Staff music corps of the Bundeswehr
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Lineup | Apr 1, 1991 |
Country | Germany |
Armed forces | armed forces |
Organizational area | Force Base |
Branch of service | Military music service |
Strength | ≈120 men |
Insinuation | Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr |
Location | Berlin |
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Lieutenant colonel | Reinhard Kiauka |
The staff music corps of the Bundeswehr ( wind orchestra of the Bundeswehr , stationed in Berlin .
; StMusKorpsBw ) is a representativeIt is used together with the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense for protocol honorary service. These include state receptions for the Federal President , receptions for the Federal Chancellor and the Defense Minister as well as the inspectors of the armed forces of the Bundeswehr. Concerts with the large symphonic wind orchestra and with smaller chamber music ensembles are also part of the field of activity. The staff music corps also has a marching band with which it can perform the great tattoo in conjunction with the guard battalion . Around 120 regular and professional soldiers as well as conscripts serve in the staff music corps. Like the guard battalion, the soldiers are equipped with the uniforms of all branches of the armed forces. The staff music corps of the German Armed Forces has been led by Lieutenant Colonel Reinhard Kiauka since 2014, and the orchestra regularly has a second music officer in the rank of captain.
In the history of the Bundeswehr there were two staff music corps: one in Berlin and one in Siegburg (today's music corps of the Bundeswehr ).
Today's staff music corps of the Bundeswehr was set up on April 1, 1991 as the Army Music Corps East in Potsdam . In January 1994 it was renamed Heeresmusikkorps 400 and moved to Berlin on April 1, 1995. On July 1, 1996, the name was changed to HMK 400 / Stabsmusikkorps Berlin and on July 1, 2000 to the Bundeswehr Staff Music Corps.
The "old" staff music corps is now called the Bundeswehr Music Corps and was set up on February 16, 1957 as the Bundeswehr teaching music corps in Rheinbach . On February 16, 1959, the company was relocated to the Brückberg barracks in Siegburg and on June 1, 1959, it was renamed the Bundeswehr staff music corps. On July 1, 2000 the staff music corps from Siegburg was renamed the music corps of the Bundeswehr.
Both music corps perform together on special occasions. One of the last joint appearances was together with the guard battalion BMVg at the big tattoo on the occasion of "50 years of the Bundeswehr" on the Republic Square in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
management
The previous heads of the staff music corps of the Bundeswehr were:
Period | Rank | Surname |
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1991-1993 | major | Bernd Mannel |
1993 | major | Wolfgang Helm |
1993 | Captain | Lutz Bammler |
1993-1996 | Captain | Friedrich Szepansky |
1996-2012 | Lieutenant colonel | Volker Wörrlein |
2012-2014 | Lieutenant colonel | Walter Ratzek |
since 2014 | Lieutenant colonel | Reinhard Kiauka |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Armed Forces Office, Military Music Department (Ed.): "With timpani and trumpets". 50 years of military music by the Bundeswehr . 1st edition. Purk, Bremen 2006, ISBN 3-9809465-3-3 , p. 84 .
- ↑ Jens Rosbach: Supreme German military musician leaves. In: deutschlandfunk.de. October 4, 2012, accessed August 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Top brass orchestra invites you on a musical world tour. In: lr-online.de. August 8, 2013, accessed August 24, 2020 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 24 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ E