The German Army Training Schools (german: Schulen des Heeres) are the training establishments of the

German Army The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...

, alongside the

Army Training Centres The Army Training Centres (german: Zentren des Heeres), together with the Army Training Schools (''Schulen des Heeres''), form the training establishments of the German Army within the '' Bundeswehr''. They are subordinated to the German Army Offic ...

(''Zentren des Heeres'').

Command

The training schools are subordinated to the

Army Office The Army Office (german: Heeresamt, HA) in Cologne was one of the two command pillars of the German Army, alongside the Army Forces Command (''Heeresführungskommando, HFüKdo''), until both were merged to create the current Army Command (''Komm ...

. The commander of all training schools is the Deputy Head of the Army Office. Most of the German Army training schools are responsible for the continuation training of a specific arm of service. The commander of each school is usually also the General of the Artillery,

General of the Infantry General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to: * General of the Infantry (Austria) * General of the Infantry (Bulgaria) * General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Impe ...

, General of the Armoured Corps, etc. This appointment, despite the name, may be filled by a colonel ('' Oberst''); most however are filled by an officer holding the rank of brigadier general ('' Brigadegeneral''). Since 2008 the Commander of Army Training Schools has been Brigadegeneral Heinrich Fischer who is based in the

at Cologne.

Organisation

The individual training schools are: * School of NBC and Self-Protection (''ABC- und Selbstschutzschule'') at Sonthofen * School of Artillery (''Artillerieschule'') at Idar-Oberstein ** OABtl Idar-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein Officer Training Battalion (''Offizieranwärterbataillon'') at Idar-Oberstein * School of Mountain and Winter Warfare (''Gebirgs- und Winterkampfschule'') at Mittenwald * Heeresfliegerwaffenschule (Bundeswehr)

School of Army Aviation (''Heeresfliegerwaffenschule''), Bückeburg * School of Infantry (''Infanterieschule'') at Hammelburg ** OABtl Hammelburg

Hammelburg Officer Training Battalion (''Offizieranwärterbataillon Hammelburg'') * School of Airborne and Air Transport (''Luftlande- und Lufttransportschule'') at Altenstadt * Army Officer Training School (''Offizierschule des Heeres'') at Dresden * School of Engineering and Army Construction Engineering College (''Pionierschule und Fachschule des Heeres für Bautechnik'') at Ingolstadt * Land Systems School of Technology and Army Technical College (''Technische Schule Landsysteme und Fachschule des Heeres für Technik'') at

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

* Army NCO Training School (''Unteroffizierschule des Heeres'') at Weiden,

Delitzsch Delitzsch (; Slavic: ''delč'' or ''delcz'' for hill) is a town in Saxony in Germany, 20 km north of Leipzig and 30 km east of Halle (Saale). With 24,850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsach ...

, Münster The officer cadets carry out their service in officer training battalions that are attached to two arms schools and at the Army Air Defence Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Heeresflugabwehrtruppe'')

External links

Website mit Links zu den Schulen des Heeres
German Army (1956–present)

Command

Organisation

See also

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