Historical Context

This battalion represents the Landwehr militia raised from Bohemia and Moravia - the historic Czech lands that formed the industrial and agricultural heartland of the Habsburg Empire. Established as part of the 1809 military reforms, these territorial defense forces mobilized the male population to supplement regular army formations. Unlike the urban sophistication of the Vienna Volunteers, Bohemian and Moravian Landwehr drew heavily from rural populations - peasants, craftsmen, and townsmen defending their local territories.

The officer codes (AB-KK101 and AB-KK114) represent Hauptleute (captains) who provided professional military leadership to these militia formations. More distinctive is the mounted officer (AB-KK42a), representing the manor lords and local nobility who commanded units raised from their own subjects and tenants. This feudal element reflected the traditional social structure of the Czech lands, where noble landowners had tighter control over their subjects than in Austria. These Landwehr battalions fought throughout the 1809 campaign and returned to service during the Wars of Liberation (1813-1814), providing garrison troops, defensive formations, and supplementary forces for the regular army. 


AB-KK112 Bohemian Landwehr, standing x 27 figures
AB-KK113 Bohemian Landwehr, drummer x 1 figure
AB-KK114 Bohemian Landwehr, officer x 1 figure
AB-KK101 Austrian Landwehr, Inner/Lower/Upper Aust officer x 1 figure
AB-KK42a Hungarian/Grenzer Mounted Officer x 1 figure


Contains 31 figures: 30 foot + 1 mounted