Coast Commander North Friesland

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Coast Commander North Friesland was the name of a military service of the German Navy and its commander. He was responsible for the coastal defense in the North Friesland area during the first half of the Second World War . He was subordinate to the chief of the North Sea Naval Station . The headquarters were in Cuxhaven .

history

The agency was established under the name of fortress commander Nordfriesland in the course of the development of the navy from 1935. After the occupation of Denmark in April 1940, the area of ​​responsibility of the North Friesland coast commander was expanded to include the island of Röm . With the beginning of the war she received the designation Coast Commander North Friesland . In February 1941 she was combined with the Coast Commander East Friesland department to become the German Bight Coast Commander . The East Friesland Coast Commander and his staff took on the task of the German Bight Coast Commander. The staff of the Naval Commander in Greece was formed from the staff of the North Friesland Coast Commander .

Commander

Coast Commander North Friesland was Rear Admiral Hans-Hubertus von Stosch from October 1937 to February 1941 (then Naval Commander Greece)

Subordinate associations

The command area of ​​the North Friesland coast commander was divided into three sections, which in turn were subordinate to smaller units. Several other departments were also directly subordinate to him.

Directly subordinate departments

  • IV. Naval Artillery Department (Cuxhaven)
  • 8. Replacement naval artillery department ( Altenwalde , later Husum to the Coast Commander German Bight )
  • Naval flight reporting department North Friesland (to the Coast Commander German Bight, Cuxhaven)

Section Cuxhaven

Responsible for the south side of the Elbe estuary including the islands of Scharhörn and Neuwerk .

  • Port Protection Flotilla Cuxhaven
  • 4. Replacement naval artillery department (Cuxhaven)
  • Marine Flaka Department 214 (Cuxhaven)
  • 4th Marine Motor Vehicle Department (Cuxhaven)

After the dissolution, all units were assigned to the German Bight Coast Commander.

Section Brunsbüttel

The Brunsbüttel section included the northern side of the Elbe estuary and the Schleswig-Holstein west coast south of the Eider estuary .

  • 4th Marine Flak Regiment (Brunsbüttel) (The task of the regimental commander was carried out by the commander in the section.)

After the dissolution, all units were assigned to the German Bight Coast Commander.

Section Sylt

The German North Frisian Islands and from April 1940 the island of Römö belonged to the Sylt section . The headquarters were in Westerland on Sylt.

  • Marine artillery department 134 (Vogelkoje / Klappholttal )
  • 8th Marine Flak Regiment (Westerland)
    • Navy Flaka Department 204 (Westerland, from April 1940 Esbjerg )
    • Marine Flaka Department 234 (Blidsel, later Westerland)
    • Marine Flak Department 264 ( Hörnum / Puan Klent )

After the dissolution, all units were assigned to the German Bight Coast Commander.

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 4

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 4, p. 1 f.
  2. ↑ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XVI, chapter 3, p. 3