The battle near Kolin-in Cz

[rsblack]

Hi All,there are some pics from The 7 years war in Europe.It was last weekend.

http://filip-t.rajce.idnes.cz/Bitva_u_Kolina_-_Krechor_cerven_2007/

 

[hawkeye1755]

Thanks Martin, great pics as usual. :bow:
:thumbsup:

 

[shmrck1]

rsblack,
Great pics! Thanks for sharing them.
snake-eyes:thumbsup:

 

[Riku]

Cool stuff rsblack :thumbsup:

 

[d.thomson]

Cool pics :thumbsup: :hatsoff: . I always like to see what other people around the world are into. Thanks for sharring. F.K.

 

[Teach]

Thanks Those are great pics :thumbsup:

 

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: Hey those are great pictures, it must be quite a spectacle and so different from our re-enactments.However I can see why my Hungarian grandmother never had a good word for the Czechoslovakians---she always said they were so warlike. Of course she never admitted the Hussar Regiments of her youth to be a Boy Scout troop either. :thumbsup:

 

[Leonredbeard]

rsblack,
It is so amazing to me that so many europeans have started celebrating American history. I'm glad you enjoy it. But you have such a long and varied history that I would think you would want to celebrate it. I find the length of your history humbling against the shortness of the history of the Americas.

I am particularly fascinated by the catapult and the trebushe. I would love to come over and have you demonstrate these for me.
volatpluvia

 

[Bartek]

Thank You very much. I was in Kolin maybe 8-10 years ago (?) I remember one gothic church (St. Martin ?) and very nice people in every tavern. And Czech beer off cours - much more cheap than in Poland haha :haha:

 

[rsblack]

Thank you for answer to my topic,I am happy,our camp and battle was very nice.B

 

[AaronT]

Wow, great pictures, thanks! I hope the valiant Austro-Hungarians sent the dastardly Prussians packing again!

 

[PreglerD]

Wow, great pictures, thanks! I hope the valiant Austro-Hungarians sent the dastardly Prussians packing again!

A little historical information. At this time it were only austrian troops. The empire of Habsburg (Austria) became offical double monarchie in the middle of the 19th century.The austrian imperor Franz II. was also king of Hungaria. This was done to give the Hungarians more rights so that they keep calm in the imperium and to prevent it from disturbing. In the late 19th century, beginning 20th century the son of the emperor Franz II., Ferdinand planed the same with Bohemia and Mähren (today CZ-republik), but was killed by an serbian terrorist at 28th of June 1914, WWI broke out.

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[colmoultrie]

True, until 1806 the Hapsburgs were still nominally the elected (from a very short list) Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, and had pretensions to large portions of what is now Germany, which also existed then as a geographic expression, not a country. Franz Ferdinand was not, however, Kaiser Franz Joseph's son - he had committed suicide with his mistress a decade or so before. He was, I beleive Franz Joseph's nephew, and far more liberal than the old Emperor, which is why Gavril Princep and the Black Hand assassinated him.

 

[AaronT]

True Kirrmeister, but the Austrian army included "Hungarian" regiments who had different uniforms and organization. I'm picking nits, though.

 

[PreglerD]

True, until 1806 the Hapsburgs were still nominally the elected (from a very short list) Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, and had pretensions to large portions of what is now Germany, which also existed then as a geographic expression, not a country. Franz Ferdinand was not, however, Kaiser Franz Joseph's son - he had committed suicide with his mistress a decade or so before. He was, I beleive Franz Joseph's nephew, and far more liberal than the old Emperor, which is why Gavril Princep and the Black Hand assassinated him.

You are right, Franz Ferdinand was his nephew,but the son who did suicide in Mayerling was Rudolph.

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[PreglerD]

True Kirrmeister, but the Austrian army included "Hungarian" regiments who had different uniforms and organization. I'm picking nits, though.

Thats right, but the army was not called Austro-hungarian, this came later as I posted.

The Prussians had also troops from outer Prussian, even from Hungary, the famous Husars. Which operated in the back of the austrian army and made raids down to Vienna.

Regards

Kirrmeister