Army Training Schools
The German Army Training Schools (German: Schulen des Heeres) are the training establishments of the German Army, alongside the Army Training Centres (Zentren des Heeres).
Command
The training schools are subordinated to the Army Office. The commander of all training schools is the Deputy Head of the Army Office. Most of the German Army training schools are responsible for the continuation training of a specific arm of service. The commander of each school is usually also the General of the Artillery, General of the Infantry, General of the Armoured Corps, etc. This appointment, despite the name, may be filled by a colonel (Oberst); most however are filled by an officer holding the rank of brigadier general (Brigadegeneral).
Since 2008 the Commander of Army Training Schools has been Brigadegeneral Heinrich Fischer who is based in the Army Office at Cologne.
Organisation
The individual training schools are:
- 20px School of NBC and Self-Protection (ABC- und Selbstschutzschule) at Sonthofen
- 20px School of Artillery (Artillerieschule at Idar-Oberstein
- 20px Idar-Oberstein Officer Training Battalion (Offizieranwärterbataillon) at Idar-Oberstein
- 20px School of Mountain and Winter Warfare (Gebirgs- und Winterkampfschule) at Mittenwald
- 20px School of Army Aviation (Heeresfliegerwaffenschule), Bückeburg
- 20px School of Infantry (Infanterieschule) at Hammelburg
- 20px Hammelburg Officer Training Battalion (Offizieranwärterbataillon Hammelburg)
- 20px School of Airborne and Air Transport (Luftlande- und Lufttransportschule) at Altenstadt
- 20px Army Office Training School (Offizierschule des Heeres) at Dresden
- 20px School of Engineering and Army Construction Engineering College (Pionierschule und Fachschule des Heeres für Bautechnik) at Ingolstadt
- 20px Land Systems School of Technology and Army Technical College (Technische Schule Landsysteme und Fachschule des Heeres für Technik) at Aachen
- 20px Army NCO Training School (Unteroffizierschule des Heeres) at Weiden, Delitzsch, Münster
The officer cadets carry out their service in officer training battalions that are attached to two arms schools and at the Army Air Defence Training Centre (Ausbildungszentrum Heeresflugabwehrtruppe)
