The Royal Hungarian () or Royal Hungarian (), commonly known as the (;
collectively, the ), was one of the four
armed forces
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( or ) of
Austria-Hungary
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from 1867 to 1918, along with the
Austrian Landwehr, the
Common Army and the
Imperial and Royal Navy. The term ''honvéd'' was used to refer to all members of the Hungarian land forces in 1848-49, but it was also used to refer to enlisted
private
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soldiers without a rank.
History

The word ''honvéd'' in Hungarian (sometimes "honved" in English sources) means "defender of the homeland" and first appeared during the
1848 revolutions. At that time it was the name given to volunteers who were engaged for several weeks or ''a gyözelemig'' (i.e. "until victory") and sent to fight the
Serbs
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and
Croats
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. Subsequently, the bulk of the fighting was against the
Empire of Austria, whereupon a number of regular imperial regiments went over to the Hungarian side. Some volunteers were attached to these existing regiments and some joined new regular regiments. Consequently, the term ''honvéd'' was used to refer to all members of the Hungarian land forces in 1848-49. The Honvéd was finally defeated by Austria with Russian assistance.
Around 40% of the private soldiers in the Hungarian Revolutionary Volunteer Army consisted of ethnic minorities of the country.
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During the Hungarian revolution, around half of the officers and generals of the Hungarian Honvéd Army had foreign origin. There were at least as many ethnic Hungarian professional officers in the Imperial Habsburg army as in the Hungarian revolutionary Honvéd army.
Following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
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, the Royal Hungarian Honvéd was restored for Hungary, and the Imperial-Royal Landwehr
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was created for Austria, but both states had to continue to finance the Austro-Hungarian Common Army, much larger than both. A common Austro-Hungarian War Ministry was formed immediately for the large Common Army, but it had no right to command directly the smaller Austrian Landwehr and the Hungarian Honvéd armies, which were respectively placed under the direct control of the separate Austrian and Hungarian Ministries of Defence. The Austrian and Hungarian Ministers of Defence were not placed under the command and jurisdiction of the Common War Ministry; they were subordinated only to their own prime ministers and the respective parliaments in Vienna and Budapest. The Hungarian Honvéd army could join the imperial army only with the explicit authorization of the Hungarian government.
The monarch became the supreme warlord, holding all authority over the structure, organization, and administration of the army. He appointed the senior officials, had the right to declare war, and was the commander-in-chief of the army.
On 21 May 1893 the Honvéd Memorial was unveiled in Budapest
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in commemoration of the deeds of the Hungarian national army during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
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-49. From 1919 to 1945, ''Honvédség'' was also a name given to the Royal Hungarian Army
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.
Structure
The Hungarian Landwehr consisted of territorial units from the Hungarian half (called Transleithania or the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen
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) of Austria-Hungary
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, the historical territory of the Kingdom of Hungary
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: These territories included what is present-day Hungary
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, Slovakia
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(so-called Upper Hungary) and parts of the present-day countries of Austria
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(Burgenland
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), Croatia
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, Romania
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(Banat
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, Crișana
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, Maramureș
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, Transylvania
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), Serbia
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(Banat
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, Vojvodina
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), Slovenia
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(Prekmurje
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) and Ukraine
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( Transcarpathia).
Usually the term ''Landwehr
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'' implies units of limited fighting power. This was not the case in the Hungarian Honvéd. Although weaker in numbers - there were only three battalion
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s per infantry
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regiment
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instead of the usual four in the Common Army - the troops were regular combat soldiers and were highly trained.
The Royal Hungarian Honvéd was divided into the Hungarian Honvéd and the Royal Croatian Home Guard (also called the Croatian-Slavonian Landwehr). The Croatian–Hungarian Settlement of 1868 granted the Croats the right to introduce Croatian as their working and command language within their units. In addition, the Croatian-Slavonian Honvéd units were subordinated to the '' Ban'' in Agram and not to the National Defence Minister in Budapest
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. However, both Ban and the Defence Minister were subordinated to the Prime Minister of Hungary
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.
Recruitment
In peacetime the officers of the Hungarian Honvéd either transferred from regular Hungarian regiments of the Common Army (K.u.K.) or graduated from the Ludovika Military Academy (a cadet school opened in 1872 specifically for the training of Honvéd officer
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s) in Budapest. From 1869 onward the rank and file soldiers of the Honvéd were recruited as part of the general conscription process of the Common Army with individual Hungarian conscripts being allocated to specific K.u.K. or Honvéd regiments according to the numbers required. Entry to the Honvéd contingent or to the Common Army was decided by drawing lots. Enlisted at the age of 21 the Honvéd soldier usually undertook 24 months of active service before passing into the reserve. The commitment for compulsory service ended at the age of 36.
