Defense District Command 67

Defense District Command 67 - VBK 67 -
(did not have an association badge )
active	approx. 1967 to 2007
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Type	District Defense Command
Staff seat	Bayreuth

The defense district command 67 was a defense area command of the Armed Forces with the seat of the bar in Bayreuth . The main task of the command was the territorial defense in its defense district.

history

Lineup

The Defense District Command was planned to take over Army Structure II in the 1960s as part of the Territorial Army and subordinated to the Commander in Defense Area VI . Based on the civil administrative structure , the defense district roughly corresponded to the (government) district of Upper Franconia . The location of the Bayreuth staff was accordingly .

Change to the armed forces base

In 2001 the territorial army was disbanded. The military area commands and defense district commands were subordinated to the newly established armed forces base . The defense areas and defense districts were fundamentally reorganized and their number reduced. The Defense District Command switched to the “new” Defense District Command IV “Southern Germany” . At the same time, Defense District Command 64 was decommissioned and its command area, which roughly corresponded to the (government) district of Lower Franconia , was incorporated into Defense District 67. The subordinate defense district commands were dissolved and some of its tasks were transferred to the newly established district liaison commands.

resolution

Part of the monument near the former margrave barracks

The Defense District Command was decommissioned in 2007. Some of his assignments were transferred to the newly established Bavarian State Command and subordinate district liaison commands.

A memorial near the abandoned Margrave barracks in Bayreuth commemorates the Defense District Command 67 and other departments stationed there and disbanded.

structure

Like most units of the Territorial Army, the Defense District Command consisted of only a few active soldiers. Only in the case of defense , the defense district command could by the convening of reserve and the mobilization stored and civilian material to a troop strength increase , which is about a battalion of the Army corresponded. The longest time of its existence, the defense district command subdivided derived from the civilian administrative divisions in defense circuit commands .

See also : Structure of the Territorial Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 4)

Association badge

First version of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Version of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company (from around 2001)

The Defense District Command did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a predominantly non-active unit . The few active soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superior military area command .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire defense district command. As a reference to the stationing area, the internal association badge initially corresponded to the regional coat of arms of Upper Franconia with the Hohenzollern coat of arms , the Franconian rake , the Coburg diamond wreath on a shield divided in black and yellow and the Bamberg or Nuremberg lion similar to the Bayreuth city coat of arms . The Iron Cross as the national emblem of the Bundeswehr is also shown in the internal association badge. After the incorporation of Defense District Command 64 , the internal association badge was changed. The racing flag on a black background was taken from the internal association badge of the staff of Defense District Command 64 . Instead of the coat of arms of the Hohenzollern family , the red Brandenburg eagle was now depicted for Brandenburg-Bayreuth, similar to the coat of arms of the Bayreuth district .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military District Command VI. BArch, BH 28-6. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
2. ^ ^{A b c} Defense District Commands . BArch, BH 30. In: invenio. Federal Archives, accessed on December 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Defense Area Command I - Coast - (Kiel). BArch, BW 68-1. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 (includes representation of all four WBKs). 
4. ^ OW Dragoon: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure. 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '53.9 "  N , 11 ° 36' 50.8"  E