Military Academy of the German Armed Forces

The Military Academy of the German Armed Forces is the General Staff College of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, established in 1957 as the successor of the Prussian Military Academy, founded in 1810. Since 1958 it is located in Hamburg. Its motto is "Mens agitat molem", "Mind moves Matter".EducationThe academy offer two main courses: The Lehrgang Generalstabs-Admiralstabsdienst National, a 2-year course for staff officers from Germany, and other NATO or EU countries, and the Lehrgang Generalstabs-/Admiralstabsdienst mit internationaler Beteiligung, a 10-month course, established in 1962, for staff officers from non-NATO/non-EU countries.