page_title: Standschützen
section_title: Vorarlberg
hierarchical_section_title: Standschützen / Garrison and recruiting locations / Vorarlberg
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Enneberger Standschützen mit ihrem Kommandanten, Major Kostner. English: Standschützen from Enneberg with their CO, Major Kostner.
context_page_description: The Standschützen were originally rifle guilds and rifle companies that had been formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, and were involved time and again in military operations within the borders of the Austrian County of Tyrol. A Standschütze was a member of a Schützenstand, into which he was enrolled, which automatically committed him to the voluntary, military protection of the state of Tyrol. In effect they were a type of Tyrolean local militia or home guard.
  Even though the regular army was already stationed in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg, voluntary Standschützen were often called up, for example in the War of the First Coalition of 1796–1797, the revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Sardinian War of 1859 and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The highlights of their military involvement, however, were undoubtedly their struggle for freedom under Andreas Hofer against their Bavarian and French occupiers, culminating in the Battles of Bergisel, and their mobilization during the First World War.
caption: Standschützen from Enneberg with their CO, Major Kostner
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