We are preparing the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), the Battle of the Three Emperors – Austerlitz 2025, which will take place on 28-30 November. We expect 1500 participants from 15 countries, 100 horses, 20 cannons, and a programme including a commemorative event in Kučerov (26 November), fires on the Žuráň hill (28 November), the re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz on the battlefield under Santon near Tvarožná (29 November) and the act of piety at the Peace Monument near Prace (30 November). The event is prepared within the Austerlitz Project by the Central European Napoleonic Society, the municipalities of Tvarožná and Prace and Austerlitz z.s.
At Austerlitz, the Emperor of the French, Napoleon I, decided the campaign of 1805, the war of the third anti-French coalition, within a few hours. The defeated Tsar Alexander I and his army left Central Europe; the war between France and Russia continued until 1807 with the Battle of Friedland and the signing of the Peace of Tilsit. Emperor Francis I of Austria agreed to the terms of the armistice signed on 6 December at the Castle of Austerlitz and later to the hard terms of the peace of Pressburg on 26 December 1805. The harshness of the terms and Napoleon’s growing influence in Germany led after three years to an escalation of tensions between Austria and France, the War of 1809, which culminated again in South Moravia, near Znojmo. The Napoleonic epic continued with the campaign into Russia, the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1813-1814, culminating in the Battle of Waterloo.
The commemorations are not a celebration of Napoleon or his victories, and certainly not a celebration of the war or the battle. The international political and war events that profoundly affected Europe in their time, and divided it long afterwards, have in hindsight become a means of meeting and a common interest for many people from many countries. The aim of the events is to commemorate and promote knowledge of a common European history.
Preliminary programme
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- 17:00 – 18:00 Kučerov – meeting with Napoleonic soldiers, battle on the village square and parade
Friday, 28 November 2025
- 17:30 Fires on the Žuráň hill, organised by the municipality of Podolí
Saturday, 29 November 2025
- 07:30 Žuráň, Sun of Austerlitz, parade of the French units
- 09:00 Tvarožná, line-up of the coalition army
- 10:30 – 12:00 Santon, battlefield – infantry and cavalry manoeuvres
- 14:00-15:30 Re-enactment of the Battle of the Three Emperors – Tvarožná
Sunday, 30 November 2025
- 12:00 Act of piety at the Peace Monument
Programme subject to change.