Buttons of the Austro-Hungarian Regiments

For easy differentiation, it should be written straight away that the Land Defence Regiments are the ones with a number. They were the units in which our great-grandfathers did their basic military service. The regiments didn't have button numbers, they were distinguished by their colour. Thanks to Pilot I can add some photos to this article, if you have other numbers I will be happy to add them. The information given in the article corresponds to 1915, for some units I am missing some information, if anyone has it I will be happy to add it.

Infantry Regiments

Regiment number 1 - Headquarters Vienna, Vienna replenishment district. The unit was commanded by Colonel Alexander Dini. 3 infantry battalions, all in Vienna.
Regiment Number 2 -Headquarters Linz, Linzreplenishment district. Unit commander Colonel Josef Kroupa. 3 infantry battalions, all Linz
Regimentnumber 3 - Headquarters Styrian Hradec, supplementary district Styrian Hradec. Unit commander Colonel František Flach. 1 and 3 Infantry Battalions of Št. Hradec, 2nd Battalion Lubno.
Regiment number 4 - Headquarters Celovec, supplementary district Celovec. Unit commander Colonel Bedřich of Eckhardt. 1 and 2 Hermagor Battalion, 3 Celovec.
Regimentnumber 5 - Headquarters Pulje, supplementary district Pulje. Unit commander Colonel Richard Keki. All three battalions in Pulje.
Regiment number 6 - Headquarters Cheb, Cheb replenishment district. Unit commander Colonel Adolf Hausmann. All three battalions in Cheb.
Regiment number 7 - Headquarters Plzen, Plzen replenishment district. Unit commander Colonel Francis. 1 and 2 battalions in Pilsen, 3 battalion in Rokycany.
Regiment number 8 - Headquarters Prague, Prague replenishment district. Unit commander Colonel Albert. All three battalions in Prague.
Regiment number 9 - Headquarters Litoměřice, supplementary district Litoměřice. Unit commander Colonel Josef Hanisch of the Greiffenthal family. 1 and 2 battalions Litomerice, 3 battalion Chomutov.
Regiment number 10 - Headquarters Mladá Boleslav, supplementary district Mladá Boleslav. Unit commander Colonel Meisel. 1st and 2nd Battalions Mlada Boleslav, 3rd Battalion Turnov.
Regiment number 11 - Headquarters Jičín, supplementary district Jičín. Unit commander Colonel Emil Stangel. 1 and 2 battalions Jičín, 3 battalion Jaroměř.
Regiment number 12 - Headquarters Čáslav, supplementary district Čáslav. Unit commander Colonel Oskar Esch.
Regiment number 13 - Headquarters Olomouc, supplementary district Olomouc. Unit commander Colonel Emil Wank. 1 and 2 Battalions Olomouc, 3 Battalion Šumberk.
Regiment number 14 - Headquarters Brno, supplementary district Brno. Unit commander Colonel Gustav of Zygadlowicz. 1 and 3 Battalions Brno, 2 Battalion Jihlava.
Regiment number 15 - Headquarters Opava, supplementary district Opava. Unit commander Colonel Emil Pattay. 1 and 2 battalions Opava, 3 battalion Hranice na Moravě.
Regimentnumber 16 - Headquarters Kraków, supplementary district Kraków. Unit commander Colonel Henry of Durfeld. All three battalions Cracow.
Regimentnumber 17 - Headquarters Rzeszow, supplementary district Rzeszow. Unit commander Colonel Edmund Lober. All three battalions Rzeszów.
Regiment number18 - Headquarters Přemyšl, supplementary district Přemyšl. Unit commander Colonel Eduard Bezdiczka. 1 and 2 battalions of Przemysl, 3 battalions of Sanok.
Regiment number19 - Headquarters Lvov, Lvov supplementary district. Unit commander Colonel Karel Jent. All three battalions Lvov
Regimentnumber 20 - Headquarters Stanislavov, Stanislavov supplementary district. Unit commander Antonin Kosel.
Regimentnumber 21 - Headquarters St. Hypolit, supplementary district Hypolit. Unit commander Colonel Eduard of Dietrich.
Regimentnumber 22 - Headquarters Černovice, supplementary district Černovice. The commander of the unit is Lieutenant Colonel Alois Gottl. 1 and 2 Battalions Černovice, 3 Battalion Radovec.
Regimentnumber 23 - Headquarters Zader, supplementary district Šibenik. Unit commander Alfred Pleskott.
Regiment number 24 - Headquarters Vienna, supplementary district Vienna. Unit commander Lieutenant Colonel Otto Richter. 1 and 2 Battalions Vienna, 3 Battalion Znojmo .
Regiment number 25 - Headquarters Kroměříž, supplementary district Kroměříž. Unit commander Colonel Karel Mader. All three regiments Kromeriz
Regiment number26 - Headquarters Maribor, supplementary district Maribor. Unit commander Colonel Vaclav Schonauer. 1 and 3 Battalions Maribor, 3 Battalion Celje.
Regiment number27 - Headquarters Ljubljana, supplementary district Ljubljana. Unit commander Colonel Karel Zahradniczek. 1 Battalion Ljubljana, 2 Battalion Gorice.
Regiment number 28 - Headquarters Písek, supplementary district Písek. Commanded by Colonel František of Veith. 1st and 3rd Battalions Písek. 2nd Battalion Benešov.
Regiment number 29 - Headquarters České Budějovice, supplementary district České Budějovice. Unit commander Colonel Jan Wurja. 1 and 2 Battalions České Budějovice, 3 Battalion Jindřichův Hradec.
Regiment number 30 - Headquarters Vysoké Mýto, supplementary district Vysoké Mýto. Unit commander Colonel Rudolf Kasal. All three battalions Vysoké Mýto.
Regiment number 31 - Headquarters Těšín, supplementary district Těšín. Unit commander Colonel Emil Maculan. 1 and 2 battalions Těšín.
Regiment number 32- Headquarters Nový Sandec, supplementary district Nový Sandec. Commander of the unit Silvestr z Lukanovič. 1 Battalion Tarnov, 2 and 3 Battalions Novy Sandec.
Regimentnumber 33 - Headquarters Stryj, supplementary district Stryj. Unit commander Colonel Ludvík Hromátka. All three battalions of Stryj.
Regimentnumber 34 - Headquarters Jaroslav, supplementary district Jaroslav. Unit commander Ferdinand Wlaschutz. All three battalions Jaroslav.
Regimentnumber 35 - Headquarters Zločov, supplementary district Zločov. Unit commander Alfred Regenermel. All three battalions Zločov
Regimentnumber 36 - Headquarters Kolomya, Kolomya supplementary district. Unit commander Frantisek Pfeifer. All three battalions Kolomya.
Regimentnumber 37 - Headquarters Gravosa, Kastelnuovo supplementary district. The commander of the unit, Colonel Franz Grossmann. 1 and 3 battalions Gravosa, 2 battalion Baošič.

