Real name: Gebirgsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr

Effective period / Period of releases: 1966 - 1987

Members: Ernst Hoffmann, Heinz Dieter Paul, Werner Zimmermann (2), Werner Schatz, Adalbert Muhs, Christoph Scheibling, Michael Euler

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. Christoph Lieder (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. Karl Kriner (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"