 Since 1993, the building complex has served as a secondary seat of the German Federal Ministry of Defence.The complex got its name from the street it was on.Today, it is on Stauffenbergstraße (Stauffenberg street named in honor Claus von Stauffenberg) which was previously known as "Bendlerstraße" from 1837 until 20 July 1955, after Johann Christoph Bendler (1789–1873) from Hoym in Prussian Halberstadt.