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Re: Seeking Austrian army records prior to WWI
Jason AtkinsonFeb 18, 2020 9:12 AM (in response to joan stachnik)
1 person found this helpfulDear Ms. Stachnik,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
For records of the Austro-Hungarian military services, to include personnel files of officers, petty officers, soldiers and public servants of the armed forces from around 1740 to 1918, contact the Vienna Kriegsarchiv within the Austrian State Archives. Their website is here: https://www.statearchives.gv.at/kriegsarchiv-information-in-briefWe hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
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Re: Seeking Austrian army records prior to WWI
joan stachnik Feb 18, 2020 1:16 PM (in response to Jason Atkinson)Thank you, I will try this source. joan
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Re: Seeking Austrian army records prior to WWI
joan stachnik Feb 21, 2020 11:34 AM (in response to Jason Atkinson)Hi Jason, I just wanted to provide follow-up on your suggestion. I did contact the Austrian State Archives regarding military records for those serving in the Austrian army in the early 1900s. Per the Archives, after the fall of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918, military records for persons (born 1850 to 1900) from areas outside the borders of modern day Austria did not reach the Austrian archives. These records were kept by/sent to the "successor states" and mostly destroyed. (Assuming Google translate is correct.)
The Austrian State Archives replied very quickly to my email. Their full response in German is below (they accept questions in German or English but all responses are in German). Thank you for the suggestion. joan
Die Personalunterlagen der k. u. k. bewaffneten Macht (Militär-Grundbuchsblätter und
Stellungslisten) für die Geburtsjahrgänge 1850-1900, sofern sie Personen betreffen, die ihr
Heimatrecht außerhalb der Grenzen der heutigen Republik Österreich besessen hatten, sind
nach dem Zerfall der Habsburger Monarchie (1918) nicht in das Wiener Kriegsarchiv gelangt. Sie
sind gemäß den Friedensbestimmungen von Saint-Germain (1919) in den Nachfolgestaaten
verblieben, wo sie zum Großteil vernichtet wurden.
Das Kriegsarchiv Wien verwahrt lediglich subsidiäre Unterlagen über Auszeichnungen und
Kriegsverluste des Ersten Weltkrieges 1914-1918 (Belohnungsanträge, Spitalsvormerkblätter
sowie Karteien von Gefallenen, Verwundeten, Vermissten und Kriegsgefangenen).
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