Austrian and Prussian Items at Burg Forchtenstein

Officers Austrian Infantry Regiment 33 (Note the chaplain in the upper left)

Dear Reader,

Over the weekend, I had the distinct pleasure of being able to visit Burg Forchtenstein, just south of Vienna, near the border with Hungary. While there, I took the standard tour, and then as a result of the kindness of my guide, Zoltán Kacsmarik, was able to return to the eighteenth-century rooms for some additional photos.

Burg Forchtenstein from the Southwest

Prussian Enlisted Tent, with officers of Austrian Hussar Regiment Nr. 24 (Esterhazy)

Prussian Officer's Tent, captured 1758, front

Prussian Officer's Tent, captured 1758, interior

Plug Bayonet, late-17th/early 18th Century

More officers of Regiment 33, Austrian (Grenadier) Cartridge Pouches

Sword Belts, Late 18th Century/Napoleonic

Drum, Austrian, mid-to-late 18th Century

Sabertaches, Hussar Regiment 24 (?) Austrian, 18th Century

Artillery Train Wagon, late 18th century, likely Austrian

Various Prussian items, captured at Hochkirch, 1758

Austrian camp kettles and cartridge pouches, 1797 (?)

Like my recent post regarding the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, this is very much the highlight reel of my visit, I took over 260 photographs of mainly eighteenth-century items. I'll attempt to give a more full accounting when I return from Europe at the end of the summer.

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Thanks for Reading,

Alex Burns