Federal Intelligence Service
The Federal Intelligence Service is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinate to the Chancellor's Office. The BND headquarters is located in central Berlin. The BND has 300 locations in Germany and foreign countries. In 2016, it employed around 6,500 people; 10% of them are military personnel who are formally employed by the Office for Military Sciences. The BND is the largest agency of the German Intelligence Community.
BND headquarters in Berlin
Radome of Fernmeldeverkehrstelle des Bundesnachrichtendiensts (BND-code name: Hortensien III, short: 3D30) at summer 2006. Till 2004 the system at Bad Aibling Station was part of the NSA ECHELON-Network.
Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service
The Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service or the BND Headquarters is the headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) of Germany, and is located at the Chausseestraße in the Mitte district in the centre of Berlin. The building that houses its headquarters is the world's largest intelligence building, somewhat larger than the CIA headquarters at Langley.
View of building entrance from Chausseestraße
BND headquarters in Berlin