cadet school ?

[Mark C. Yerger]

Apologies if I'm asking in the wrong of 2 Imperial forums.

I'm trying to find out the year(s) of the initial pre-WW I class at cadet school Braunschweig and if its faculty ever wore any specific shoulder or other insignia. Any data on the school itself, when started being built, heads of the school, building architect, etc also of interest. The school continued in WW II until destroyed in 1944.

Any help or direction to sources appreciated.

Best
Mark

[joerookery]

Mark,

There is some sort of disconnect here. Perhaps there was a school prior to the signing of the convention in the 1880s. However, not in that city during the Imperial timeframe.

You could enter into a lower cadet school and eventually graduate from an upper cadet school. Movement between civilian schools, and cadet schools certainly happened in both directions. The lower cadet schools were entitled Voranstalt. There were eight Prussian lower cadet schools: Bensberg, Köslin (formerly) Culm, Karlsruhe, Naumburg, Oranienstadt, Plön, Postdam, and Walstadt. There was also a lower cadet school in Dresden, Saxony and one in lower Bavaria. The Prussian upper cadet school was called the Hauptkadettenanstalt (HKA) located at Gross-Lichterfelde. Prussian, Württemberg, and Saxon cadets aspired to attend the Prussian upper cadet school.

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[Mark C. Yerger]

My mentioned school was built well prior to the 3rd Reich period as an Army facility.

But as yet don't know when or dates of the first cadet class.

[kuerassier7]

The building was the castle of the duke of Braunschweig till 1918.
here some infos (only in german) and pictures:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunschweiger_Schloss