Army Music Corps
Heeresmusikkorps (HMusKorps) were the units of the military music service of the Bundeswehr that were assigned to the major units of the army . On October 1, 2013, the last five Army Music Corps were subordinated to the Bundeswehr Military Music Center (ZMilMusBw) in Bonn and thus to the armed forces base .
Current Army Music Corps of the Bundeswehr
All existing Army Music Corps have had their current name since October 1, 2013.
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Established on April 1, 1991 as Army Music Corps 14 , from 2008 Military Music Corps I |
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Formation on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps II A , from March 16, 1959 Army Music Corps 1 |
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Formation on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps IV A , from March 16, 1959 Army Music Corps 2 |
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Established on July 1, 1956 as Musikkorps IV B in Idar-Oberstein , at the end of 1956 relocation to Koblenz. From March 16, 1959, Army Music Corps 5 , from May 1, 1985 Army Music Corps 300 |
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Established on May 1, 1962 as Air Force Music Corps 5 in Fürstenfeldbruck . From April 1, 1963 Army Music Corps 13 , on January 16, 1964 relocation to Nuremberg and from April 1, 1964 Army Music Corps 12 . Relocation to Veitshöchhei on October 1, 1965 |
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Established on July 1, 1956 as the VB Music Corps in Ellwangen (Jagst) . On October 1, 1958, relocation to Ulm and renaming to Army Music Corps 10 |
Former Army Music Corps of the Bundeswehr
Surname | Location | Former submission | Jurisdiction | Establishment / dissolution / whereabouts |
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Hanover | 1st Armored Division | Lower Saxony | Formation: July 1, 1956 (as Musikkorps II A), since October 1, 2013 HMusKorps Hannover |
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kassel | 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division | Hesse | Established July 1, 1956 (as Music Corps IV), since October 1, 2013 HMusKorps Kassel |
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Luneburg | 3rd Armored Division | dissolved | |
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regensburg | 4th Panzer Grenadier Division | dissolved | |
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Koblenz | 5th Armored Division | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland | from 1985 to 1993; renamed Army Music Corps 300 of the Special Operations Division ; since October 1st, 2013 HMusKorps Koblenz |
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Hamburg | 6th Panzer Grenadier Division | Hamburg | dissolved |
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Dusseldorf | 7th Armored Division | North Rhine-Westphalia | dissolved |
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 1st Mountain Division | Formation on March 16, 1959 as Army Music Corps 8; until September 30, 2013 Mountain Music Corps Garmisch-Partenkirchen; active as a mountain music corps of the Bundeswehr | |
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Stuttgart | 1st Airborne Division | dissolved | |
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Ulm | 10th Armored Division | Baden-Württemberg , Swabia, Upper and Lower Bavaria | Established October 1, 1958, active as HMusKorps Ulm |
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Bremen-Grohn | 11th Panzer Grenadier Division | dissolved | |
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Veitshochheim | 12th Panzer Division | Franconia , Tauberfranken , Upper Palatinate | Established in 1962 as Air Force Music Corps 5, from April 1, 1963 renamed Army Music Corps 13; later subordinated to the Air Mobile Operations Division; since October 1, 2013 HMusKorps Veitshöchheim |
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Muenster | 13th Panzer Grenadier Division | Thuringia , Saxony | Established in 1956 (as Musikkorps III B), renamed HMusKorps 7 in 1959, renamed HMusKorps 13 in 1962, renamed HMusKorps 100 in 1985, renamed Military Area Music Corps II in 2001, dissolved on June 30, 2007 |
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Neubrandenburg | 14th Panzer Grenadier Division | Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Established April 1, 1991, from 2008: Military Music Corps I; since October 1, 2013 as HMusKorps Neubrandenburg |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Uwe Walter: The structures and associations of the German army , part 1: I. Corps (1956-1995) . Edition AVRA, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-946467-32-8 , p. 40 ( limited preview in Google book search).