Generalarzt


Generalarzt is the designation of a military rank as well as the official title in German speaking armed forces. It is equivalent to the Admiralarzt / Generalapotheker and Brigadegeneral / Flottillenadmiral.

Bundeswehr

Generalarzt, Admiralarzt, Generalapotheker, and Admiralapotheker are the lowest general ranks of the Joint Medical Service or the military medical area of the Bundeswehr.
Promoted to that senior rank might be assignments or appointments as follows:
Equivalent to this one-star rank are Brigadegeneral of the Heer or Luftwaffe, and the Flottillenadmiral of the Marine.

Address

The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons with the rank Generalarzt, Generalstabsarzt or Generaloberstabsarzt is, „Herr/Frau Generalarzt“. At the other hand, military surgeons with the rank Admiralarzt, Admiralstabsarzt or Admiraloberstabsarzt is, „Herr/Frau Admiralarzt“. Military persons with the rank Generalapotheker, will be addressed „Herr/Frau Generapotheker“, and with the rank Admiralapotheker, will be addressed „Herr/Frau Admiralrapotheker“,.

Rank insignias

On the shoulder straps there is one golden star in golden oak leaves and the career insignia as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. Regarding the Marine, the career insignia is in the middle of both sleeves, tree cm above the cuff strips, and on the shoulder straps between strips and button.
HeerLuftwaffeMarine

;Sequence of ranks ascenting:
junior rank:
Oberstarzt
Flottenarzt
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr#Commissioned officers |German medical officer rank
Generalarzt
Admiralarzt		senior rank:
Generalstabsarzt
Admiralstabsarzt

Wehrmacht 1933 – 1945

Generalarzt of the Wehrmacht was comparable to the Generalmajor, as well as to the Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS.
In line to the so-called , appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire of 1927, the comparative ranks were as follows: C 3

Kriegsmarine

Rank designations of the Kriegsmarine as to Match 30, 1934, are contained in the table below.

Germany before 1933

In Germany before 1933 Generalstabsarzt was normally the chief of the medical service of an Army corps, and in some cases of a Division.
In Prussian Army Generalarzt, in sense of general surgeon as a staff position, was a senior military official with a definite rank, in the first instance Major. Since 1856 he could rise to Oberstleutnant or even to Oberst. Senior Generalstabsärzte were often promoted to Generalmajor.
Equivalent authority, mandate and competence were with the Admiralarzt of the Imperial German Navy. Regular assignments to that staff position were the Medical Offices on Baltic Sea and North Sea, e.g. Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. An Admiralarzt of the Navy's Medical corps could normally be promoted up to the OF5-rank Kapitän zur See.

Officers with that rank