The Naval Academy Mürwik () is the main training establishment for all German Navy officers and in 1910 replaced the German Imperial Naval Academy in Kiel. ( which is now the seat of government or ''Landeshaus'' of Schleswig-Holstein) It is located at Mürwik which is a part of Germany's northernmost city, Flensburg. Built on a small hill directly by the coast, it overlooks the Flensburg Fjord. History The Naval Academy was established at this site by the order of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1910. Its unusual gothic architecture, with dominating red brick, was intended to imitate the castle Ordensburg Marienburg, founded in 1274. The architect of the building was Adalbert Kelm. In 1920 Sherwood Foresters were in Flensburg-Mürwik at the Naval Academy Mürwik to supervise the elections to the Schleswig plebiscites.<ref>Dieter-Jürgen Mehlhorn: Architektur in Schleswig Holstein. Vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Kiel/Hamburg 2016, Seite 140</ref> In the final days of World War II, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz assumed the office of President (Reichspräsident) of Germany, having been named as Adolf Hitler's successor before Hitler's suicide in Berlin. Dönitz moved to the Naval Academy at Mürwik, where he established the Flensburg government in the sports school of the naval academy. This made Flensburg capital of Germany for nearly 20 days. Soon after the final surrender to the Allies, members of the group were unseated and arrested by British troops. Today, the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London includes old ship models, old paintings and flags taken from the Naval Academy Mürwik by British troops after the War. Education of German naval officers Most naval officer cadets join the German Navy after passing their Abitur (High school leaving certificate), and sign up for thirteen years of service (which can be extended to a "lifetime" of around 35 years when accepted by Bundesamt für das Personalmanagement der Bundeswehr). The standard education consists of three parts: The initial "basic education" at the Naval Academy in Mürwik lasts at least one year. and consists of four parts: Being new in the German Navy, all cadets first perform six weeks of collective basic training at Mürwik. After this they are divided in three groups which will consecutively take part in three sections of training: A sailing trip with German Navy's training ship Gorch Fock'', a mission-preparing part at the "NCO's school" (Marineunteroffizierschule/MUS) in Plön, and the officer's training again at Mürwik. Cadets who