"IR-17 KRONPRINZ"
MILITARY HISTORY GROUP

PONAZORITVENA SKUPINA
"IR-17 CESAREJEVIC"

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The "IR 17 - Kronprinz" re-enactment group is a group of devotees interested in historic uniforms and military history.

First to adorn colours of the 17th Infantry Regiment of "Kranjski Janezi" from Ljubljana were in January 2003 Janze Klun, Bogdan Vitez and Saso A.J.P. The activity was interrupted when the first two joined Slovenian Army, after it has been professionalised.

May 8th and 9th 2004 saw the debut of the renewed group. It's majority were members of "Zalar's Baon". As they soon devoted themselves to formation of new groups, such as "Patriot" and "Triglav" groups the next phase was characterised by fluctuating membership. The activity was kept alive mainly thanks to members of Ros family.

Year 2005 was marked by establishment of contacts with groups "BiH IR No1" from Prague, "IR49" from Vienna and "Isonzo Armee Kommando" from Ljubljana. Despite their work obligations the two founding members, Janze Klun and Bogdan Vitez found some time to join us again for Redipuglia event.

In 2006 other important things happened. We were joined by Korporal iTR Klement Mal and Zugsfuhrer iTR Marko Negrieski with his daughter Tjasa. Branko Pogladic and Bostjan Bacer became active again as well. The last to "officially" strengthen our numbers that year were Veljko Spacapan and Miha Eric. The rebirth of the group was demonstrated on trails to Krn Lake and above Vitovlje.

What makes us especially proud is the fact that our activity was endorsed by the last nameholder of the actual 17th Infantry Regiment, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, his excellency, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, whom we had honour to meet in person at his home Vila Austria near Munich on September 15, 2007. For all of us this was outstanding and very emotional occasion.

Since October 2007 the group is headed by Marko Negrieski, who has been promoted to Fanrich (iTR).

The photography above showing group during it's audience with Dr. von Habsburg was taken by Milan Eric. The group below was taken on July 1st 2007 in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana by Rafael marn. The two photographs below were taken on May 9th 2004 and November 6th 2005 at Monte Sei Busi on Karst (Carso, Kras) plateau near Redipuglia by Gianni Sclaunich of Monfalcone.

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Ponazoritvena skupina "IR-17, Cesarjevic" je skupina ljubiteljev starih uniform in vojaske zgodovine.

Prvi, ki smo si januarja leta 2003 nadeli barve 17. pespolka "kranjskih Janezov" iz Ljubljane smo bili Janze Klun, Bogdan Vitez in Saso A.J.P. Dejavnost je prekinila profesionalizacija Slovenske vojske, ki sta se ji prva od nastetih treh takoj pridruzila.

8. in 9. maja se je javnosti prvic predstavila prenovljena skupina, katere vecino so tedaj tvorili clani "Zalarjevega roja". Ker so se le-ti kmalu posvetili formiranju novih skupin, kot sta "Patriot" in "Triglav", je bila za naslednje obdobje znacilna fluktuacija clanstva. Skupina je nadaljevala z delom predvsem zahvaljujoc clanom druzine Ros.

Leto 2005 je zaznamovala vzpostavitev sodelovanja s skupinami in drustvi "BiH IR No1" iz Prage, "IR49" z Dunaja in "Isonzo Armee Kommando" iz Ljubljane. Dva ustanovna clana, Janze Klun in Bogdan Vitez sta kljub stevilnim obveznostim uspela najti cas, da se nam spet pridruzita v Sredipolju.

Leta 2006 se je zvrstilo se vec pomembnih dogodkov. Pridruzili so se nam korporal-iTR Klement Mal ter zugsfuhrer-iTR Marko Negrieski s svojo hcerjo Tjaso. Ponovno sta postala dejavna tudi Brane Pogladic in Bostjan Bacer. Zadnja, ki je tega leta "uradno" okrepila nase vrste, sta bila Veljko Spacapan in Miha Eric. Preporod skupine je bil opazen na pohodih na Krnsko jezero in nad Vitovlje.

Na kar smo se posebej ponosni, je vzpodbuda, ki jo je nasemu udejstvovanju izrazil zadnji lastnik dejanskega 17. pespolka, nekdanji avstro-ogrski prestolonaslednik, njegova visokost, nadvojvoda Oto Habsburski. Osebno smo ga imeli cast srecati 15. septembra 2007, ko nas je sprejel na avdijenco v svoji vili Austria nedalec od Munchna. Za vse nas je bilo to srecanje izjemen dogodek.

Od oktobra 2007 je poveljnik ponazoritvene skupine Marko Negrieski, ki je ob tej priloznosti napredoval v praporscaka (iTR).

Gornjo fotografijo skupine z Dr. von Habsburgom med sprejemom na njegovem domu je posnel Milan Eric. Spodnjo je 1. julija 2007 v ljubljanskem Tivoliju posnel Rafael marn. Nizji fotografiji, na kateri je skupina posneta 8. maja 2004 in 6. novembra 2005 na Grizi na Krasu blizu Sredipolja, je naredil Gianni Sclaunich iz Trzica (Monfalcone).

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