!!!Landsturm

Militia (Landsturm), comprised all men fit for military service who 
did not serve in the army or in the navy, Landwehr militia or 
replacement reserves, to fight foreign invasions. Tirol already had a 
Landsturm regulation in 1511, which dates back to the "Innsbrucker 
Libell", was renewed several times and was invoked in the rising of 
the Tirolean peasants in 1809. In Austria-Hungary service in the 
Landwehr militia was compulsory for the 1%%sup st/%  contingent from 
the age of 19 to 37 and for the 2%%sup nd/%  contingent from the age 
of 38 to 42.  Landwehr.


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