The Center of Leadership Culture of the German Armed Forces (, abbreviated as ZInFü), in English officially referred to as the Center of leadership development and civic education, or unofficially and occasionally as Center of Inner Leadership is a military installation of 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 ...
for cross-career training of civilian and military personnel as well as for research dealing with any matters concerning "leadership development and civic education" (official translation), namely leadership culture and self image of the German Bundeswehr.
Tasks
The Center of Leadership Culture defines itself as a training facility for ''Organizational culture'', leadership philosophy and military self-understanding. This leadership culture implies norms and values of the
German Basic Law
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany () is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the oc ...
to be embedded in the new German armed forces following World War II.
As a nationally recognized training facility with an international network, it has a leading responsibility for development, shaping and teaching German military leadership culture. At the same time, the Center of Leadership Culture is the focal training facility for developing individual leadership competence.
Under direct command of the
Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
The Inspector General of the (), is the highest-ranking military position held by a commissioned officer on active duty in the , the present-day armed forces of Germany.
All Inspectors General have been of the rank of a ( four-star) general o ...
(GenInspBw),
it facilitates the continuous development of the Concept of Leadership and Leadership Culture of the Bundeswehr and serves as the according representative. In its location in Koblenz, military and to a lesser extent civil leaders receive a mission based training within the fields of Leadership, Political Education, Law and Military Discipline. This is supplemented by outbound coaching activities on a voluntary basis.
Moreover, the Center of Leadership Culture is the Central training Installation for the legal branch of the Bundeswehr, providing legal training for legal advisiors and military personnel alike. Also, it covers social or otherwise internal Issues of the German Armed Forces and issues dealing with security politics.
The aforementioned activities are communicated in a variety of media.
Organisation
It is led by a commander with the rank of a Major General, whereas the Inspector General's Commissioner for education and training has a double headed role as Deputy commander.
The
Bundeswehr Military History Museum
The Bundeswehr Military History Museum () is the military museum of the German Armed Forces, the ''Bundeswehr'', and one of the major military history museums in Germany. It is located in a former military arsenal in the Albertstadt which is par ...
and the
are separate offices under the command of the Center of Leadership Culture. Apart from that, it also has a branch office in
Strausberg
Strausberg () is a Town#Germany, town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, located east of Berlin. With a population of about 27,000 it is the largest town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland.
History
Strausberg was founded ''circa'' 1240, and ...
.
History
The Center of Leadership Culture was founded in 1956 as the ''School of the Bundeswehr for Leadership Culture (InFüSBw)'' in
Köln
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, initially using hotel facilities and subsequently transferred to
Koblenz
Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...
in 1957, taking over a former French Armed Forces Hotel. Since 1981, the installation bears the name ''Zentrum Innere Führung''. The ''Center of Leadership Culture'' is unter direct command of the
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (, ; abbreviated BMVg) is a top-level federal agency, headed by the Federal Minister of Defence as a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The ministry is headquartered at the Hardthöhe barracks itself located at t ...
(BMVg) since 1 August 2017.
Awards
* 1992:
Fahnenband of the state of
Rheinland-Pfalz
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
* 2006: Wolf-Graf-von-Baudissin-Medal
Literature
* Georg Meyer: ''On the internal development of the Bundeswehr until 1960/61 (Translation of the German title)''. in:
Hans Ehlert: Beginnings of West German security policy. 1945–1956 (Translation of the German title). Volume 3: ''Die NATO-Option''. publication by
Military Research Office, Oldenburg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-51691-4, p. 851 ff.
* Zentrum Innere Führung (editor): ''Commemorative document on occasion of the 30th anniversary of the School of Innere Führung, Center of Leadership Culture, 1956–1986 (Translation of the German title)''. Preface by
Adalbert von der Recke, Koblenz 1986.
*
Hans-Joachim Reeb, Peter Többicke: ''Lexikon Innere Führung''. 4. Edition, Walhalla, Regensburg etc. 2014, ISBN 978-3-8029-6257-8, p. 292 ff.
*
Wolf Graf von Baudissin: ''Soldier for peace: Designs for a contemporary Bundeswehr''(Translation of the German title). München: Piper, 1970.
* Jens O. Koltermann: ''Citizen in Uniform: Democratic Germany and the Changing Bundeswehr'', 2012
References
External links
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Website of the Center of Leadership Culture in German
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Military research of Germany
Bundeswehr
1956 establishments in West Germany
Military education and training in Germany