The historic 7th Dragoon Regiment ‘Herzog von Lothringen und Bar’ held its now traditional spring parade on Saturday, 18 April 2026, blessed with fantastic weather.
The insignia troop from our long-standing partner, the Heeresunteroffiziersakademie Enns Enns (HUAk Enns), was also in attendance, as was a delegation from the Peace Keepers, the LIR2 Linz regimental band led by music director Ing. Michael Sfnauer, the Aigen-Schlägl band under music director Georg Dumfart, the honour guard of the Regau Battalion under Major iTR Hubert Niederfriniger, as well as traditional units from the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Germany and Austria, plus civic corps and guards from all over Austria – a total of more than 400 people! Many guests of honour – from the military and politics – also attended the event at the main square of Linz.
At 2.00 pm, the parade began at Schiller Park under the command of 1st Lt iTR Mag. Johannes Teuschl and proceeded along Landstraße, flanked by a large crowd of spectators, to the main square. There, the unit reported to Colonel Rudolf Halbartschlager, MA, MSD, of the HUAk Enns, and one verse of the national anthem as well as one verse of the imperial anthem were sung as a tribute to the traditional units.
Following the welcome address to the guests of honour and the units by the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Major iTR Alexander Sascha Eckhardt, MBA, the cleric of the regiment, Chaplain Mag. Jakob Stichlberger, led the religious service.
The intercessions were traditionally recited in Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovenian, Italian and German. Two salutes were then fired.
Following the first verse of the provincial anthem and the march-out of the HUAk Enns insignia troop, the programme included a parade in front of the Old Town Hall and a reception in the foyer of the Old Town Hall.
We would like to thank our partner, HUAk Enns, for their support.
Text: Colonel iTR Johann Marian Eckhardt, Kons.
Photos: Roswitha and Georg Schaller
