Military units to which Czech recruits would typically be assigned. Data provided reflects situation for mid-1914.
The k.u.k. Infantry
k.u.k. Silesian Infantry Regiment „Kaiser“ Nr. 1
5th Infantry Division - I. Army Corps
Ethnicity: 82% German; 15% Czech; 3% Other
Recruitment District: Opava
Garrison: Headquarters, II.,III. Battalion: Kraków (ul. Warszawska Kronprinz-Rudolf Kaserne) – I. Battalion: Mostar – IV. Battalion Opava
Commandant: Oberst Adalbert von Kaltenborn
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment „Erzherzog Karl“ Nr. 3
12th Infantry Division – II. Army Corps
Nationality: 83% Czech; 10% Hungarian; 7% Other
Recruitment District: Kroměříz
Garrison: Headquarters, II., III. Battalion: Teschen – IV. Battalion: Kroměříz – I. Battalion: Doboj
Commandant: Oberst Heinrich Freiherr von Testa
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Karl Stephan" Nr. 8
Raised: 1642 – II. Army Corps – 4. Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 31% German; 67% Czech; 2% Other
Recruitment District: Brno
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II.,IV. Battalion: (Radetzkygasse 4 – Franz-Josef-Kaserne) Brno – III. Battalion: Trebinje
Commandant: Oberst Robert Trimmel
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment Johann Georg Prinz von Sachsen Nr. 11
Raised: 1629 – VIII. Army Corps – 19th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 20% German; 79% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Písek
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,III.IV. Battalion: Prague – II. Battalion: Prachatice
Commandant: Oberst Walter Ritter Schreitter von Schwarzenfeld
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Leopold Salvator" Nr. 18
Raised: 1682 – IX. Army Corps – 10th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 23% German; 75% Czech; 2% Other
Recruitment District: Hradec Králové
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,III.,IV. Battalion: Hradec Králové – II. Battalion: Nevesinje
Commandant: Oberst Franz Otathal Edler von Ottenhorst
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Graf von Abensperg und Traun" Nr. 21
Raised: 1733 – IX. Army Corps – 10th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 87% Czech; 13% Other
Recruitment District: Čáslav
Garrison: Headquarters; III.,IV. Battalion: Kutná Hora – II. Battalion: Čáslav – I. Battalion: Brčko
Commandant: Oberst Heinrich Teisinger
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Viktor Emanuel III. König von Italien" Nr. 28
Raised: 1698 – VIII. Army Corps – 3. Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 95% Czech; 5% Other
Recruitment District: Prague
Garrison: Headquarters, I. Battalion: Prague – II. Battalion: Schlanders – III. Battalion: Innsbruck – IV. Battalion: Malè
Commandant: Oberst Ferdinand Sedlaczek
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Sterneck" Nr. 35
Raised: 1683 – VIII. Army Corps – 19. Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 39% German; 60% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Plzeň
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II.,IV. Battalion: Plzeň – III. Battalion: Kalinovik (Bosnia-Hercegovina)
Commandant: Oberst Johann Ritter von Mossig
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Reichsgraf Browne" Nr. 36
Raised: 1683 – IX. Army Corps – 8. Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 95% Czech; 5% Other
Recruitment District: Mladá Boleslav
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,III. Battalion: Bruneck – II. Battalion: Niederndorf – IV. Battalion: Mladá Boleslav
Commandant: Oberst Rudolf Müller
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Ernst August Herzog von Cumberland, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg" Nr. 42
Raised: 1685 – IX. Army Corps – 29. Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 86% German; 14% Other
Recruitment District: Terezín (later Litoměřice)
Garrison: Headquarters, II.,III. Battalion: Terezín – I. Battalion: Kadaň – IV. Battalion: Nevesinje
Commandant: Oberst Carl Wöllner
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment "Alt-Starhemberg" Nr. 54
Raised: 1661 – I. Army Corps – 5th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 30% German – 64% Czech – 6% Other
Recruitment District: Olomouc
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,III.,IV. Battalion: Olomouc – II. Battalion: Krnov
Commandant: Oberst Joseph Hrozný Edler von Bojemit
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment „Albrecht von Württemberg“ Nr. 73
Raised: 1860
Recruitment District: Cheb
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II., III. Battalion: Prague – IV. Battalion: Cheb
Commandant: Oberst Alfred Steinsberg
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Schönaich" Nr. 74
Raised: 1860 – IX. Army Corps – 29th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 36% German; 63% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Jičín
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II. Battalion: Liberec – III. Battalion: Sarajevo – IV. Battalion: Jičín
Commandant: Oberst Richard Bertolas
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment Nr. 75
Raised: 1860 – VIII. Army Corps – 3rd Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 20% German; 79% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Jindřichův Hradec
