War College

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The War College was originally a committee set up to conduct the war on the occasion of the first Turkish siege of Vienna and dissolved again after the end of the fight. From the 17th to the 19th century it was a council of war councils , which the great powers usually referred to as the "upper war council". Sometimes it was also a department of the War Ministry .

The War College was the supreme administrative body for many armies.

According to state

Hesse

In the Electorate of Hesse , it was responsible for the administration of the military justice, the recruitment of soldiers, the provision for the disabled and above all for the food and equipment of the troops.

Russian Empire

The tasks of the War College in the Russian Empire were similar to those in Hesse . In Russia at the time of Catherine the Great , the "Great War College" functioned as a kind of separate "court" in which the tsar's court was imitated.

Prussia

In Prussia , the "Ober-Kriegskollegium" emerged from the "General Directory" in the middle of the 18th century together with the relevant ministries.

The Prussian Upper War College was founded on June 25, 1787. It was responsible for the administration of the army and only reported to the king in important cases. It was divided into 7 departments and was led by a senior president. This upper president was supported by a vice-president. The presidium also included the (war) president and chief war minister and his deputy. Then came the directors of the departments:

  1. infantry
  2. cavalry
  3. artillery
  4. Corps de Genie and fortress (engineering)
  5. Catering
  6. Armatures, mountings and field devices (weapons, clothing and field equipment)
  7. Disability care and education of soldiers' children

On December 25, 1808, it was replaced by the Prussian War Ministry .

Individual evidence

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  5. ↑ European genealogical handbook . 1788, p. 141, Textarchiv - Internet Archive