Researching in the Kriegsarchiv

What we can do for you – and what we cannot

I wish to order archival material for personal consultation in the reading room of the Central Archives, 1030 Vienna

I wish to order digital copies of archival material

I wish to publish reproductions of archival material in print, display them in an exhibition or publish them online

I am looking for information on generals and admirals (period before 1868)

I am looking for an officer, NCO or common soldier (period before 1740)

I am looking for an officer, NCO or private soldier (period 1740–1820)

I am looking for an NCO or a private soldier (period 1820–1868)

I am looking for an officer (period 1820–1868)

I am looking for an officer, an NCO or a private soldier from the period 1868–1918 (after the introduction of conscription)

I am looking for a naval officer or a sailor of the Imperial-Royal or Imperial and Royal (Austro-Hungarian) Navy

I am looking for an officer/NCO/private soldier of the 1. Österreichisches Bundesheer 1918–1938

I am looking for an Austrian-born officer/NCO/private soldier of the German Wehrmacht 1938–1945

I am looking for information on students at military schools and academies (pre-1918)

I am looking for information on military decorations awarded to officers, NCOs and common soldiers (18th–20th centuries)

I would like to know where precisely an officer, NCO or private soldier served or saw action during the First World War (1914-1918)

I am looking for information on Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war in enemy captivity (1914-1918)

I am looking for information on enemy prisoners of war in Austro-Hungarian captivity

I am looking for civilians held in Austro-Hungarian custody

I am looking for information on Austro-Hungarian soldiers who died in the First World War

I am looking for the war grave of an Austro-Hungarian soldier (1914-1918)

I am looking for World War I court-martial files of a specific case

I am looking for entries in military parish registers (“Militärmatriken”)

I am interested in maps produced during the First (1764–1787) or Second (1806-1869) Military Survey

I am interested in maps produced during the Third Military Survey (1869–1887)

I am looking for cadastral (tax) records and maps

I am looking for cadastral maps and related documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina

I am looking for census results

I am looking for war letters and egodocuments from the front (1914-1918)

I am interested in ship plans of Austro-Hungarian warships

I am looking for portraits of generals, officers and soldiers

I am interested in World War I photographic material

I am interested in aerial photographs

I am interested in military artefacts (weapons, equipment, uniforms, medals, etc.)

I cannot read pre-1941 German cursive (handwriting)