Army Officer School I

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Army Officer School I
- HOS I -

HOS I coat of arms.jpg
active 1956 to 1974
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Army officer school
Insinuation Army Office
Location Hanover

The army officers 'school I (HOS I) was the eldest of three army officers' schools for training of cadets of the Army . It existed from 1956 to 1974 and was based in Hanover . Its successor was the Army Officers School (OSH) in Hanover.

history

Lecture hall building HOS I, 1968
Officer's examination certificate, 1966

With the deployment order No. 7 (Army) of March 16, 1956, the Army Academy I was set up by the NORD deployment staff in the Emmich-Cambrai barracks in Hanover. A little later a military advance command arrived and the academy was renamed Army Officer's School I that same year. A US training command was also involved early on. As with other associations, subordination to the Troops Office (from 1970 Army Office) in Cologne took place in 1957 .

In 1958, a memorial was inaugurated in the vestibule of Block 17 for the officer candidates born in 1927 who died in World War II . In 1961 the traditional room was set up in the same block. For the 79th German Catholic Day in Hanover, a work week with German and foreign officers took place at the location. In 1963 HOS I was expanded to include the VII inspection.

Numerous politicians and high-ranking military officials were guests here; there was a lively exchange with international military academies such as the United States Military Academy (West Point), the ESM St-Cyr (Coëtquidan) and the École royale militaire (Brussels).

On July 5, 1974, in the course of the establishment of the two Bundeswehr colleges (1973) in Munich and Hamburg, the Army Officer Schools I to III were merged into the Army Officer School (OSH) in Hanover, later Dresden.

structure

The Army Officer's School I was structured as follows in 1966: At the top was the school commander, a brigadier general . The supporting command staff included the staff departments S1 to S4, the troop doctor and administration as well as a motor vehicle or device unit, a card or drawing station, a library and a film station. This was followed by two teaching groups (A and B), which were led by a colonel or a lieutenant colonel and of which the senior officer was also the deputy school commander. This was followed by three to four inspections each under a major as the disciplinary superior. These were in turn subdivided into three lecture halls , which were headed by the tactics instructor (major or lieutenant colonel). A lecture hall consisted of around 20 to 28 participants. In addition there were the lecture hall officers with the rank of first lieutenant or lieutenant . Inner leadership and general troop studies were a focus of the training . Teaching officers, civilian teachers and military chaplains also provided support.

coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a black shield , on which a silver so-called " paw cross " is depicted. There are three green oak leaves on it. The coat of arms is based on the Iron Cross from the 19th century. The dark coloring is intended to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Hanover War School (1934–1939) and School VIII for Fahnenjunker of the Infantry (1942–1945). The cross reminds of the Christian-occidental tradition. Green stands for chivalry and a peaceful and free future.

Commanders

Training battalion

The teaching battalion of Army Officer School I began its work on July 2, 1956. Some of the first officer candidates (Fahnenjunker) came from the ranks of the Federal Border Police, which was established in 1951 . In 1959 it was expanded to include the 13th Panzer Grenadier Battalion, renamed the HOS I training battalion (Panzergrenadier Battalion 21) in 1960 and relocated to Wesendorf in Lower Saxony in 1973 . In 1976 the original order was canceled and the name was changed to Panzergrenadierbataillon 13.

Training, education and upbringing

The establishment of army officer schools in the 1950s served to “standardize” training. The military history lessons, standardized in 1957 by a “basic program”, which covered a period from the Thirty Years' War to the end of the Second World War , gained importance in schools . Here taught u. a. Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried Fiedler and Rolf Elble Military and War History.

The HOS I offered particular undergraduate courses for the profession - time and - reserve officers at. In addition, it offered advanced courses for general staff officers, a course for staff sergeants , briefing and short courses for tactics and logistics teachers and a preparatory course for NCOs (Section 24 Soldiers' Career Ordinance ).

literature

  • School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966.

Web links

Commons : Heeresoffizierschule I  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rüdiger Wenzke , Irmgard Zündorf: "An iron curtain has come down." Military history in the Cold War 1945–1968 / 70 . In: Karl-Volker Neugebauer (Hrsg.): Basic course in German military history . Volume 3: The time after 1945. Armies in transition . Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58100-3 , p. 112.
  2. ↑ a b School Staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 27.
  3. ↑ a b School Staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 28.
  4. ↑ a b School Staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 29.
  5. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : Commission comes from compromise. The army of the Bundeswehr between the Wehrmacht and the US Army (1950 to 1970) . In: Helmut R. Hammerich, Dieter H. Kollmer , Martin Rink , Rudolf J. Schlaffer (Eds.): Das Heer 1950 to 1970. Concept, organization, deployment (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany . Vol. 3). Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 329, fn. 255.
  6. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich , Dieter H. Kollmer , Martin Rink , Rudolf J. Schlaffer : Das Heer 1950–1970. Conception, organization, installation (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3). Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 766.
  7. ^ School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 7.
  8. ^ School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 4.
  9. ^ School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 5.
  10. ^ School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 26.
  11. ^ Rüdiger Wenzke , Irmgard Zündorf: "An iron curtain has come down". Military history in the Cold War 1945–1968 / 70 . In: Karl-Volker Neugebauer (Hrsg.): Basic course in German military history. Three volumes with interactive DVD . Volume 3: The time after 1945. Armies in transition . On behalf of the Military History Research Office, R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58100-3 , p. 116.
  12. ^ Friedhelm Klein : Military history in the Federal Republic of Germany . In: Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck u. a .: Military history in Germany and Austria from the 18th century to the present (= lectures on military history . Vol. 6). Mittler, Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-8132-0214-3 , pp. 183-214, here: pp. 198 f.
  13. ^ Joachim Niemeyer : Obituary for Siegfried Fiedler 1922-1999 . In: Der Bote from the Wehrgeschichtliches Museum 38 (2000), p. 1 f .; ders .: Obituary: Siegfried Fiedler . In: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde 64 (2000) 395, p. 35.
  14. ↑ Employees of this year . In: Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau , 7th year (1957), p. IX.
  15. ^ School staff Heeresoffizierschule I (Ed.): Heeresoffizierschule I Hannover . Hanover 1966, p. 10.