United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Austrian Battalion

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The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Austrian Battalion ( UNDOF bequatt ) was the Austrian contingent of the UN peacekeeping force (blue helmets) in the Middle East and stood as a department of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force  (UNDOF) 1974-2013 on the Golan .

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Headquarters at Camp Faouar (August 2009)

Under Defense Minister Karl Lütgendorf an Austrian was 3 to 19 June 1974 UN - Battalion (Austrian Battalion United Nations Emergency Force ) from the Suez Canal to Syria of the Golan Heights as part of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force laid. A total of 720 Austrians were members of the UNEF.

These troops were deployed in the northern section of the disengagement zone on the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel . The contingent strength was about 370 (377) soldiers. Your job is to oversee the separation agreement between Israel and Syria.

The headquarters was in Damascus until 1994 , then in Camp Faouar (near Amret al Faouar ), where the headquarters company was also housed. Other companies were the First, Second and Third Companies.

In June 2013, against the backdrop of the civil war in Syria (fighting on the border with Syria and Israel), the Austrian government decided to withdraw the blue helmet soldiers from the Golan Heights. The withdrawal was completed by the end of July.

A total of around 29,000 Austrian blue helmets from all federal states completed their service on the Golan Heights in Syria, 27 were killed.

Status until the incorporation of the Slovak contingent on May 27, 1998

The 1st company was deployed on Mount Hermon and consisted of the bases "Position 12", at 1750  m . The higher bases were "Hermon-Süd" ( 2380  m ) and "Hermon-Base" ( 2250  m ). Since 1976 there has been the “Hermon Hotel” position, the highest UN observation post on Mount Hermon ( 2814  m ).

In winter, these bases were often cut off from the outside world for up to three weeks due to drifting snow. The supply took place with snow vehicles, and the patrols were carried out with skis. The 2nd Company monitored the southern part from Khan Arnabe to Quneitra . Positions 22 and 28 were responsible for the A1 line north and south of Quneitra. Pos. 28 was the only transition for UNDOF and UN personnel to Israel and was located between the Israeli checkpoint (Alpha Gate) and the Syrian checkpoint (Bravo Gate). West of Quneitra monitored outposts 22A, B, C and D. Positions 25 and 32 were responsible for the B line, west of Khan Arnabe . In position 27 - in the center of Quneitra - the command of the 2nd company was housed. In addition, four patrols were carried out on foot and five with vehicles.

The 3rd Company monitored the central section between the streets of Mazrat Beit Jinn and Massada and also in the area west of Khan Arnabe. Positions 33 and 37 were on the A line. Positions 30, 31 and 34 were on the B line. There were also seven patrols on foot and two with vehicles.

On May 27, 1998, positions 14, 31 and 33 were taken over by the Austrians by the Slovak contingent (SLKCON, SLOVCON).

On June 6, 2008, the Slovak contingent left UNDOF. The 95-strong troop was part of UNDOF AUSBATT under Austrian command from 1998 to 2008.

Austrian commanders

Force Commander

Austrian UNDOF commanders were:

  1. Major General Hannes Philipp, July 16, 1975 - April 21, 1979
  2. Colonel of the General Staff Service, then Major General Günther Greindl , on an interim basis April 21, 1979 - November 30, 1979, officially December 1, 1979 - February 25, 1981
  3. Colonel of the General Staff Service Walter Schmitt (on an interim basis), February 1982 - June 30, 1982
  4. Major General Adolf Radauer, September 3, 1988 - October 1, 1991
  5. Major General Wolfgang Jilke February 11, 2007 - March 1, 2010

Battalion commanders

  1. Lieutenant Colonel Franz Burgstaller, May 9, 1974 - August 30, 1975
  2. Lieutenant Colonel Hans Widhofner, August 31, 1975 - December 12, 1976
  3. Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Ehrl, December 13, 1976 - February 26, 1978
  4. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Klocker, February 27, 1978 - May 20, 1979
  5. Lieutenant Colonel Fridolin Gigacher, May 21, 1979 - September 16, 1980
  6. Lieutenant Colonel Nikolaus Horvath, September 17, 1980 - September 7, 1981
  7. Lieutenant Colonel Karl Stainer, September 8, 1981 - September 7, 1982
  8. Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Löffler, September 8, 1982 - September 7, 1983
  9. Lieutenant Colonel Herfried Satter, September 8, 1983 - September 10, 1984
  10. Richard Wardein, September 11, 1984 - September 10, 1985
  11. Lieutenant Colonel Dieter Brell, September 11, 1985 - September 9, 1986
  12. Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard Sackl, September 10, 1986 - September 9, 1987
  13. Lieutenant Colonel Franz Gigler, September 10, 1987 - September 24, 1988
  14. Lieutenant Colonel Günther Winkler, September 25, 1988 - October 26, 1989
  15. Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Lehninger, October 27, 1989 - March 27, 1991
  16. Lieutenant Colonel Maximilian Pacher-Theinburg, March 28, 1991 - May 22, 1992
  17. Lieutenant Colonel Karl Schendl, May 23, 1992 - June 1, 1993
  18. Lieutenant Colonel Karl Kloss, June 2, 1993 - May 27, 1994
  19. Lieutenant Colonel Günter Bartunek, May 28, 1994 - May 26, 1995
  20. Lieutenant Colonel Josef Lindner, May 27, 1995 - May 20, 1996
  21. Lieutenant Colonel Nikolaus Egger, May 21, 1996 - July 31, 1997
  22. Lieutenant Colonel Günther Ruderstaller, August 1, 1997 - July 31, 1998
  23. Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Eder, August 1, 1998 - August 2, 1999
  24. Lieutenant Colonel Silvio Kaiser, August 3, 1999 - October 6, 2000
  25. Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Thaller, October 7, 2000 - October 26, 2001
  26. Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Petermair, October 27, 2000 - October 25, 2002
  27. Lieutenant Colonel Sigmund Uray, October 26, 2002 - May 5, 2003
  28. Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Amon, May 6, 2003 - May 29, 2004
  29. Lieutenant Colonel Gerd Schrimpf, May 30, 2004 - November 11, 2004
  30. Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Pracher, November 12, 2004 - November 16, 2005
  31. Lt. Col. Christian Friedhuber, November 17, 2005 - November 16, 2006
  32. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Glanner, November 17, 2006 - January 28, 2008
  33. Lieutenant Colonel Hans-Peter Hohlweg, January 28, 2008 - February 2, 2009
  34. Lieutenant Colonel Armin Lehner, February 2, 2009 - February 15, 2010
  35. Lieutenant Colonel Karl Wolf, February 15, 2010 - February 7, 2011
  36. Lieutenant Colonel Andreas Schiffbänker, February 7, 2011 - January 24, 2012
  37. Lt. Col. Christian Kneißl, January 24, 2012 - July 26, 2012
  38. Lieutenant Colonel Andreas Schiffbänker, July 26, 2012 - December 28, 2012
  39. Paul Schneider, December 29, 2012 - July 31, 2013

Web links

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  1. ↑ France ready to lead UN Lebanon troops - Article in the online magazine tirol.com ( Memento from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Austria pulls UN soldiers from the Golan Heights faz.net, June 6, 2013
  3. ^ A b Golan Mission: Last Army Soldiers Returned Home, in: derStandard.at of July 31, 2013, accessed on March 22, 2017
  4. ^ UNDOF HQ Military Staff List

Coordinates: 33 ° 14 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 35 ° 55 ′ 13.6 ″  E