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Chief Of The General Staff (Austria)
The Chief of the Austrian General Staff (german: Chef des Generalstabes des Bundesheeres) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Austrian Armed Forces and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches. List of chiefs of the general staff Army Inspectors (1922–1937) General Inspectors of Troops (1956–2002) Chiefs of the General Staff (2002–present) See also *Austro-Hungarian General Staff *Supreme Commander of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces Notes References {{Chief of military by country Military of Austria Austrian military personnel Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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Ministry Of Defense (Austria)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (''Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung'', sometimes shortened to ''BMLV'' or ''Verteidigungsministerium'') of Austria is the ministry (government department), ministry in charge of all matters relating to military affairs, especially the Austrian Armed Forces. It is Austria's ministry of defence. Its current List of Defense Ministers of Austria, minister is Klaudia Tanner. Authority The minister is head of all the ministry's subordinate authorities and is the Supreme Military Commander of the Austrian Armed Forces. For certain acts, such as deployment of more than 5,000 men of the militia or reserve, the Minister for Defense's authorization is bound to the President of Austria, since in these cases the constitutional command of the army takes precedence. Responsibilities Specifically, the MinistryAppendix to § 2, Section H of the Federal Ministries Act 1986 as amended is responsible for matters regarding: * the armed forces' constitutiona ...
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Siegmund Knaus
Sigmund or Siegmund may refer to: People * Sigmund (given name), list of people with the name Sigmund * Sigmund Freud, a pioneer of psychoanalysis Arts and entertainment *''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, American 1970s TV series ;Fictional chatacters * Sigmund (also Siegmund), a hero in Norse mythology * Siegmund, a focal character in Richard Wagner's ''Die Walküre'' * Sigmund (comics), Doctor Sigmund, a Dutch comics character Others * , a cargo ship in service 1926-29 See also * Sigismund (other) * Zygmunt Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include: Given name Medieval period * Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Gr ...
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Military Of Austria
The Austrian Armed Forces (german: Bundesheer, lit=Federal Army) are the combined military forces of the Republic of Austria. The military consists of 22,050 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 0.74% of national GDP or €2.85 billion. History Between 1918 and 1920, the Austrian semi-regular army was called ("People's Defence"), and fought against Yugoslavian army units occupying parts of Carinthia. It has been known as "Bundesheer" since then, except when Austria was a part of Nazi Germany (1938–1945; see Anschluss). The Austrian Army did develop a defence plan in 1938 against Germany, but politics prevented it from being implemented. World War II role of the "Bundesheer": *Elements of Austrian Army became 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) *Elements of Austrian Army became 44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) *4th Austrian Division became the 45th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) In 1955, Austria issued its Declaration of Neutrality, m ...
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Supreme Commander Of The Imperial And Royal Armed Forces
The Supreme Commander of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces (german: Oberkommandierender der Streitkräfte von Österreich-Ungarn) was the ultimate authority of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces – which comprised the Army, Navy and Aviation Troops of Austria-Hungary. Highest Commander-in-Chief The Supreme Commander was usually the Emperor of Austria as Highest Commander-in-Chief (''Allerhöchste Oberbefehl''). The Emperor ran the armed forces (''Bewaffnete Macht'' or ''Wehrmacht'') through the Military Chancellery of His Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor-King (''Militärkanzlei Seiner Majesty des Kaisers and Königs'') that was established on 11 July 1867. Amongst its heads, who usually bore the title Adjutant General ('' Generaladjutant''), were: * Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky (11 Jul 1867–1881) * Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras (1889–5 Ja 1917) In his old age Franz Joseph I only rarely exercised the function of supreme commander in person. Instead, in 1905 aft ...
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Robert Brieger
Robert Brieger (born 21 November 1956) is a General of the Austrian Armed Forces and the current Chairman of the European Union Military Committee The Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC) is the four-star rank officer representing and presiding over the European Union's (EU) Military Committee (EUMC), composed of the chiefs of defence (CHODs) of the EU member states. ... (CEUMC). Brieger was previously the Chief of its General Staff. On 19 May 2021, Brieger was selected as the next CEUMC, and selected to take office on 1 June 2022. He took office 16 May 2022. References 1956 births Living people Military personnel from Vienna Austrian generals Theresian Military Academy alumni Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria {{Austria-mil-bio-stub ...
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Othmar Commenda
Othmar Commenda (born 29 May 1954) is a retired General of the Austrian Armed Forces and former Chief of its General Staff. Career After his basic military service in 1975, he graduated at the Theresian Military Academy. He was from 1979 Platoon leader and then as company commander at Panzerbataillon 14 in Wels in service. Later Commenda graduated at the National Defense Academy in Vienna a general staff training, which he completed in 1988 with honors. from 1988 to 1991, Commenda was the chief instructor of tactics at the National Defense Academy. From 1993 to 1995 he was chief of staff and deputy brigade commander of the 3rd Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade in Mautern. As of 2001, Commenda was head of the staff department in the Cabinet of Defense, and since 2003 has been in charge of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister of Defense. From May 2013 to the end of June 2018 he was chief of the general staff. Following this, he was promoted to the rank as general. As chief of the gener ...
