Heinrich Fischer (General)

Brigadier General Heinrich Fischer (2009)

Heinrich Fischer (born June 4, 1951 in Bad Hersfeld ) is a retired German Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr . In his last assignment he was from March 27, 2008 to August 2013, Commander of Army Schools and Deputy Head of the Army Office in Cologne .

Military career

Training and first uses

In 1970, after graduating from high school, Fischer joined the Bundeswehr as a basic military service with the Panzerartilleriebataillon 55 in Homberg (Efze) . From 1973 to 1974 he took part in the 36th officer training course at the Army Officer School I in Hanover . After completing his officer training in 1974, Fischer was transferred back to the Armored Artillery Battalion 55, where he served first as platoon leader , then as S2 officer and finally as chief of the 2nd battery .

General staff training and service as a staff officer

In 1981 he was transferred to the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg to complete the 24th Army General Staff course. In 1983 he was then employed as an operations staff officer (G3 Op) with the II Corps in Ulm . In 1985 he went to Canada as a course participant at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto . After his return in 1986 he became a G3 staff officer of the 21 Panzer Brigade in Augustdorf . In 1989 he became the commander of the 45 Armored Artillery Battalion in Göttingen .

From 1991 to 1994 he was employed in the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn , as a consultant in the command staff of the Army (FüH III 1). Fischer was then transferred to the NATO headquarters SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe) in Mons , Belgium , where he served as a G3 staff officer. In 1996 he became commander of the 7th Artillery Regiment in Dülmen , while at the same time being promoted to colonel . During his time as regimental commander, Fischer completed a foreign assignment in 1999 as deputy commander and chief of the staff of the German Army Contingent SFOR in Bosnia , stationed in the Rajlovac camp . In 1999 he returned to Hardthöhe in Bonn , this time as head of the central department in the army command staff.

General uses

On October 25, 2001, Fischer was appointed general of the artillery and was appointed commander of the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein . In this position he was promoted to Brigadier General in 2004 . On March 19, 2008, he was replaced by Heribert Hupka . On March 27, 2008, he himself became commander of army schools (see also Schools of the Army ) and deputy head of the Army Office. From June 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, he was acting as head of the office .

Awards

• Silver Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr (1984)
• Gold Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr (1994)
• SFOR operational medal of the Bundeswehr (1999)
• NATO Mission Medal Former Yugoslavia (1999)
• Médaille de la Défense in gold (FRA)
• Golden Badge of Honor of the City of Idar-Oberstein (2008)

Others

Fischer is Protestant and married. His hobbies include sports and military history, and he is also a part-time team manager of the men's national soccer team of the Bundeswehr. The Ecole d'Application de l'Artillerie Draguignan , the French artillery school, composed the “Brigadier-General-Fischer-March” in his honor, which was premiered on March 19, 2008 in Idar-Oberstein.

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• Handbook of the Bundeswehr and Defense Industry 2007/2008. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, December 2007, ISBN 3763762760

Web links

• Internet presence of the Army Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personnel changes in top military positions. BMVg press and information staff, March 4, 2008, archived from the original on June 15, 2008 ; Retrieved April 4, 2016 .