Kaiserlich

Imperial referred to in the German language by staff from institutions and facilities in a first personal control of one Emperor.

The term is used mostly in connection with the Holy Roman Emperor as head of the Holy Roman Empire and later the Empire of Austria. In the early modern period, the term is connected with the universal standing over the other princes claim of the emperor. Support of an imperial office were recruited from throughout the Empire, with far-reaching privileges in the territories.

Examples of military, political and cultural institutions with " imperial actors " in the Holy Roman Empire are:

• Imperial Army and
• Imperial Empire Post

Of the Holy Roman Emperor ( until 1806 ) ( Habsburg, only wittelsbachisch 1742-1745 )

• Imperial royal stud at Lipica (1779 ), the Lipizzaner;
• Imperial Palace in Vienna;
• Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna;
• Imperial residence of Schönbrunn with Vienna;
• Imperial Court Music Orchestra

The tradition continued in the subsequent Empire of Austria and Austria - Hungary ( with the addition of royal ) away. The imperial soldiers stood in a special romanticized reputation ( loyalty ), and occasionally life-like names to this day, such as in some songs and Kaiserjägerstraße - band. In Switzerland, are linked with the term negative perceptions, which goes back to the protracted liberation struggles of the Confederation.

The term was not used in the German Empire of the 19th century.

More difficult is the assignment in the Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of Three Emperors.

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