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r Heeresgeschichtliches . Hall of the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Commanders
Museum Radetzky In the entrance hall, Practical Information
1848–66
56 life-size marble Arsenal, Ghegastrasse Objekt 18,
This impressive museum of army history is housed in a statues of supreme A-1030. Tel 795610. Open 9am–
commanders of the
single block of the military complex called the Arsenal, army decorate the piers 5pm daily. Closed 1 Jan, Easter
which was built as a fortress in 1856. Theophil Hansen leading to the staircase. Sun, 1 May, 1 Nov, 25 & 31 Dec.
7 8 e - = ∑ hgm.at
designed the museum itself, which chronicles Austria’s
military history from the 16th to the mid-20th century. Transport
@ 13A to Hauptbahnhof, 69A.
Exhibits relate to the Turkish siege of 1683, the French < Hauptbahnhof. v 18, O, D.
Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Visitors should not
miss seeing the car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand First floor
was assassinated, or the modern armaments used in the
war that the murder precipitated.

. Turkish Standard
The central part of this
banner contains the
Islamic creed from
the Koran: “There is no
god but God, and
Mohammed is his
prophet.” It was
captured from the
Ground floor Turks before the siege
of 1683 (see p28).
Sea Power Republic and
Façade of Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Austria Dictatorship
1918–45
10-Pounder
Mortar
This cannon is
engraved with
the two-headed
Tank Park Habsburg eagle
Situated behind the museum are and the monogram
armoured vehicles used by of Karl VI.
the Austrian army from
1955, as well as some that
belonged to the German
army that occupied Austria. Key
Tank park
Main entrance from 16th–19th centuries
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Ghegastrasse 19th and 20th centuries
On 28 June 1914 the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Non-exhibition space
and his wife Sophie von Hohenberg paid a visit to Sarajevo. Gavrilo Museum Guide
Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the couple, provoking an The museum is housed on two
international crisis that later resulted in World War I. The museum floors. To view it in chronological
houses the car in which the couple were killed. order, begin on the first floor on
the left, where exhibits relating to
the Turkish siege are displayed. Memorabilia
Other rooms chronicle the various of Franz
18th-century wars and Napoleon’s Ferdinand,
victory over Austria. The 19th- and including
20th-century displays, including his uniform,
heavy artillery used in World War I, portrait and the
are on the ground floor. There is car in which he . To the Unknown Soldier (1916)
also a “tank garden” located was assassinated, The Tyrolean artist Albin Egger Lienz created a potent
behind the museum. is exhibited here. symbol of modern mass warfare in this painting.

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