South border command

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The border command south belonged to the border troops of the GDR . The headquarters were in Erfurt .

Gerhard Müller visits the GR 1 "Eugen Levine" (1986)

Former border troop barracks in Kirstingshof near Bad Salzungen

history

The command was established in 1971 from the previous border brigades in Erfurt . The command was located in an old barracks complex on Kranichfelder Strasse in Erfurt. In 1989 restructuring began with the formation of border district commandos. The border regiments (GR) were subordinate to the border command :

• GR 1 "Eugen Levine" in Mühlhausen
• GR 4 "Willy Gebhardt" in Heilbad Heiligenstadt
• GR 3 "Florian Geyer" in Dermbach
• GR 9 “Konrad Blenkle” in Meiningen
• GR 15 "Herbert Warnke" in Sonneberg
• GR 10 "Ernst Grube" in Plauen

as well as the border training regiments (GAR):

• GAR 11 “Theodor Neubauer” in Eisenach
• GAR 12 "Rudi Arnstadt" in Plauen.

Web links

Commons : Grenzkommando Süd  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Grenzkommando Süd on the private website Grenzkommando.de
• Search in the location database of the MGFA (eg: enter "border company" in the field to designate the unit)
• Entry for the South Border Command on a private website Grenzkommandosüd.de
• Locations for the border command south on the private website ddr- Grenztruppen.de