There were 37 regiments. We'll deal with the regular ones, 102 of them, next time. It is interesting how many Czech commanders appear in the Balkans and generally how large the representation was in all other units. I would also be quite interested to know if the commander of the 37th regiment, František Grossmann, was Tom's great-grandfather2? :)

C.K. Gendarmerie

Provincial Gendarmerie Headquarters (1915)

No.1 Vienna: Commander Colonel Gustav Gautsch of Frankenthurn
No.2Prague: Commander Colonel Václav Řezáč
No.3 Innsbruck:Commander Lieutenant Colonel Jiří Corá
No.4 Brno: Commander Colonel Leopold Trummer
No.5 Lvov: Commander Colonel Maxmillian Hagauer
No.6 Thurs.No
.7Trieste: Commander Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Vogelhuber
No.8 Linz:Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Kresb
No.9Zader: Lieutenant Colonel Otto Selinka
No.10Opava: Commander Colonel František Pokorný
No.11 Solnohrady: CommanderColonel Jindřich Pajer
No.12 Ljubljana: Commander Lieutenant Colonel Bohuslav of Žírovnice
No.13 Černovice:Commander Major Eduard Fischer
No.14 Celovec: CommanderColonel Evžen Dabrowiez

Battalions of field hunters

Description of the headquarters, cadres and commanders in 1915

1. Headquarters in Tione, cadre Terezin. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Silvio Spiess of Braccioforte
2. Headquarters Lienz, Hradec Kralove cadre. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Mayer
3. Already in 1893 changed to 13th Battalion of Tyrolean Hunters
4. Headquarters Broumov n. J., cadre Rzeszow. Commander Major Felix Schulz
5.Headquarters Tarvis, cadre Olomouc. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Karel Poschek
6. Staff Sillian, Plzeň cadre. Commander Lieutenant Colonel František Kahler
7. StaffCanale, cadre Ljubljana. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Vilém Staufer
8. StaffBělák, Celovec cadre. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Julius Lustig from Preanfeld
9. Staff Kotschbach, cadre Styrian Hradec. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Schotsch
10.Staff Vigo di Fassa, St. Hypolite cadre. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Eswald Echer of Echo
11.Headquarters Gradiska, cadre Rab. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Norbert Frass
12.Headquarters Innsbruck, cadre Mlada Boleslav. Commander Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bontandi
13.Staff Cavalese, Cracow cadre. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ludvík of Stampfer
14. StaffMezzocorona, cadre Przemysl. Commanded by Major Alfred of Haakenstein
15. Changed in 1890 into a battalion of Tyrolean hunters
16.Staff Levico. Commander Major Karel Lerch
17. Staff Judenburk, cadre Brno. Commanded by Major Rudolf Dunke
18. Staff Rjeka, cadre Lvov.
19. Staff Čelovec, cadre Komárno
20. Staff Cormous, cadre Trieste
21. Headquarters Mitrovice, cadre Vienna
22. Headquarters Borgo, Commander Lieutenant Colonel Vaclav Ort
23. Staff Pančová, cadre Maroš-Vašarhely
24. Staff Rovigno, cadre Budapest. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Emerich Gero
25.Staff Vienna, Commanded by Arnold Barwik
26. It wasreplaced in 1890 by a battalion of Tyrolean hunters
27. Staff Hall, cadre Czernovice