Manfred Wörner Center

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The Manfred-Wörner-Zentrum (MWZ) is the planning exercise center of the command academy of the Bundeswehr (FüAkBw) in Hamburg-Nienstedten, inaugurated in 2000 and is located in the Clausewitz barracks .

Naming

The planning exercise center was named in 2003 by the unveiling of a bust in the presence of the widow Elfie Wörner after the former Federal Minister of Defense and NATO Secretary General , Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force Reserve, Manfred Wörner (1934-1994). Today he is seen by many as an important statesman and visionary. His bust has been in the foyer since 2003 .

Building development

It was put out to tender by the Office for Building Regulations and Building Construction (ABH) of the Hamburg Authority for Urban Development and Environment at the beginning of the 1990s throughout Europe. The architect- contractor Schäfer-Agather-Scheel from Kiel (today: Agather-Bielenberg in Hamburg ) won 1st prize in the competition . The new building was then completed between October 1996 and October 1998. The total cost was around 13 million euros. On August 22, 2000, the center was inaugurated by the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, Brigitte Schulte .

The two-storey building was erected as a solitary and thus free-standing building in a park-like environment. The size is 6,350 m². In the style , care was taken to achieve both a calm unit with an axial military property and to correspond to its technical educational character. For it was glass - and metal materials and concrete used and light wood. A sunscreen was attached to the facade.

In the center of the room is a round auditorium , next to it the main entrance and the seminar rooms. An inner courtyard was integrated to the north , which was supposed to complement the training area as a haven of peace.

Furnishing

Simulation technology

The facility has more than 200 computer workstations in eight rooms. The most modern simulation technology, which is unique in its concentration, is used. The equipment enables video and audio transmission in a high-end environment . Jobs in training can be virtually planned, implemented and subjected to an error analysis. Individual troop movements can be simulated on digital cartography in order to show a realistic situation. During an exercise, the participants will be asked for evaluation purposes and a. trained in television interviews, presentations and briefings .

Gneisenau hall

The lecture and assembly room, which is regularly used, is named after the Prussian field marshal and army reformer August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831). It has 300 seats and in turn has video and audio systems, including an extra sound studio with editing and production options for short films , news and trailers . If required, simultaneous translation into the hall and worldwide video conferences can be carried out.

Events

High-ranking personalities such as Federal President Joachim Gauck , former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder , Federal Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière and the managing director of the American Jewish Committee David Harris were guests here. Events and a. of the German Atlantic Society were held at the Manfred Wörner Center.

literature

  • Jörg Vollmer : The specialist center for planning exercises at the command academy of the Bundeswehr - increasing the quality of teaching . In: Wehrtechnik 32 (2000) 3, pp. 40-41.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dietmar Klos (Red.): 50 years of the Bundeswehr leadership academy. 1957-2007 . With a foreword by Wolf-Dieter Löser . Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8132-0881-8 , p. 68.
  2. ^ A b c Diethart Goos: New training center of the Bundeswehr . In: Die Welt , 23 August 2000, No. 196, p. 38.
  3. ↑ a b c d Zoe Todd: The Manfred Wörner Center: Highly flexible exercise landscape . FüAkBw, Hamburg, July 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Manfred-Wörner-Zentrum, planning exercise center of the command academy of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg-Blankenese , Architekten-Contor Agather-Bielenberg, accessed on May 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b c Axial principle: new building for the Bundeswehr in Hamburg inaugurated . BauNetz , August 22, 2000.
  6. ^ Elisabeth Stimming: Center for planning exercises . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , 23 August 2000, No. 196, p. 12.
  7. ^ A representative of US Jews spoke in the Bundeswehr leadership academy . In: Die Welt , January 31, 2001, No. 26, p. 38.
  8. ^ Thomas Frankenfeld : Gauck: Bundeswehr is the pillar of our freedom . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , June 13, 2012, No. 136, p. 3.
  9. ↑ Germany and Europe: Security Policy Threats and Opportunities (program). German Atlantic Society, November 22, 2012.

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