List of units of the topography troops of the Army of the Bundeswehr

Beret badge of the topography troops of the German army

The list of troop units of the topography troops of the Army of the Bundeswehr contains all dissolved, active and inactive (equipment units, cadreed battalions) units of the topography troops of the Army of the Bundeswehr as well as a brief overview of their time of deployment, stationing locations, subordination and their dissolution or renaming. The topography troops were a small group of troops that initially belonged to the artillery troops until 1973 , cf. hence the list of units of the artillery troops of the army of the Bundeswehr . Regardless of this, units that are obviously active in the field of topography are also listed, even if they were not part of the independent topography force during the entire period of their existence. The topography troop was disbanded by 2004 and parts of the tasks, orders, personnel and military material were transferred to the geographic information service of the Bundeswehr .

Introduction to the numbering conventions

From Army Structure II to around 1990, the topography troop units were numbered using a stringent numbering convention. During this time one could usually read directly from the name that the unit was assigned. In the event of a change of subordination, reclassification, etc., the number has usually been consistently adapted, apart from exceptional cases. Conversely, during this period, associations with the same number cannot always be seen in the same line of tradition. After 1990 and the incorporation of parts of the disbanded National People's Army and the considerable reclassifications in the years after the end of the Cold War , this adjustment was often no longer made; the associations often kept their name by tradition. Your assumption can usually no longer be derived from your number. However, certain conclusions can be drawn about their origin and tradition. In the following, the system is presented according to the size of the associations. However, the following considerations on the system of the designation remain to be understood only as a basic concept, even for the period before 1990. In the case of troop attempts, in the formation and disbandment phase, etc., deviations from the rule are repeatedly encountered.

Topography batteries

designation	Listing (off)	Staff seat	Whereabouts	comment
Topography battery 101	1959 (from TopBttr 695)	Muenster	1981 reclassified to TopBttr 800	ArtKdr I. Corps , from 1981 Territorial Command North
Corps topography battery 201	1959 (from TopBttr 696)	Ulm	1981 reclassified to TopBttr 850	ArtKdr II. Corps , from 1981 Territorial Command South
Corps topography battery 301	1959 (from TopBttr 697)	Koblenz	Disbanded in 1981	ArtKdr III. corps
Topography battery 400	1994 (from ToppBttr Ost)	Prenzlau	Disbanded around 2003 for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	IV Corps
Topography battery 600	1981 (from ToppBttr 601)	Rendsburg	dissolved	initially VfgTrpKdo 41 ; in the V case to LANDJUT
Topography battery 601	1964	Rendsburg	1981 reclassification to TopBttr 600	subordinates to LANDJUT
Corps topography battery 695	1957	Muenster	1959 reclassified to TopBtt 101	I. Corps
Corps topography battery 696	1957	Ulm	Reclassified to TopBtt 201 in 1959	II Corps
Corps topography battery 697	1957	Koblenz	1959 reclassified to TopBtt 301	III. corps
Topography teaching battery 700	1963 (from TopLehrBttr)	Idar-Oberstein	1972 renamed Topography Teaching Battery 900	Artillery training regiment
Topography battery 800	1972	Muenster	Disbanded around 2003 for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	1981 Reorganization with the involvement of TopBttr 101, TopBttr 800 and TopBttr 800; around 1990 TerrKdo Nord , a train in the V case to NORTHAG ; from 1994 I. Corps
Topography battery 801	1972	-	1981 to ToppBttr 800	NORTHAG
Topography battery 850	1977	Ulm	Disbanded around 2003 for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	1981 reorganization with the involvement of TopBttr 201 and TopBttr 850; around 1990 TerrKdo Süd , a V-case train to CENTAG ; from 1994 II Corps
Topography battery 900	1973 (from TopLehrBttr 900)	until December 1980 Idar-Oberstein from 1980 Koblenz	Disbanded around 2003 for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	from 1981 in peace to ArtKdo 3 , in the V case to security and supply regiment at the BMVg
Topography teaching battery 900	1972 (from TopLehrBttr 700)	Idar-Oberstein	Renamed TopBttr 900 in 1973	Artillery training regiment
Topography teaching battery	1957	Idar-Oberstein	1963 renamed Topography Teaching Battery 700	Artillery School
Topography battery east	1990	Prenzlau	1994 reclassified to ToppBttr 400	initially Army Command East , later Corps / Territorial Command East

