Heeressport#
Sports Activities in the Austrian Armed Forces, section "physical education and sports" (including physical education, competitive sports, promotion of sports) section of the Federal Ministry of Defence; physical education and competitive sports in the army are covered by the Heeressport- und Nahkampfschule (HSNS, military sports and close combat school), an important factor in the training of top sportsmen in Austria. The Oesterreichischer Heeressportverband (OeHSV, Austrian military sports association), founded 1967 and comprising 83 military sports clubs and 28,839 members (1993), is responsible for the promotion of sports.
Publications#
Heeressport, 1968ff.; federal army service regulation/physical education, 1994.Literature#
Heeressport 20 (1987); E. Federanko, Koerperausbildung und Sport im oesterreichischen Bundesheer, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1987.