Landwehr districts
*I Landwehr District – Budapest
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:M.kir. I budapesti honvéd kerületi parancsnokság
*II Landwehr District – Szeged
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:M.kir. II szegedi honvéd kerületi parancsnokság
*III Landwehr District – Kassa (Kaschau; now Košice, Slovakia)
:M.kir. II kassai honvéd kerületi parancsnokság
*IV Landwehr District – Pozsony (Pressburg; now Bratislava, Slovakia)
:M.kir. IV pozsonyi honvéd kerületi parancsnokság
*V Landwehr District – Kolozsvár (Klausenburg, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
:M.kir. V kolozsvári honvéd kerületi parancsnokság
*VI Landwehr District – Zagreb
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(Agram)
:M.kir. VI zágrábi horvát-szlavon kerületi parancsnokság
Formations and units of the Royal Hungarian Honvéd
The Royal Hungarian Honvéd was the standing army of Hungary. A part of the Honvéd was the Royal Croatian Home Guard (''Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo''), which consisted of 1 infantry division (out of 7 in the Honvéd) and 1 cavalry regiment (out of 10 in the Honvéd). Its order of battle at the outbreak of the First World War
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in 1914 was as follows (Hungarian designations listed in singular form):
* 6 Landwehr districts (''honvéd katonai kerület'')
* 2 infantry divisions (''honvéd gyalogos hadosztály'')
* 2 cavalry divisions (''honvéd lovassági hadosztály'')
* 4 infantry brigades (''honvéd gyalogosdandár'')
* 12 independent infantry brigades (''honvéd önálló gyalogdandár'')
* 4 cavalry brigades (''honvéd lovasdandár'')
* 32 infantry regiments (''honvéd gyalogezred'')
* 10 regiments of hussars (''honvéd huszárezred'')
* 8 field artillery regiments (''honvéd tábori ágyúsezred'')
* 1 horse artillery battalion (''honvéd lóvontatású tüzérosztály'')
In 1915, units of the whole Army that had nicknames or honorific titles lost them by order of the War Ministry. Thereafter units were designated only by their numerical designation, but the practice of honoric titles remained in the Honvéd.
All details relate to the year 1914:
Infantry divisions
*20th Honvéd Infantry Division – Nagyvárad
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*:Commander: Feldmarschalleutnant Friedrich von Csanády
**39th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Nagyvárad
**:Commander: Major General Koloman Patzák
**40th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Szatmárnémeti
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**:Commanding Officer: Colonel Béla Tarnáky
*41st Honvéd Infantry Division – Budapest
*:Commander: Feldmarschalleutnant Johann Nikić
**81st Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Budapest
**:Commander: Major General Eugen Perneczky
**82nd Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Veszprém
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(Wesprim)
**:Commander: Major General Rudolf Schamschula
Independent infantry brigades
*45th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Szeged
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*:Commander: Major General Rudolf Seide
*46th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Lugos
*:Commander: Major General Lehel Festl
*73rd Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Pozsony
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Paul von Nagy
*74th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Nyitra
*:Commander: Major General Franz Cvrček
*75th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Kolozsvár
*:Commander: Major General Karl Lippner von Nagyszentmiklós
*76th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Nagyszeben
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Adalbert Benke von Tardoskedd
*77th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Kassa
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Desiderius Molnár von Péterfalva
*78th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Miskolcz
*:Commander: Major General Josef Foglár
*79th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Budapest
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*:Commander: Major General Koloman Tabajdi
*80th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Pécs
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*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Johann Háber
*83rd Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Agram
*:Commander: Major General Nikolaus Ištvanović von Ivanska
*84th Honvéd Infantry Brigade – Osijek
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*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Daniel Kolak
Cavalry divisions
*5th Honvéd Cavalry Division Budapest
*:Commander: Feldmarschalleutnant Ernst Anton von Froreich-Szábo
**19th Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – Budapest
**:Commander: Major General Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg
**23rd Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – Zalaegerszeg
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**:Commanding Officer: Colonel Baron Colbert Zech
*11th Honvéd Cavalry Division – Debreczen
*:Commander: Major General Julius Freiherr Nagy von Töbör-Éthe
**22nd Landwehr Cavalry Brigade – Szeged
**:Commanding Officer: Colonel Karl Czitó
**24th Landwehr Cavalry Brigade – Kassa
**:Commanding Officer: Colonel Ladislaus Jóny von Jamnik
Infantry regiments
Cavalry regiments
*1st Budapest Honvéd Hussars
**19th Honvád Cavalry Brigade – 5th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Colbert Zech von Deybach Freiherr von Hart und Sulz – Debachi Zech Colbert
*2nd Debreczen Honvéd Hussars
