| Army Office Heeresamt |
|
|---|---|
| Formation: | 16 Feb 1956 |
| Country | Germany |
| Armed Force | Bundeswehr |
| Service | German Army |
| Type | Higher command authority |
| Subordinate units |
Army Training SchoolsArmy Training Centres |
| Strength | 900 (staff) around 12,000 (incl. agencies) |
| Higher formation | General Staff (Führungsstab des Heeres) |
| Headquarters | Cologne |
| Motto | Heeresamt – Die Zukunft im Visier ("Army Office - the Future in our Sights") |
| Head | |
| Department Head | Generalmajor Wolf-Joachim Clauß |
| Deputy and Commander of Army Training Schools | Brigadegeneral Heinrich Fischer |
| Chief of Staff | Brigadegeneral Armin Staigis |
The Army Office (German: Heeresamt or HA) of the in Cologne is one of the two command pillars of the German Army (Deutsches Heer); the other being the German Army Command (Heeresführungskommando or HFüKdo).
Lead by the Department Head, Generalmajor Wolf-Joachim Clauß, are around 1,100 soldiers and civil servants who are responsible for the conceptual development of the Army as well as its training and equipment. In addition the Army Office is responsible for the organisational structure of the Army, for issues to do with in-service systems and for logistic support to the Army. Reporting to the Army Office are the Training Schools and Training Centres. The Army Office is subordinate to the General Staff. According to the new direction of the Bundeswehr and the 2011 Basing Concept (Stationierungskonzept 2011) the General Army Office is planned to be disbanded.
| No. | Name | Takeover date | Handover date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Generalmajor Wolf-Joachim Clauß | 15 November 2006 | — |
| 14 | Generalmajor Wolfgang Korte | 1 March 2005 | 15 November 2006 |
| 13 | Generalmajor Jürgen Ruwe | 1 October 2003 | 1 March 2005 |
| 12 | Generalmajor Werner Widder | 31 March 2001 | September 2003 |
| 11 | Generalmajor Manfred Dietrich | 1 April 1999 | 31 March 2001 |
| 10 | Generalmajor Jürgen Reichardt | 1 April 1994 | 31 March 1999 |
| 9 | Generalleutnant Ernst Klaffus | 1 April 1990 | 31 March 1994 |
| 8 | Generalleutnant Wolfgang Odendahl | 1 December 1986 | 31 March 1990 |
| 7 | Generalleutnant Gerhard Wachter | 1 April 1986 | 30 November 1986 |
| 6 | Generalleutnant Werner Schäfer | 1 April 1983 | 31 March 1986 |
| 5 | Generalleutnant Horst Wenner | 1 October 1979 | 31 March 1983 |
| 4 | Generalleutnant Heinz-Georg Lemm | 1 April 1974 | 30 September 1979 |
| 3 | Generalleutnant Hubert Sonneck | 1 October 1968 | 31 March 1974 |
| 2 | Generalleutnant Hellmuth Mäder | 1 October 1960 | 30 September 1968 |
| 1 | Generalmajor Helmuth Reinhardt | 1 June 1956 | 30 September 1960 |