Imperial Minister of Defense (Groß-Deutschland)



The Imperial Ministry of Defence (Reichsministerium der Verteidigung) is a ministry in the German Government. It is headquartered at Bendlerblock in Berlin, and has a second office in the Rossauer Kaserne building in Vienna.

During peacetime the Imperial Minister of Defense acts as the Commander-in-Chief of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, with around 2,197,432 active personnel, while in the state of defense the Kaiserin resumes her role as Commander-in-Chief.

The ministry has ca. 6,432 employees. Of these, 5,230 work in Bonn while ca. 1,200 work in the Rossauer Kaserne in Vienna.