German Shooting Federation

Which was established in 1861 and reestablished in 1951, is grouped into 20 regional organizations, comprising 15.000 clubs with a total membership of 1,5 million male and female shooters. The German Shooting Federation administers the following shooting events:

Rifle, Pistol, Trap and Skeet, Indoor Archery, Running Target, Field Archery, Crossbow (10m, 30m and Field Crossbow), Bigbore Rifle, Muzzleloading arms and Summerbiathlon.

The highest authority in the German Shooting Federation is the Ordinary General Assembly which meets annually. The executive bodies are: the Council and the Executive Committee consisting of the President, the 5 Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the Chairman of the Technical Committee and the Chairman of the Juniors Committee. The acting President is: Josef Ambacher, Munich.

The Shooting School is the Official Training Centre (BLZ), owned and administered by the German Shooling Federation. It is situated in Wiesbaden-Klarenthal for the sole purpose to instruct honorary officials and to train the shooters for achieve technical perfection. It is part of the Frankfurt Olympic Training-Centre and is acknowledged as Official Training Centre of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

The following range installations are provided: Air Rifle and Air Pistol 10m, Small-bore Rifle 50m, Pistol 50m and 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Archery and a Trap and Skeet range, situated nearby on Wiesbaden-Rheinblick. Board and lodging is available to those attenting the various training courses at the Shooting School. The restaurant is also open to the public.

The plan of instruction is divided into Courses of members of the National A-, B- and C-Team (Rifle, Pistol, Running Target shooting and Archery) and the Nationalteams of the nonolympics disciplines(Field Archery, Crossbow and Muzzleloading shooting). Moreover there are Courses for Shooting Range experts, Judges Courses, Courses for Coaches and for Officials conducting the juniors program.

The headquarters of the National Federation is also located in Wiesbaden-Klarenthal, the General Secretary is Jörg Brokamp.