The Center of Leadership Culture of the German Armed Forces (german: Zentrum Innere Führung, abbreviated as ZInFü), in English officially referred to as the Center of leadership development and civic education, or unofficially and occasionally as Center of Inner Leadership is a military installation of the
Bundeswehr
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for cross-career training of civilian and military personnel as well as for research dealing with any matters concerning "leadership development and civic education" (official translation), namely leadership culture and self image of the German Bundeswehr.
Tasks
The Center of Leadership Culture defines itself as a training facility for ''Organizational culture'', leadership philosophy and military self-understanding. This leadership culture implies norms and values of the
German Basic Law to be embedded in the new German armed forces following World War II.
As a nationally recognized training facility with an international network, it has a leading responsibility for development, shaping and teaching German military leadership culture. At the same time, the Center of Leadership Culture is the focal training facility for developing individual leadership competence.
Under direct command of the
Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
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(GenInspBw),
it facilitates the continuous development of the Concept of Leadership and Leadership Culture of the Bundeswehr and serves as the according representative. In its location in Koblenz, military and to a lesser extent civil leaders receive a mission based training within the fields of Leadership, Political Education, Law and Military Discipline. This is supplemented by outbound coaching activities on a voluntary basis.
Moreover, the Center of Leadership Culture is the Central training Installation for the legal branch of the Bundeswehr, providing legal training for legal advisiors and military personnel alike. Also, it covers social or otherwise internal Issues of the German Armed Forces and issues dealing with security politics.
The aforementioned activities are communicated in a variety of media.
Organisation
It is led by a commander with the rank of a Major General, whereas the Inspector General's Commissioner for education and training has a double headed role as Deputy commander.
The
Bundeswehr Military History Museum and the
are separate offices under the command of the Center of Leadership Culture. Apart from that, it also has a branch office in
Strausberg
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History
Strausberg was founded ''circa'' 1240, and in 1333 its firs ...
.
History
The Center of Leadership Culture was founded in 1956 as the ''School of the Bundeswehr for Leadership Culture (InFüSBw)'' in
Köln
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, initially using hotel facilities and subsequently transferred to
Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
in 1957, taking over a former French Armed Forces Hotel. Since 1981, the installation bears the name ''Zentrum Innere Führung''. The ''Center of Leadership Culture'' is unter direct command of the
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) (BMVg) since 1 August 2017.
Awards
* 1992:
Fahnenband of the state of
Rheinland-Pfalz
* 2006: Wolf-Graf-von-Baudissin-Medal
Literature
* Georg Meyer: ''On the internal development of the Bundeswehr until 1960/61 (Translation of the German title)''. in:
Hans Ehlert
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: Beginnings of West German security policy. 1945–1956 (Translation of the German title). Volume 3: ''Die NATO-Option''. publication by
Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamt, Oldenburg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-51691-4, p. 851 ff.
* Zentrum Innere Führung (editor): ''Commemorative document on occasion of the 30th anniversary of the School of Innere Führung, Center of Leadership Culture, 1956–1986 (Translation of the German title)''. Preface by
Adalbert von der Recke, Koblenz 1986.
*
Hans-Joachim Reeb, Peter Többicke: ''Lexikon Innere Führung''. 4. Edition, Walhalla, Regensburg etc. 2014, ISBN 978-3-8029-6257-8, p. 292 ff.
*
Wolf Graf von Baudissin
Wolf Graf von Baudissin (8 May 1907 – 5 June 1993) was a German general, military planner and peace researcher. He was one of the developers of the concepts of ''Innere Führung'' (officially translated as "leadership development and civ ...
: ''Soldier for peace: Designs for a contemporary Bundeswehr''(Translation of the German title). München: Piper, 1970.
* Jens O. Koltermann: ''Citizen in Uniform: Democratic Germany and the Changing Bundeswehr'', 2012
References
External links
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Website of the Center of Leadership Culture in German
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Military research of Germany
Bundeswehr
1956 establishments in Germany
Military education and training in Germany