Cadrul instituțional al pregătirii ofițerilor habsburgici și austro­-ungari
The Institutional Framework of Habsburg and Austro­Hungarian Officer Training

Summary/Abstract: From the middle of the 18th to the beginning of the 19th century, the educational institutions which trained military officers for the Habsburg army went through a period of change and modernization. Their predecessor institutions had been founded by nobles, the enlightened absolutist Habsburg monarchs (Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary Maria Theresa and her son and successor, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II). The highest military educational forum was the Military Academy located in Wiener Neustadt (modern-day Austria), which was founded in 1752 by Maria Theresa. Besides this institution, there also were some local institutions (like the Regiments – Knaben Erziehungshaus, which was basically a military boarding school for the boys of soldiers) which trained most of the officers’ corps. This situation became more complex after the middle of 19th century: the events and the aftermath of the Spring of Nations, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the introduction of the mandatory military service, and altogether the evolution and professionalization of the European armies had a large impact on the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s military institutions. The following paper aims to illustrate the evolution of the Habsburg and, later the Austro-Hungarian educational institutions that were responsible for the training of the military officers from 1752 to 1918.

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