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German Army Command
The German Army Command () is the high command of the German Army of the Bundeswehr. The headquarters is also the staff of the Inspector of the Army, the most senior Army officer. It was formed in 2012, as a merger of the Army Office (Germany), Army Office (''Heeresamt''), Army Staff (Germany), Army Staff (''Führungsstab des Heeres''), and Army Forces Command (Germany), Army Forces Command (''Heeresführungskommando''), as part of a larger reorganization of the Bundeswehr. It is based at the von-Hardenberg-Kaserne in Strausberg, Brandenburg. The command supports the army inspector in performing his planning, command, control and control tasks. It ensures the operational readiness of the army in material and personnel terms and directs the subordinate units and departments: *Army Development Office (Amt für Heeresentwicklung), (Cologne) *Training Command (German Army), Training Command (Ausbildungskommando), (HQ Leipzig) *1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) (HQ Oldenburg (Oldenbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundeswehr Logo Heer With Lettering
The (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: German Army, German Navy, German Air Force and Cyber and Information Domain Service, which are supported by the Bundeswehr Support Area. , the had a strength of 180,215 active-duty military personnel and 80,761 civilians, placing it among the 30 largest military forces in the world, and making it the second largest in the European Union behind France. In addition, the has approximately 34,600 reserve personnel (2024). With German military expenditures at $88.5 billion (2024), the is the fourth-highest-funded military in the world, though military expenditures have until recently remained low at an average at 1.5% of national GDP, well below the non-binding NATO target of 2%. In 2024, Germany fulfilled NATO obligations of spending 2% of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has Bodies of water in Leipzig, several artificial lakes created from former lignite Open-pit_mining, open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Army Headquarters
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Units And Formations Of The German Army (1956–present)
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Structure Of The German Army
The following lists German active and reserve units within the structure of the German Army. Reserve units do not possess any heavy equipment and their personnel is intended as replacements for losses sustained by regular units. The German Army is commanded by the Inspector of the Army (''Inspekteur des Heeres'') based at the Army Command (Germany), Army Command (''Kommando Heer'') in Strausberg near Berlin. The training centers are supervised by the Army Training Command in Leipzig. The Army's combat formations comprise two Panzer (armoured) divisions and the lighter Rapid Forces Division. There are five heavy brigades and half a light infantry brigade in the two panzer divisions. Battalions and regiments are directly subordinate to brigades or to divisions as divisional troops. Regiments are rare. German infantry battalions field 1,000 men, considerably larger than most NATO armies. The list describes the current structure of the army, which replaced the previous structure NEW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtallendorf
Stadtallendorf is a town in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. It lies about east of Marburg. In 2010, the town hosted the 50th Hessentag state festival. Geography Location Under the German system of ''Naturräume'', Stadtallendorf lies in the West Hesse Depression zone (''westhessische Senkenzone'') which is divided into basins and ridges. With respect to these, the town lies on the Upper Hesse Ridge which separates the Amöneburg Basin in the west from the ''Schwalmbecken'' (another basin) in the east. On this ridge may also be found the Neustadt Saddle, abutted by the town's northeast edge. This upland is part of the Water divide, divide between the Rhine and Weser Drainage basin, watersheds. Neighbouring communities Stadtallendorf borders in the north on the town of Rauschenberg, Hesse, Rauschenberg (Marburg-Biedenkopf) and the community of Gilserberg (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the east on the town of Neustadt, Hesse, Neustadt, in the southeast on the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Forces Division
The Rapid Forces Division (), formerly Special Operations Division (), is an airborne division of the German Army that was activated in 2001 and received its current designation in 2014. Its headquarters staff is based at Stadtallendorf. It was created as 1st Airborne Division (''1. Luftlandedivision'') in 1956 and reflagged twice in 1994 and 2001 as Airmobile Forces Command/4th Division (''Kommando Luftbewegliche Kräfte/4. Division''), Special Operations Division and eventually Rapid Forces Division. The division leads three combat brigades and special forces troops, all of which are fully air-mobile. In June 2014, the Dutch 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade, 11th Air Mobile Brigade was fully integrated into the division as part of the binational military cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands and in 2017 the Romanian 81st Mechanized Brigade (Romania), 81st Mechanized Brigade followed suit. History Created in 1956, 1st Airborne Division's main tasks were to act as the backbone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veitshöchheim
Veitshöchheim () is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, northwest of Würzburg. Veitshöchheim has a population just under 10,000. It includes two villages: Veitshöchheim and Gadheim Attractions Schloss Veitshöchheim is located in the town. This summer palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg was built in 1680–82, and was enlarged to its present appearance in 1753 by Balthasar Neumann. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1755–1779), with lakes and waterworks, and filled with hundreds of allegorical sandstone sculptures from the workshops of the court sculptors Ferdinand Tietz and Johann Peter Wagner. Infrastructure Transport Veitshöchheim has a railway station near the Schloss with a former royal pavilion. Partner towns * Rotava, Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
The 10th Panzer Division () is an armoured division of the German German Army, Army, part of the . Its staff is based at Veitshöchheim. The division is a unit of the German Army's stabilization forces and specializes in Low intensity conflict, conflicts of low intensity. History This division was founded as the ''10. Panzerdivision'' of the new German Army in 1959. The 10th Panzer Division is a part of Germany's permanent contribution to Eurocorps, the other being the German contribution to the Franco-German Brigade which was subordinate to the division until 2006. After 1993 troops of this division participated in numerous overseas deployments. Among them were the first out-of-area land deployment operations for the ''Bundeswehr'' (in fact of any German military unit after World War II). Troops were deployed to Somalia (United Nations Operation in Somalia II, UNOSOM II) from 1993 to 1994 and to Bosnia and Herzegovina (IFOR) from 1995 to 1996 and stayed in this country until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
Oldenburg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Ollnborg'') is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is officially named Oldenburg (Oldb) (''Oldenburg in Oldenburg'') to distinguish from Oldenburg in Holstein. During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as ''Le Vieux-Bourg'' in French. The city is at the rivers Hunte and Haaren, in the northwestern region between the cities of Bremen in the east and Groningen (Netherlands) in the west. According to Germany's 2022 census, the city's population is 172,759. Oldenburg is part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region, which is home to approximately 2.8 million people. The city is the place of origin of the House of Oldenburg. Before the end of the German Empire (1918), it was the administrative centre and residence of the monarchs of Oldenburg. History Archaeological finds point to a settlement dating back to the 8th century. The first documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
The 1st Panzer Division () is an armoured division of the German Army. Its headquarter is based in Oldenburg. In the course of the last reorganisation of the Bundeswehr it became part of the Heavy Forces. The division is equipped and trained for high intensity combat operations against militarily organized enemies as well as peacekeeping missions. The majority of all German troops assigned to EU-Battlegroups and Nato Response Forces will come from this division. The 43rd Mechanized Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army is integrated into the 1st Panzer Division since 2016. History This division was formed on 1 July 1956, the day of the official inauguration of the Bundeswehr. It was the first fully operational unit of the new German Army. At first referred to as 1st Grenadier Division, it was reorganized in the 1980s and made fully armoured in 1981. During this period it was part of I Corps of the Bundeswehr Heer, in turn part of NATO's Northern Army Group, Allied For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Training Command (German Army)
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