Main office of the Bundeswehr

Main office of the Bundeswehr - SDBw -
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active	Oct. 1, 2006 to Dec. 1, 2012
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Organizational area	Organizational area personnel
Insinuation	Head of Human Resources
Location	Cologne
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ladder	Major General Manfred Hofmann

The main office of the Bundeswehr (SDBw) in Cologne was the central personnel- managing department for the NCOs (with and without porter ) and assigned teams of the Bundeswehr , including the reservists . The personnel management of the officers and reserve officers was the responsibility of the Bundeswehr Personnel Office and the Federal Ministry of Defense .

The main task of the main office was - in contrast to the troop management, which results directly from the hierarchical structure of the Bundeswehr - the central personnel management; In addition to training planning, promotion, transfer, dismissal at the end of the contract period ( temporary soldier ) or service period, this also includes the implementation of selection procedures.

The competition for the establishment of temporary soldiers in the appointment of a professional soldier and admission to the careers of the officers of the military professional services were performed annually. Since March 2008, the application selection process for the company sergeant ("Spieß") and comparable positions took place every two years . The candidates for the top service level ( Oberstabsfeldwebel ) in the career of sergeants were identified through the utilization planning process, which takes place every three years .

tasks

As part of a central personnel management, she carried out measures to cover personnel requirements, personnel development and personnel outsourcing. As part of personnel management, she carried out personnel administration activities, promotion measures and personnel budget management for all NCOs and teams in the Bundeswehr in the assigned area.

history

The main offices of the armed forces were set up in 1956 as parts of the military offices (later the Army Office , Air Force Office and Naval Office ) and were subordinate to them until they were dissolved. The former main offices of the Army (SDH) and the Air Force (SDL) were located in Cologne , while the main office of the Navy (SDM) was in Wilhelmshaven . The personnel management of the members of the armed forces base and the central medical service was integrated into the main office of the army in 2002.

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  Coat of arms of the SDH

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  Coat of arms of the SDM

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  Coat of arms of the SDL

On December 31, 2006, the three main offices of the Army, Navy and Air Force were dissolved and merged into the main office of the Bundeswehr (SDBw) in the Liège barracks ( Nippes district / Longerich district ), which was put into service on October 5, 2006 . Since April 1, 2012, the main office of the Bundeswehr has been assigned to the personnel department; a measure that resulted from the realignment of the Bundeswehr .

On December 1, 2012 the SDBw was dissolved; their tasks were taken over by the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr .

Coat of arms of the SDBw

Heraldry SDBw coat of arms

The iron cross in the coat of arms of the Bundeswehr headquarters emphasized its importance as a central Bundeswehr agency. The connection and the connection to the location Cologne was expressed on the one hand by the silver and red shield background, the coat of arms colors of the city of Cologne and on the other hand by the stylized silhouette of the towers of the Cologne Cathedral . The symbolized Lower Rhine was borrowed from the state coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia , which divides the coat of arms diagonally on the left in slightly wavy blue.

List of leaders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	comment
2	Major General Manfred Hofmann	September 24, 2009	-
1	Major General Rainer Korff	October 5, 2006	September 24, 2009	previously head of the Army headquarters since April 8, 2005

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  Side view of the SDBw

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  Day view of the SDBw

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  Night view of the SDBw

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  Entrance to the Liège barracks

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  Conference center of the SDBw

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  Preparing a conference

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b Change of} command at the Bundeswehr headquarters

Web links

• official website

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 4.9 "  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 2.5"  E