List of POW camps in Germany 1914–1918
This article lists the prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during the First World War .
There were a total of 96 crew camps and 80 officers camps, which together housed around 2.5 million men. Each camp was assigned to an inspection as a supervisory authority.
Crew camp
| High command in the brands | Guard inspection | 1st inspection | 2nd inspection | 3rd inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Ruhleben |
Camp Döberitz Camp Dyrotz Camp Müncheberg Camp Zossen -Weinberge Camp Zossen- Half moon camp |
Heilsberg camp |
Camp Altdamm Lager Schneidemühl Lager Stargard |
Bearing Brandenburg camp Cottbus camp Crossen bearing Frankfurt (Oder) warehouse Guben camp Havelberg |
| 4th inspection | 5th inspection | 6th inspection | 7th inspection | 8th inspection |
|
Altengrabow warehouse Gardelegen warehouse Merseburg warehouse Quedlinburg warehouse Salzwedel warehouse Stendal warehouse Kleinwittenberg warehouse Zerbst warehouse |
Camp Sagan Camp New Skalmierschütz Camp Sprottau Camp Stralkowo |
Stock Lamsdorf camp Neuhammer |
Bearing Dülmen bearing Friedrich field bearing Holthausen bearing Minden bearing Münster I bearing Münster II bearing Münster III bearing Senne |
Limburg (Lahn) camp |
| 9th inspection | 10th inspection | 11th inspection | 14th inspection | 15th inspection |
| Camp Güstrow camp Parchim camp Strelitz and Neustrelitz |
Stock Hameln camp Holzminden camp Soltau |
Niederzwehren camp, Fulda prison camp, Göttingen camp, Langensalza camp |
Heuberg warehouse Mannheim warehouse Rastatt warehouse Tauberbischofsheim warehouse |
Oberhofen warehouse |
| 17th inspection | 18th inspection | 20th inspection | 21. Landsturm inspection | Inspection Bavaria |
| Camp Czersk Camp Troyl Camp Hammerstein Camp Tuchel |
Stock Darmstadt bearing casting camp Meschede camp Wetzlar camp Worms |
Camp Arys Camp Prussian Holland |
Stock Saarbrücken camp Diedenhofen camp Metz |
Bearing Aschaffenburg bearing Bayreuth bearing Eichstätt bearing Erlangen bearing Germersheim bearing Hammelburg bearing Landau (Pfalz) bearing Lech field bearing Puchheim bearing Regensburg bearing Traunstein bearing Würzburg |
| Inspection Saxony | Inspection Württemberg | - | - | - |
| Camp Bautzen camp Chemnitz-Ebersdorf camp Koenigsbrueck camp Zwickau |
Stock Hohenasperg camp Eglosheim camp Münsingen camp Stuttgart camp Ulm |
- | - |
Officers camp
| 2nd inspection | 3rd inspection | 4th inspection | 5th inspection | 6th inspection | 7th inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dänholm warehouse | Camp Beeskow camp Blankenburg camp Kuestrin |
Warehouse Castle Warehouse Halle (Saale) Warehouse Magdeburg Warehouse Torgau |
Camp trips | Camp Gnadenfrei Camp Neisse Camp Schweidnitz |
Stock Krefeld camp Gütersloh camp Werl |
| 8th inspection | 9th inspection | 10th inspection | 11th inspection | 14th inspection | 16th inspection |
| Camp Cologne warehouse Trier |
Stock Augustabad or Neubrandenburg camp Bad Stuer camp Breesen camp Eutin camp Fürstenberg |
Camp Altenau camp Berxen camp Bad Blenhorst bearing Castle Celle camp Clausthal camp Fuchsberg camp Helmstedt camp Holzminden camp Lichtenhorst camp Neustadt camp Osnabrück camp Celle- afraid bearing Schwarmstedt camp Ströhen camp Wahmbeck camp Wildemann |
Camp Bad Kolberg camp Eschwege camp Hannoversch-Munden |
Available Freiburg bearing Heidelberg camp Karlsruhe camp Lahr camp Pforzheim camp Rastatt camp Villingen camp Vöhrenbach |
Saarlouis warehouse |
| 17th inspection | 18th inspection | 21st inspection | Inspection Bavaria | Inspection Saxony | Inspection Württemberg |
| Stock Bütow camp Grudziadz camp Gniew storage Strasbourg |
Bearing Frankfurt (Main) bearing Friedberg camp Mainz camp Weilburg |
Camp Neunkirchen camp Saarbrücken |
Storage Schloss Hirschberg Storage Ingolstadt Storage Landshut Storage Neuburg Storage Plassenburg Storage Rosenberg Storage Wülzburg |
Stock Bischofswerda camp Döbeln camp Koenigstein camp Schönfeld-Wiesa |
Stock Ellwangen camp Stuttgart |
literature
- Wilhelm Doegen : “The enemy prisoners of war in Germany”, in: The Great War 1914–1918. Volume 10, JA Barth, Leipzig 1923, p. 207.
- Jochen Oltmer (Ed.): Prisoners of War in Europe during the First World War. Paderborn 2006, ISBN 3-506-72927-6 .
- Una B. Pope-Hennessy: Map of the main prison camps in Germany and Austria. Nisbet & Co., London 1919.
- Jean Bellmann: Sketches on Mecklenburg-Strelitz Military History 1701 to 2018 , Part 2, 1914 to 2018, p. 86 f.