Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim

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Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim
- HMusKorps Veitshöchheim -

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internal association badge
Lineup May 1, 1962
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Force Base
Branch of service Military music service
Strength 54 men
Insinuation ZMilMusBw Wappen.png Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr
Location Veitshochheim
commander
ladder Lieutenant Colonel Roland Kahle

The Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim (HMusKorps Veitshöchheim), until September 30, 2013 Army Music Corps 12 (HMusKorps 12) based in Veitshöchheim is a music corps of the Bundeswehr . As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr, the Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim was subordinated to the Bundeswehr Military Music Center and is therefore part of the armed forces base .

tasks

The most important task of the Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim is troop support at home and abroad. In addition to countless appearances at military ceremonies, such as vows , roll calls and the great tattoo in predominantly southern Germany, the military orchestra was also deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina , Kosovo , Afghanistan and Djibouti as part of troop support . The operational area includes Franconia , Tauberfranken and the Upper Palatinate .

Representing the Bundeswehr in public is the second task of the Veitshöchheim Army Music Corps. The benefit concerts are particularly popular. The orchestra offers the listener a wide repertoire. It ranges from the traditional military march, transcriptions of classical overtures, operettas, original compositions for symphonic wind orchestras to film music to big band arrangements and the like. In an international context, the Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim represented the German Armed Forces at performances in Great Britain , France , Denmark , Norway , Austria , Spain , Czech Republic , Georgia , the Netherlands , Switzerland , the USA and Canada .

history

Soldiers of Army Music Corps 12 in August 1997

The Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim was set up on May 1, 1962 as Air Force Music Corps 5 in Fürstenfeldbruck . On April 1, 1963, the name was changed to Army Music Corps 13. On January 16, 1964, the location was changed to Nuremberg and on April 1, 1964, the name was changed to Army Music Corps 12. On October 1, 1965, Army Music Corps 12 was relocated to Veitshöchheim . At the end of 2002, Army Music Corps 12 was assigned to the division troops of the Air Mobile Operations Division (DLO) newly set up in Veitshöchheim . The equipment of the corps members with the burgundy red beret of the army aviators and airborne troops dates from this time. On October 1, 2013, the name was changed to Heeresmusikkorps Veitshöchheim and it was placed under the Bundeswehr Military Music Center .

Heads of the Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim

  • 1962–1965 Captain Ludwig Kühlechner
  • 1965–1970 Major Hermann Schwander
  • 1970–1973 Major Gerhard Schulz
  • 1973–1976 Major Simon Dach
  • 1976–1984 Major Bernd Faber
  • 1984–1991 Major Volker Wörrlein
  • 1991–1993 Captain Friedrich Szepansky
  • 1993–2002 Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Bruckhaus
  • 2002–2006 Lieutenant Colonel Bernd Faber
  • 2007–2015 Lieutenant Colonel Burkard Zenglein
  • 2015 – today Lieutenant Colonel Roland Kahle

From January to March 2007, Captain Martin Wehn ​​was in charge of the Army Music Corps Veitshöchheim until it was finally taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Zenglein.

Description of the coat of arms

The association badge of the Heeresmusikkorps Veitshöchheim shows a lyre on a white background under the red Franconian rake of the coat of arms of the former 12th Panzer Division . The lyre stands for military music and the white is the weapon color of the military musicians of the Bundeswehr .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press and information service of the armed forces base: Solemn ceremony on the occasion of the change of subordination of the Army Music Corps to the Center for Military Music of the Bundeswehr. www.streitkraeftebasis.de, September 16, 2013, accessed on October 13, 2013 .

Web links

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 38 "  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 11"  E