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II.,IV. Battalion: Salzburg – III. Battalion: Jindřichův Hradec
Commandant: Oberst Franz Wiedstruck
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Waldstätten" Nr. 81
Raised 1883 – II. Army Corps – 4th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 30% German; 69% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Jihlava
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II.,III. Battalion: Jihlava – IV. Battalion: Bileca
Commandant: Oberst Eugen Lüttner Edler von Krinnersdorf
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment Nr. 88
Raised: 1883 – VIII. Army Corps – 19th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 26% German; 72% Czech; 2% Other
Recruitment District: Beroun
Garrison: Headquarters, II.,III. Battalion: České Budějovice – I. Battalion: Jindřichův Hradec – IV. Battalion: Beroun
Commandant: Oberst Anton Graf Berchtold Freiherr von und zu Ungersch
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Czibulka" Nr. 91
Raised: 1883 – VIII. Army Corps – 9th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 54% German; 45% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: České Budějovice
Garrison: Headquarters, II.,III. Battalion: Prague – I. Battalion: Tivat – IV. Battalion: České Budějovice
Commandant: Oberst Hermann Eccher ab Echo und Marienberg
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry-Regiment „Edler von Hortstein“ Nr. 92
IX. Army Corps – 29th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 80% German; 20% Other
Garrison: 1911 – 1914: Headquarters, III., IV, Battalion Terezín – I. Battalion: Chomutov, II. Battalion: Kalinovik
Commandant: Oberst Wilhelm von Reinöhl
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment Nr. 93
Raised: 1883 – I. Army Corps – 5th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 60% German; 35% Czech; 5% Other
Recruitment District: Šumperk
Garrison: Headquarters, III.,IV. Battalion: Kraków – I. Battalion: Bihac – II. Battalion: Šumperk
Commandant: Oberst Carl Haas
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Koller" Nr. 94
Raised: 1883 – IX. Army Corps – 29th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 76% German; 22% Czech; 2% Other
Recruitment District: Turnov
Garrison: Headquarters, III.,IV. Battalion: Liberec – I. Battalion: Jaroměř – II. Battalion: Turnov
Commandant: Oberst Joseph Zenkl Edler von Bunaberg
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "von Rummer" Nr. 98
Raised: 1883 – IX. Army Corps – 10th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 28% German; 68% Czech; 4% Other
Recruitment District: Vysoké Mýto
Garrison: Headquarters, II.,III. Battalion: Jaroměř – I. Battalion: Prčanj (by Kotor / Montenegro) – IV. Battalion: Vysoké Mýto
Commandant: Oberst Carl Alscher
k.u.k. Moravian Infantry Regiment Nr. 99
Raised: 1883 – II. Army Corps – 4th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 60% German; 37% Czech; 3% Other
Recruitment District: Znojmo
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,II.,IV. Battalion: Vienna – III. Battalion: Znojmo
Commandant: Oberst Felizian Krasel
k.u.k. Silesian-Moravian Infantry Regiment "von Steinsberg" Nr. 100
Raised: 1883 – I. Army Corps – 12th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 27% German; 33% Czech; 37% Polish; 3% Other
Recruitment District: Český Těšin
Garrison: Headquarters, I.,IV. Battalion: Kraków – II. Battalion: Banja Luka – III. Battalion: Český Těšin
Commandant: Oberst Heinrich Trichtel
k.u.k. Bohemian Infantry Regiment "Potiorek" Nr. 102
Raised: 1883 – VIII. Army Corps – 9th Infantry Division
Ethnicity: 91% Czech; 9% Other
Recruitment District: Benešov
Garrison: Headquarters, III.,IV. Battalion: Prague – I. Battalion: Mostar – II. Battalion: Benešov
Commandant: Oberst Hugo Kornberger
The k.u.k. Field Jägers
k.u.k. Bohemian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 1
Raised: 1808 – XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 122. Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 62% German; 36% Czech; 2% Other
Recruitment District: Terezín
Garrison: Tione di Trento (Judikarien / Trentino)
k.u.k. Bohemian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 2
Raised: 1808 – XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 16th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 74% Czech; 26% German
Recruitment District: Hradec Králové
Garrison: Lienz
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Hugo Mayer
k.u.k. Moravian-Silesian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 5
Raised: 1808 – III. Army Corps – 6th Infantry Division – 12th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 39% German; 25% Czech; 25% Polish; 11% Other
Recruitment District: Olomouc
Garrison: Tarvisio
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Carl Pöscheck
k.u.k. Bohemian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 6
Raised: 1808 – XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 122nd Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 69% Czech; 30% German; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Plzeň
Garrison: Sillian
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Franz Kahler
