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The Army Training Centres (), together with the Army Training Schools (''Schulen des Heeres''), form the training establishments of the
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within the ''
Bundeswehr The (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: Germ ...
''. They are subordinated to the German Army Office (''Heeresamt''). Several are not (exclusively) charged with training, but are also support establishments that, e. g. are responsible for Army logistics or the maintenance and operations of training facilities, including the
military training areas A proving ground is an installation or reservation in which technology such as weapons, military tactics and automobile prototypes are experimented with or tested. Proving grounds can be operated by government bodies or civilian industries. They ...
. The distinction between training centres and schools or arms schools in the Army is sometimes blurred. For example, many centres that are charged with basic and continuation training for an arm or service are run by a general who is the head of arm, such as the General of the Armoured Corps ('' General der Panzertruppen''). The individual Army Training Centres are: * Special Operations Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Spezielle Operationen'') at
Pfullendorf Pfullendorf is a small town of about 13,000 inhabitants located north of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 600 years. The town is in the district of Sigmaringen south o ...
* Munster Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Munster'') at
Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
** Army Reconnaissance Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Heeresaufklärungstruppe'') at Munster ** Army Air Defence Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Heeresflugabwehrtruppe'') at Munster,
Rendsburg Rendsburg (, also ''Rensborg'', , also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the Eider (river), River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Eckernfoerde, Rends ...
*** Munster Officer Training Battalion (''Offizieranwärterbataillon Munster'') **
Armoured Corps Training Centre The Armoured Corps Training Centre () in Munster is one of the German Army's training centres ('' Zentren des Heeres'') with particular responsibility for the basic and continuation training of armoured troops, including the armoured and the mech ...
(''Ausbildungszentrum Panzertruppen'') at
Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
* Army Combat Simulation Centre (''Gefechtssimulationszentrum Heer'') at
Wildflecken Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
* Army Combat Training Centre (''Gefechtsübungszentrum Heer'') at
Letzlingen Letzlingen is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gardelegen Gardelegen (; ) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on t ...
* Army Tactics Centre (''Taktikzentrum des Heeres'') at
Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
(attached to the Army Officer Training School or ''Offizierschule des Heeres'')


Former training centres

* The Bundeswehr Military Intelligence Centre (''Feldnachrichtenzentrum der Bundeswehr'') was a training establishment and provider of troops for military intelligence units. Since 2007 it has been incorporated into the Army Reconnaissance Training Centre (''Ausbildungszentrum Heeresaufklärungstruppe'') * Army Logistics Centre (''Logistikzentrum des Heeres''), Bad Neuenahr was incorporated in 2008 as Department V within the German Army Office.


See also

* Army Training Schools *
Military training area A military training area, training area (Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom) or training centre (Canada) is land set aside specifically to enable military forces to train and exercise for combat. Training areas are usually out of bounds ...


External links


Website with links to the Army Training Centres