Topography trains

Due to the small size of the troop type, the largest units of the topography troops in the field army were for a long time independent platoons that were planned as part of the corps troops .

designation	Listing (off)	Staff seat	Whereabouts	comment
Topography train 100	1981	Rendsburg (until 1993 Münster )	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of the MilGeo position WB I	around 1990 ArtKdo 1 , corps troops I. Corps ; 1993 Reorganization from TopZg 100/200/300 and subordination to WBK I / 6th PzGrenDiv
Topography train 200	1981	Hanover (until 1993 Ulm )	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of MilGeo -stelle WB II	around 1990 ArtKdo 2 , Corps Troops II Corps ; 1993 Reorganization from TopZg 100/200/300 and subordination to WBK II / 1. PzDiv
Topography train 300	1981	Hilden (until 1993 Koblenz )	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of MilGeo -stelle WB III	around 1990 ArtKdo 3 , corps troops III. Corps ; 1993 Reorganization from TopZg 100/200/300 and subordination to WBK III / 7th PzDiv
Topography train 400	1993 (from TopZg 100/200/300)	Mainz	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of MilGeo -stelle WB IV	WBK IV / 5th PzDiv
Topography train 500	1993 (from TopZg 100/200/300)	Sigmaringen	1997 Dissolution for the establishment of MilGeo positions WB V	WBK V / 10th PzDiv
Topography train 600	1993 (from TopZg 100/200/300)	Munich	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of MilGeo position VI	WBK VI / 1st GebDiv
Topography train 700	1991	Leipzig	1997 Dissolution to the establishment of MilGeo -stelle WB VII	Division / Military Area Command VII
Topography train 800	1991	Neubrandenburg	1997	Division / Military Area Command VIII
Topography train Europkorps	-	Strasbourg	-	Corps troops Eurocorps

Military geographic locations

designation	Listing (off)	Staff seat	Whereabouts	comment
Military Geostelle WB I	1997 (from TopZg 100)	Kiel	2002 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK I
Military Geostelle WB II	1997 (from TopZg 200)	Hanover	2003/04 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK II
Military Geostelle WB III	1997 (from TopZg 300)	Dusseldorf	2002 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK III
Military Geostelle WB IV	1997 (from TopZg 400)	Mainz	2002 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK IV
Military Geostelle WB V	1997 (from TopZg 500)	Stuttgart	2003/04 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK V
Military Geostelle WB VI	1997 (from TopZg 600)	Munich	2003/04 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK VI
Military Geostelle WB VII	1997 (from TopZg 700)	Leipzig	2003/04 disbanded for the establishment of GeoInfoDBw	WBK VII

Abbreviations

ArtKdo → Artillery Command

ArtKdr → artillery commander

CENTAG → Central Army Group

LANDJUT → Headquarters of the Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland

MilGeo -stelle → Military Geostelle

NORTHAG → Northern Army Group

PzDiv → Panzer Division

PzGrenDiv → Panzergrenadierdivision

TerrKdo → Territorial Command

TerrKdo SH → Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein

TopZg → topography train

TopBttr → topography battery

WB → defense area

WBK → military area command

literature

Hans-Jürgen Schraut: The armed forces structure of the Bundeswehr 1956-1990 . Documentation as part of the Nuclear History Program. Science and Politics Foundation, Ebenhausen 1993.
Herbert Seifert: The structures of the army . In: Federal Ministry of Defense, Command Staff of the Army I 5 (Ed.): European Security . Bonn (1999/2000).
Helmut Hammerich, Michael Poppe: The army 1950 to 1970: conception, organization and deployment (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 3 ). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 821 .
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Jochen Landmann: The Topography Troop: 1957–2003 . Ed .: Euskirchen Center for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr. 2016, DNB 1134884249 ( digital copy [PDF]).

Web links

OW Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).
OW Dragoons: 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]).
Location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad. In: Website of the Military History Research Office . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr; Military History Research Office, accessed on March 28, 2019 (For technical reasons, direct links to individual search queries or search results are not possible. Please use the "search form" to research information on the individual offices).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Jochen Landmann: Die Topographietruppe: 1957-2003 . Ed .: Euskirchen Center for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr. 2016, DNB 1134884249 ( digital copy (pdf) ).

[LANDMANN-1] Jochen Landmann: Die Topographietruppe: 1957-2003 . Ed .: Euskirchen Center for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr. 2016, DNB 1134884249 ( digital copy (pdf) ).