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Othmar Tauschitz
Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name ''Audamar'', from the elements ''aud'' "wealth, prosperity" and ''mar'' "fame". Notable people with the name include: *Saint Othmar *Othmar Ammann * Otmar Emminger *Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer * Otmar Hasler *Ottmar Hörl * Ottmar Hitzfeld *Otmar Issing *Othmar Karas *Ottmar Liebert *Ottmar Luscinius *Ottmar Mergenthaler *Othmar Muller von Blumencorn * Othmar Reiser *Othmar Schoeck *Othmar Spann *Othmar Zeidler *Otmar Szafnauer *Othmar Gispert Fictional characters *King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series See also *Ottomar *Omar (name) *Otto *Ademar Ademar is a masculine Germanic name, ultimately derived from ''Audamar'', as is the German form Otmar. It was in use in medieval France, Latinized as ''Adamarus'', and in modern times has been popular in French, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking cou ... External links * {{given name German masculine given names ...
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Franz Böhme
Franz Friedrich Böhme (15 April 1885 – 29 May 1947) was an Army officer who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Arny, the Austrian Army and the German Wehrmacht. He rose to the rank of general during World War II, serving as Commander of the XVIII Mountain Corps, Hitler's Plenipotentiary Commanding General (''Bevollmächtigter Kommandierender General'') in the Balkans, and commander-in-chief in German-occupied Norway during World War II. Böhme was arrested for trial by a US Army Tribunal in Nuremberg in the Hostages Trial on a charge of having massacred thousands of Serbian civilians. He committed suicide in prison. Life and career Franz Böhme was born in Zeltweg in Styria, Austria on 15 April 1885. He entered the Austro-Hungarian Army in October 1900 as a cadet and was commissioned as a lieutenant in an infantry regiment in 1905. He served in World War I and remained in the Austrian Bundesheer after 1918, transferring to the Wehrmacht on the Anschlu ...
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Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps, south of Berchtesgaden; the Berchtesgaden National Park stretches along three parallel valleys. The Kehlstein mountain (), with its '' Kehlsteinhaus'' (Eagle's Nest) is located in the area. Etymology ''Berchtesgaden'', Upper Bavaria (Achental), earlier ''Perchterscadmen'', ''Perhtersgadem'', ''Berchirchsgadem'', ''Berchtoldesgadem''; the word underwent a Latin distortion of Old High German ''parach'', Romance ''bareca'' 'hay shed'. After the basic meaning was forgotten, a variant word of Old High German ''gadem'' 'room, one-room hut' was added, implying the same meaning: 'hay shed'. Cf. Old High German ''muosgadem'' 'spice room'. There was a folk etymology that supported a derivation based on the legendary figure of ''Frau'' Perchta (Berchta), a woman (''Holle ...
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Alfred Jansa
Feldmarschalleutnant Alfred Johann Theophil Jansa von Tannenau, (16 July 1884 in Stanislawow – 20 December 1963 in Vienna) was an Austrian Army Officer. Alfred Jansa's father was Emanuel Jansa, a colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army. His mother was Anna von Meyer. During World War I he held different positions on the Serbian, Italian and Russian fronts, including being Austrian liaison officer to the Bulgarian Army (1915–1916). Jansa married Judith Reviczky von Revisnye on 8 April 1919. In 1930 he was the Commander of the Niederösterreich Brigade, until he was appointed the Austrian Military attaché in Berlin in 1933. Afterwards, he was made Chief of Staff of the Austrian Army in 1936. Prior to the Anschluss Jansa and his staff had developed a scenario for Austria's defense against a German attack. Chancellor of Austria Kurt Schuschnigg was under considerable pressure from Germany, including the demand to remove Jansa from his office. The Berchtesgaden agreement ...
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Sigismund Ritter Schilhawsky Von Bahnbrück
Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of the High German word "Sieg" (victory): ''sigis'', obviously Gothic and an inferred Germanic form, and there is a younger form: ''sigi'', which is Old Saxon or Old High German ''sigu'' (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as ''Sigismund'' and ''Sigimund'' (see Ernst Förstemann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', 1906; Henning Kaufmann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', Ergänzungsband, 1968). Its Hungarian equivalent is Zsigmond. A Lithuanian name Žygimantas, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from Lithuanian ''žygis'' "campaign, march" + ''manta'' "goods, wealth" has been a substitution of the name ''Sigismund'' in the Lithuanian language, from which it was adopted by the Ruthenian language as ...
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