k.u.k. Bohemian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 12
Raised: 1813 – XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 15th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 67% Czech; 32% German; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Kraków
Garrison: Cavalese
Commandant: Major Dante Bontadi
k.u.k. Silesian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 16
Raised: 1849 – XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 96th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 56% German; 34% Czech; 10% Other
Recruitment District: Opava
Garrison: Levico Terme
Commandant: Major Karl Lerch
k.u.k. Moravian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 17
Raised: 1849 – III. Army Corps – 6th Infantry Division – 12th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 63% Czech; 36% German; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Brno
Garrison: Judenburg
Commandant: Major Rudolf Dückelmann
k. u. k. Bohemian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 22
XIV. Army Corps – 8th Infantry Division – 121st Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 50% German; 49% Czech; 1% Other
Recruitment District: Cheb
Garrison: Borgo Valsugana (In the same year moved here from Tione di Trento)
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Wenzel Köbe
k.u.k. Moravian Field Jäger Battalion Nr. 25
Raised: 1849 – II. Army Corps – 25th Infantry Division – 49th Infantry Brigade
Ethnicity: 75% Czech; 22% German; 3% Other
Recruitment District: Brno
Garrison: Vienna
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Arnold Barwick
The k.u.k. Dragoons
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Kaiser Franz I.“ Nr. 1
Raised: 1768 – IX. Corps – 5th Cavalry Division – 9th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 48% Czech; 46% German; 6% Other
Garrison: Headquarters + 6. Esk.: Pardubice (1914 verlegt von Most) - 1. + 4. Esk. Most - 2. Esk. Terezín - 3.Esk. Josefstadt - 5. Esk. Bohdaneč
Commandant: Oberstlieutenant Artur Waraubek
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Graf Paar“ Nr. 2
XI. Corps – 8th Cavalry Division – 15th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 61% Czech; 26% German; 13% Other
Garrison: Headquarters/5. Esk.: Ternopil – I. DivKdo/2./3.Esk.: Chortkiv – II. DivKdo/4./6. Esk.: Terebovl – 1.Esk. Zalishchyky
Moravian Dragoon Regiment „Friedrich Franz IV. Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin“ Nr. 6
X. Corps – 6th Cavalry Division – 5th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 61% Czech; 38% German; 1% Other
Garrison: Headquarters/4. Esk. Przemyśl – I.DivKdo/1.Esk./3.Esk. Hruszów – 2. Esk. Jaworów – II.DivKdo/5.Esk./6.Esk. Horodok
Commandant: Oberst Alfred Edler von Rettich
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Herzog von Lothringen“ Nr. 7
XI. Corps – 8th Cavalry Division – 13th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 50% Czech; 50% German
Garrison: Headquarters/I.Division Ivano-Frankivsk - II. Division Kolomyia
Commandant: Oberstleutnant Stanislaus Krousky
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Graf Montecuccoli“ Nr. 8
X. Corps – 6th Cavalry Division – 5th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 58% Czech; 42% Other
Garrison: Headquarters:, I. Div: Jarosław - II. Div: Radymno
Commandant: Oberst Viktor Bauer von Bauernthal
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Fürst von Liechtenstein“ Nr. 10
I. Corps – 7th Cavalry Division – 11th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 62% Czech; 29% German; 9% Other
Garrison: 1914 Headquarters Kraków (Gertrudy ulica 12) 50° 3′ 24″ N, 19° 56′ 27″ O 1.Esk./2.Esk Zakrzówek - 3. Esk. Pódgorze - 4.Esk./5.Esk./6.Esk Kobiezsyn
Commandant: Oberst Jaroslav Dworak
Moravian Dragoon Regiment „Kaiser“ Nr. 11
Raised: 1688 – II. Corps – 3rd Cavalry Division – 10th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 90% Czech; 10% Other
Garrison: 1912 - 1914 Headquarters/I. DivKdo/3.Esk. Brno - II.Div/1.Esk./2.Esk Hodonín
Commandant: Oberst Theodor Freiherr Mayer-Maly von Vevanovic
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Nikolaus Nikolajewitsch Großfürst von Rußland“ Nr. 12
Raised: 1798 – I. Corps – 7th Cavalry Division – 20th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 50% Czech; 40% German; 10% Other
Garrison: Headquarters, I. Olomouc, II. Bzenec
Commandant: Oberst Nikolaus Karapancsa Edler von Kraina
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Eugen Prinz von Savoyen“ Nr. 13
Raised: 1682 – VIII. Corps – 1st Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 51% Czech; 48% German; 1% Other
Garrison: Headquarters, II. Klatovy, I. Stříbro
Commandant: Oberst Paul Ritter Regner von Bleyleben
Bohemian Dragoon Regiment „Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz“ Nr. 14
Raised: 1725 – VIII. Corps – 1st Cavalry Brigade
Garrison: Headquarters + 3. Esk. Brandýs nad Labem - 1. Esk. Stará Boleslav - 2. + 5. Esk. Prague - 4. + 6. Esk. Dobřany
Commandant: Oberst Durchlaucht Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
The k.u.k. Uhlans
Bohemian Uhlan Regiment „Alexander II. Kaiser von Rußland“ Nr. 11
Raised: 1814 – IX. Corps – 9th Cavalry Brigade
Ethnicity: 65% Czech; 35% German
Garrison: Pardubice
Commandant: Oberst Friedrich Prochaska