lehmann's Vienna address book, 1865 edition
  2. ^ Heinrich Bayer von Bayersburg: Austria's admirals. Bergland Verlag, 1962, Volume 1, p. 25. Lawrence Sondhaus: The naval policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918. Navalism, industrial development, and the politics of dualism. Purdue University Press, 1994, ISBN 1-55753-034-3 , p. 385; Walter Wagner: T he highest authorities of the k. and k. Navy 1856–1918. (= Communications from the Austrian State Archives, Volume 6) Berger, Vienna 1961, p. 138.
  3. ↑ General register on the stenographic minutes of the (Austrian) delegation, 1868–1904, register of persons, Section 1: Minister, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1906
  4. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , March 2, 1918, p. 1
  5. ↑ Theodor Karl Bach in the Vienna Architects' Dictionary 1770–1945
  6. ^ Friedrich Achleitner : Austrian architecture in the 20th century , publisher Museum of Modern Art Vienna , Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg and Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7017-0635-2 , p. 117
  7. ↑ staffing
  8. ↑ press department
  9. ↑ Squadron
  10. ↑ Improvements
  11. ↑ Creation
  12. ^ Printing errors in the source

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 28.6 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 3 ″  E