Viktor Toyka

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Viktor Toyka (born October 23, 1946 in Hameln ) is a retired German flotilla admiral . D. Most recently, he was deputy commander of the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy .

Military background

In 1966 he joined the German Navy as an officer candidate for Crew IV / 66. In 1969 he was promoted to lieutenant at sea . From 1975 to 1977 he was in command of U 17 . He then completed the 21st admiral staff course at the leadership academy of the Bundeswehr (FüAkBw) in Hamburg. From 1981 to 1983 the lieutenant captain was in command of U 21 .

Afterwards he was a consultant for internal management and operational principles in the command staff of the Navy (Fü M) in Bonn as well as adjutant to the inspector general of the Bundeswehr and in 1984/85 as corvette captain first officer (IO) on destroyer Hessen . From 1988 he was in command of the destroyers Hessen (1988/89) and Bavaria (1989–1991). From 1991 to 1993 he was Head of the Marine Concept / Planning Division in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Bonn. In 1993 he became the commander of the 4th frigate squadron and the Franco-German Navy Association (DEFRAM). In 1995 he was employed as head of department and deputy head in the command center of the Bundeswehr (FüZBw) in the BMVg in Bonn. From 1997 to 2000 he headed the operations department in the fleet command (FlKdo) in Glücksburg-Meierwik as a sea ​​captain . From 2000 to 2004 he was deputy head of office and head of specialist departments in the Armed Forces Office (SKA) in Bonn.

In 2004 he finally became deputy commander of the command academy of the Bundeswehr and director of courses. In 2006 he retired as a flotilla admiral (since 2001).

Others

Toyka was managing director of the Clausewitz Society from 2007 to 2013 . He also published in military journals.

He is on the board of the Ahrtal-Residenz eG in Bad Neuenahr.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • with Rüdiger Kracht: Clausewitz Society. Chronicle 1961–2011 . Published by the Clausewitz Society, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9810794-6-3 .
  • Service in times of change. Memories from 40 years of service as a naval officer 1966–2006 . Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-945861-57-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Drieschner, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Ulrich Stock: An army to shoot . In: Die Zeit , February 22, 1991.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Changing of the guard in the leadership academy . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , April 1, 2004.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Harnack: The destroyer flotilla of the German Navy from 1956 to today . Koehler, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7822-0816-1 , p. 100.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Harnack: The destroyer flotilla of the German Navy from 1956 to today . Koehler, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7822-0816-1 , p. 28.
  5. ↑ Admiral Toyka is retiring. ( Memento from October 30, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt , April 1, 2006.
  6. ↑ Viktor Toyka, Rüdiger Kracht: Clausewitz Society. Chronicle 1961–2011 . Published by the Clausewitz Society, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9810794-6-3 , p. 265.
  7. ↑ Inge Dose-Krohn: A touch of the exotic when the general staff said goodbye . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , June 27, 1981.
personal data
SURNAME Toyka, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flotilla admiral
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamelin