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''Generalfeldmarschall'' () (General Field Marshal, usually translated simply as Field Marshal , and sometimes written only as '''''Feldmarschall''''') was a rank in the armies of several German states, the Holy Roman Empire , and Austrian Empire . The rank was the equivalent of a General Of The Army in some other nations, and to a Grand Admiral in the German Navy. In the Prussian Army and later in the German Army the rank had several privileges, such as a constant escort/protection. In 1854 the rank of ''Generaloberst'' ( Colonel-General ) was created in order to promote Prince Wilhelm to senior rank without breaking the rule that only wartime field commanders could receive the rank of field marshal. In 1870 Prince Friedrich Karl and Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm became the first Prussian princes appointed field marshals. In the German armies and Luftwaffe , the rank of ''Generalfeldmarschall'' was the highest military rank until 1941, when it was made subordinate to the even higher rank of '' Reichsmarschall '' (held solely by Hermann Göring ). The equivalent of a ''Generalfeldmarschall'' in the navy was ''Großadmiral'' ( Grand Admiral ). The rank of ''Generalfeldmarschall'' was abolished after the fall of the Third Reich . Currently, the highest rank in the reconstituted Bundeswehr is General , but among these, there is a '' Generalinspekteur ''. By permanent enactment of the Commander-in-Chief ('' Inhaber Der Befehls- Und Kommandogewalt '') of the ''Bundeswehr'', who is in peacetime, according to Art. 65 a GG, the '' Bundesminister Der Verteidigung '', he has special command authority over all soldiers. The '' Nationale Volksarmee '' (NVA) of the German Democratic Republic created the rank of ''Marschall der DDR'' (Marshal of the GDR) on the 25 March 1982 . A general could be appointed to this rank by the '' Staatsrat '' (the head-of-state council of the GDR) during war or for exceptional military achievement. During the few years between the rank's creation and the fall of the GDR in 1990 , no one had been appointed to the rank. SEE ALSO
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