Baltic Sea Section Command

The Baltic Sea Marine Section Command (MAKdo Ostsee) was a support association of the German Navy , which was set up on April 3, 1956 and transferred to the Baltic Sea Division on January 1, 1967 . The location of the MAKdo Baltic Sea was Kiel .

Mission and organization

The Marine Sector Command Baltic initially was under the command of the naval base , and in 1965 the fleet command . It was responsible for setting up and managing the facilities of the fleet base with bases, depots, telecommunication and location services in the area of the Baltic Sea. The organization and subordination of these agencies and associations was subject to various changes during the establishment of the Federal Navy.

The MAKdo Ostsee was permanently or temporarily subject to the following offices and associations:

Naval bases
- Naval base Flensburg-Mürwik
  - Marines First Aid Squadron (from 1966)
- Naval base command Kiel
  - Greatbrode naval base (1963–1967)
  - Baltic Sea School Squadron (1956–1958)
  - 1. Harbor Protection / Coast Guard Squadron (1956–1963)
  - 3rd Port Guard / Coast Guard Squadron (1956–1962)
  - Marines First Aid Squadron (from 1966)
  - Hamburg branch (1958–1962)
  - Neustadt branch (1957–1994)
  - Eckernförde branch (1957–1985)

Logistic facilities
- Marine Transport Battalion 1
- Marine depot I in Kiel- Schilksee (from 1957)
- Marine ammunition depot Probsteierhagen / Jägersberg (from 1957)

Telecommunication and location equipment
- Naval communications section 1 in Glücksburg
- Marine telecommunications section 5 in Flensburg-Mürwik (from 1957)
- Marine telecommunications section 7 in Flensburg-Mürwik (from 1960)

Others
- Naval Music Corps Baltic Sea

Commanders

The commanders of the MAKdo Baltic Sea were flag officers with the rank of flotilla admiral .

Rank	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Remarks
FlAdm	Carl-Heinz Birnbacher	10th 1964	02nd 1967	from January 1, 1967 Commander of the Baltic Sea Division
FlAdm	Helmut Neuss	04th 1963	09th 1964
FlAdm	Walter Heck	07th 1962	03rd 1963
FlAdm	Wolfgang Kähler	06th 1957	06. 1962
Kpt zS	Werner Jochmann	10th 1956	05. 1957	Assigned to carry out the business
FKpt	Helmut Neuss	04th 1956	09th 1956	Assigned to carry out the business

History of subordinate units

All the associations and units shown here changed their subordination:

On January 1, 1967 to the Baltic Sea Division,
on April 1, 1975 to the newly established Baltic Sea Section Command, the
was renamed on April 1, 1994 in Naval Section Command North.

Marine Transport Battalion 1

On July 1, 1964, the Marine Transport Battalion 1 (MarTrspBtl 1) was set up in Kiel with a staff and supply company , three transport companies (2nd company stationed in the Strander district of Bülk), a heavy maintenance company and a handling company. In 1995 a training company was added in Eckernförde , which relocated to Seeth in 1997 . On September 30, 1998, the battalion was disbanded. It was replaced by the North Marine Transport Company (MTrspKp Nord), which was set up in Kiel on October 1, 1998. She was directly subordinate to the Naval Section Command North .

Marine material depot 1

The naval material depot I was set up on July 15, 1957 in Kiel-Schilksee. On April 1, 1959 in Tönning part Depot formed and on 1 April 1961, a branch office in Quickborn , which moved from 1 June 1967 to Kiel-Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf and as part Depot keel from 1 October 1971 Dietrichsdorf acted.

The naval material depot I was renamed on April 1, 1968 in naval material depot 1 . On October 1st, 1968 it moved to Bargum ( Husum district ). On October 1, 1994, it was subordinated to the Naval Section Command North. The sub-units in Kiel-Dietrichsdorf and Tönning were dissolved on December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1998, respectively.

By order of May 7, 2001, MMatDp 1 was placed under the Naval Section Command West. On July 1, 2002, it was subordinated to the Armed Forces Base (SKB) organization area, where it was assigned to the 5th Air Force Supply Regiment until the new target structure was adopted.

Naval ammunition depots

There were two naval action depots in the area of the Baltic Sea Section Command:

Marine ammunition depot 1 , set up in 1957 in Probsteierhagen -Jägersberg

Marine ammunition depot 3 , installed in Leck-Langenberg in 1963 .

By order of May 7, 2001, both depots were placed under the Naval Section Command West. On July 1, 2002, they were subordinated to the Armed Forces Base organizational area and were assigned to the Air Force Supply Regiment 5 until the new target structure was adopted.

Naval Music Corps Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea Marine Music Corps was set up on June 1, 1956 in Eckernförde . After the establishment, the Marine Music Corps North Sea was formed from parts of the Baltic Sea Music Corps .

Web links

Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BM 8 naval section commands

Federal archive -military archive inventory BM 4 Marinesanitätsdienst

Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BM 37 amphibious transport and handling battalions as well as naval transport formations

Federal Archives-Military Archives holdings BM 43 Depot organization of the Navy

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.mgfa.de/html/zms_standorte_index_brd.php Location database of the ZMS Bw, Strande location
↑ Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BM 37 amphibious transport and handling battalions as well as marine transport formations
↑ ^a ^b ^c Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 43 Depot organization of the Navy
↑ ^a ^b Members of the Navy switch to the SKB . In: Marineforum 9-2002, p. 30
↑ Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BH 38 Musikkorps

Remarks

↑ The names of the depots correspond to the status before 1968.
↑ Those departments and associations are shown for which no separate article exists and which are not described elsewhere. The representation covers the entire period of the existence of these formations even beyond the subordination under MAKdo Ostsee.

[3] ttp://www.mgfa.de/html/zms_standorte_index_brd.php Location database of the ZMS Bw, Strande location

[BM37-4] Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BM 37 amphibious transport and handling battalions as well as marine transport formations

[BM43-5] Federal Archives-Military Archives Stock BM 43 Depot organization of the Navy

[MF_9-02-6] Members of the Navy switch to the SKB . In: Marineforum 9-2002, p. 30

[7] Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Holdings BH 38 Musikkorps

[1] The names of the depots correspond to the status before 1968.

[2] Those departments and associations are shown for which no separate article exists and which are not described elsewhere. The representation covers the entire period of the existence of these formations even beyond the subordination under MAKdo Ostsee.