Commander of the North Frisian Sea Defense

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The commandant of the North Friesland naval defense , or Maritime Commander North Friesland for short , was a regional coastal commander in the German Navy in World War II , who was subordinate to the commanding Admiral German Bight . The office was set up in November 1944, based in what was then the Hermann Tast Gymnasium , now the Hotel Altes Gymnasium in Husum . The area of ​​responsibility included the North Frisian Islands and the northern part of the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast. The only sea ​​commander was Captain Frank Aschmann, former and last sea ​​commander South Holland . He handed over his headquarters in Husum to the British occupation forces on May 6, 1945.

structure

The Maritime Command North Friesland consisted of two sections and several directly subordinate units.

Associations directly subordinate to them

  • Naval Fortress Engineer Staff 1 (Husum)
  • Marine Kraftfahrabteilung Husum (established in April 1945)

Section Sylt

The German North Frisian Islands and the island of Röm belonged to the Sylt section , but not the Halligen and the island of Pellworm . The headquarters were in Westerland on Sylt .

  • Marine artillery department 134 (partly on Romo )
  • Marine Flaka Department 234 ( Westerland )
  • Marine Island Battalion 351 (Westerland), deployed near Bremervörde in April / May 1945
  • Marine Island Battalion 352 (Romo)
  • Marine Island Battalion 353 ( Amrum )
  • Island commander Foehr
  • Island commander Amrum

Friedrichstadt section

The Friedrichstadt section was set up in October 1944. It comprised the area from the German-Danish border to the north of Heide , the Halligen and the island of Pellworm .

  • Naval Artillery Department 124 (Friedrichstadt)
  • Naval Fortress Battalion 357 ( Tönning ), established in November 1944, relocated to Wilhelmshaven as Naval Rifle Battalion 357 in April .
  • Island commander Pellworm

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 300 years of the garrison town of Husum - 50 years of the Bundeswehr location p. 13 , accessed on February 5, 2019
  2. ^ Frank Aschmann's military career , accessed on February 3, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 6, p. 14 f.
  4. ↑ Andean verdenskrig langs gränsen ( The Second World War along the border ) . Danish, accessed February 4, 2019