Gebirgsmusikkorps Garmisch-Partenkirchen

German Army (Heer) military band of the Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), founded in 1956 and currently based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Commonly appears as "Musikkorps Der 1. Gebirgsdivision"

Principal Conductors:
1. Adalbert Muhs (5 April 1956 - 31 October 1956)
2. Werner Zimmermann (1 November 1956 - 31 March 1978)
3. Heinz Dieter Paul (April 1, 1978 - 31 March 1987)
4. [a9468211] (April 1, 1987 - 30 November 1992)
5. Michael Euler (1 December 1992 - 30 September 2001)
6. Christoph Scheibling (1 October 2001 - 31 March 2007)
7. Martin Kötter (April 1, 2007 - 25 March, 2010)
8. Christian Prchal (March 26, 2010 - 19 May 2014)
9. [a8179997] (20 May 2014 - 28 August 2022)
10. Rudolf Piehlmayer (29 August 2022 - Present)

The Gebirgsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr was founded in Sonthofen in 1956 under the name "Musikkorps VI B" and a few months after its foundation it moved to Mittenwald in 1 August 1956. In October 1956, the music corps was divided into Music Corps VI A in Munich, (which became Heeresmusikkorps 4 in Regensburg in 16 March 1959), and into Music Corps VI B , which became "Heeresmusikkorps 8", later in 16 March 1959 the band was renamed "Gebirgsmusikkorps". In 23 March 1963 the band moved to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was renamed "Gebirgsmusikkorps 8"

Previously, the band was located in the 1. Gebirgsdivision, until in 2001 the 1. Gebirgsdivision was dissolved and the band was renamed "Gebirgsmusikkorps Garmisch-Partenkirchen".
In 2013 the band was transferred to the Streitkräfteamt (Office of the German Armed Forces) and was renamed "Gebirgsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr"