The commemorative event dedicated to the 213th anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz will be held on the 30th november, 1st and 2nd december 2018. The main points of program will be the saturday battle re-enactement under the Santon hill (14:00), with approx. 1000 participants in uniforms, 60 horses and 15 cannons, and the sunday act of piety at the Peace monument, the place of the hardest fight of the battle of Austerlitz (12:00).
The commemorative event dedicated to the 209th anniversary of the battle of Znaim with about 200 napoleonic re-enactors will take place from the 6th till the 8th july 2018. The program comprises camp life of the armies, exercice and maneuvers, a battle re-enactment, or a series of lectures on history of the war of 1809.
158 re-enactors with 13 horses and 3 cannons came this year to Valtice to take part in the Napoleonic Maneuvers of the Central European Napoleonic Society. Photo Jaroslav Švanda
About 150 napoleonic re-enactors will take part at the event that will offer the visitors a unique possibility to see the military life in the early 19th century; the event is held as a main preparation of the CENS troops for the 2018 campaign.
The Austerlitz 2017 event has been attended, as per tradition, by the Saint-Cyr military school cadets.
We wish all the good people all the best for 2018, 1818, 1808 and 1798.
Austerlitz 2017 as seen by the camera of Pája Junek. We thank all participants and partners and wish you Merry Christmas and a happy new year full of success! Long live Austerlitz 2018!
Photos from the 212th anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz.
We would like to thank all participants of the Austerlitz 2017 event for their discipline, patience and passion. We also thank all who supported the event, which was the 20th Austerlitz event held within the Project Austerlitz since 1998.
At Austerlitz the Emperor Napoleon is portrayed by Mark Schneider, presetn at Austerlitz in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. He has also been Napoleon at many other important re-enactment events like Waterloo (Plancenoit) 2005–2010, Jena 2006 and 2011, Erfurt 2007, Sarzana 2011, Borodino 2012, Rueil-Malmaison 2012, 2014, 2017 and others.