**22nd Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 11th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Johann Flór – Flór János alezredes
*3rd Szeged Honvéd Hussars
**22nd Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 11th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Árpád Cserépy von Kisruszka – Kisruszkai Cserépy Árpád alezredes
*4th Szabadka Honvéd Hussars
**I and II Sqns, 23rd Honvéd Infantry Division
**III and IV Sqns, 20th Honvéd Infantry Division
**V and VI Sqns, 41st Honvéd Infantry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Nikolaus Jankovich von Jeszenicze – Jeszeniczai Jankovich Miklós alezredes
*5th Kassa Honvéd Hussars
**24th Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 11th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Paul Hegedüs – Hegedüs Pál ezredes
*6th Zalaegerszeg Honvéd Hussars
**23rd Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 5th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Ladislaus Forster von Szenterzsébet – Szenterzsébeti Forster László alezredes
*7th Pápa Honvéd Hussars
**23rd Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 5th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Johann Graf Lubienski – Gróf Lubienski János ezredes
*Pécs Honvéd Hussars 8
**19th Honvéd Cavalry Brigade – 5th Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Alexius Thege von Konkoly – Konkoly Thege Elek alezredes
*9th Maros-Vásárhely Honvéd Hussars
**24th Honvéd Cavalry Brigade -1st Honvéd Cavalry Division
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Koloman Géczy von Garamszeg – Garamszegi Géczy Kálmán ezredes
*10th Varazdin Honvéd Hussars
**I and II Sqns, 36th Honvéd Infantry Division
**III and IV Sqns, 42nd Honvéd Infantry Division
**V and VI Sqns, 13th Honvéd Infantrybrigade
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Alois Hauer – Hauer Alajos alezredes
Field artillery regiments
*1st Regiment of Artillery – 1. honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Budapest – 4th Honvéd Infantry Division – I Landwehr District
*:formed: 1913
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Anton Hellebronth von Tiszabeö – Tiszabeöi Hellebronth Antal ezredes
*2nd Regiment of Field Artillery – 2 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Nagyszeben – 23rd Honvéd Infantry Division – V Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Ladislaus Thaisz – Thaisz Lázló alezredes
*3rd Regiment of Field Artillery – 3 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Kassa – 39th Honvéd Infantry Division – III Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich Loidin – Loidin Henrik alezredes
*4th Regiment of Field Artillery – 4 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Nyitra – 37th Honvéd Infantry Division – IV Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Mattanovich – Mattanovich Sándor alezredes
*5th Regiment of Field Artillery – 5 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Maros-Vásarhely – 38th Honvéd Infantry Division – V Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Egon Stráner – Sztráner Jenő alezredes
*6th Regiment of Field Artillery – 6 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Agram – 42nd Honvéd Infantry Division – VI Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Sekulić – Sekulić Rezső alezredes
*7th Regiment of Field Artillery – 7 honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Hajmaskér – 41st Honvéd Infantry Division – VII Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Colonel Gustav Kapp – Capp Gusztáv alezredes
*8th Regiment of Field Artillery – 8th honvéd tábori ágyúsezred
*:Garrison: Hajmaskér – 20th Honvéd Infantry Division – II Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
*:Commanding Officer: Colonel Albert Pohl – Pohl Albert ezredes
*1st Honvéd Horse Artillery Division – honvéd lovastüzér osztály
*:Garrison: Szeged – 11th Honvéd Cavalry Division – II Landwehr District
*:formed: 1914
Museum coverage
The history of Austro-Hungarian forces is documented in detail in the Military History Museum in Vienna, which was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I
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as the Imperial-Royal Court Armaments Museum (''k.k. Hofwaffenmuseum''). In a special display cabinet in Hall V (the Franz Joseph Hall) of the museum, several uniforms of the Imperial Royal Landwehr are displayed, a relief on the rear of the cabinet shows the territories from which the Hungarian Landwehr and the Imperial Royal Landwehr recruited.[Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck: ''Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum Wien. Saal VI - Die k.(u.)k. Armee von 1867-1914'', Vienna, 1989, p. 25.]
References
Literature and sources
* Allmayer-Beck, Johann Christoph and Lessing, Erich (1974). ''Die K.u.k. Armee. 1848–1918'' ("The Imperial and Royal Army 1848-1918"), Verlag Bertelsmann, Munich, 1974, .
* k.u.k. Kriegsministerium ''Dislokation und Einteilung des k.u.k Heeres, der k.u.k. Kriegsmarine, der k.k. Landwehr und der k.u. Landwehr'' ("Location and Organization of the k.u.k. Army, the k.u.k. Navy, the k.k. Landwehr and the k.u. Landwehr") in Seidel's ''kleines Armeeschema'' – published by Seidel & Sohn, Vienna, 1914
* Rest, Stefan, Ortner, M. Christian and Ilmig, Thomas (2002). ''Des Kaisers Rock im 1. Weltkrieg'' ("The Emperor's Coat in the First World War"). Verlag Militaria, Vienna.
* k.u.k. Kriegsministerium (1911/12). ''Adjustierungsvorschrift für das k.u.k. Heer, die k.k. Landwehr, die k.u. Landwehr, die verbundenen Einrichtungen und das Korps der Militärbeamten'' ("Dress Regulations for the k.u.k. Army, the k.k. Landwehr, the k.u. Landwehr, the Associated Organizations and the Corps of Military Officials"), Vienna.
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