Prussian Military Academy

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Fassade Unter den Linden 74, erbaut 1845/25 von Karl Friedrich Schinkel als vereinte Artillerie- und Ingenieurschule

Fassade des Lehrgebäudes an der Dorotheenstraße 58/59, entworfen von Franz Schwechten (1883)

Lageplan der Kriegsakademie mit dem Lehrgebäude an der Dorotheenstraße und dem aufgrund der vornehmen Lage 1878/79 zu Dienstwohnungen umgebauten Teil Unter den Linden

The Prussian Military Academy (German: Preußische Kriegsakademie) or Prussian War Academy was the military academy of the Kingdom of Prussia. Founded by Gerhard von Scharnhorst in Berlin in on October 15, 1810, it was restructured after World War I and dissolved following World War II.

Graduating from the academy was a prerequisite for appointment to the Prussian General Staff (later the German General Staff). Carl von Clausewitz was one of its first students in 1801, while other attendees included Field Marshals von Steinmetz, von Moltke, and von Blumenthal in the 1820s and 1830s.

[edit] See also

• United States Military Academy at West Point, United States
• Imperial Defense College, United Kingdom
• Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires, France
• List of government-run higher-level national military academies

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