Preußische Kriegsakademie
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The Preußische Kriegsakademie in Berlin, founded by Gerhard von Scharnhorst in 1801, was the military academy of Prussia. It was restructured after World War I and dissolved following World War II.
Carl von Clausewitz was one of its first members in 1801.
Having passed the academy successfully was necessary for becoming appointed to the Prussian General Staff, or later the German General Staff. Field Marshals von Steinmetz, von Moltke and von Blumenthal all attended in the 1820s and 1830s.
The education can be compared to:
- United States Military Academy at West Point, USA
- Imperial Defense College, United Kingdom
- Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires, France
- List of government-run higher-level national military academies
