Baltic Sea Division
The Marinedivision Ostsee (MDiv Ostsee) was a major association of the German Navy at the division level .
history
The Baltic Sea Division was set up on January 1, 1967 as part of a reorganization of the German Navy. It emerged from the former Baltic Sea Section Command and was subordinate to the Fleet Command . The staff was in Kiel . The North Sea Marine Division for the North Sea area existed parallel to the MDiv Baltic Sea . In the course of a further reorganization, the MDiv Ostsee was dissolved on April 1, 1975 and part of its tasks were transferred to the newly established Marine Section Command Ostsee (MAKdo Ostsee), which was subordinate to the newly created naval support command. The telecommunication forces were subordinated to the newly created naval command service.
assignment
The naval divisions provided logistical support for the German naval and sea air forces. Their responsibilities were geographically and professionally delimited. Spatially, the MDiv Baltic Sea was responsible for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein including its North Sea coast but excluding Heligoland , the MDiv North Sea for the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen and for Heligoland.
Technically, the central control of the fleet supply of the MDiv Baltic Sea was transferred, while the MDiv North Sea became the superior agency of a number of associations and units, some of which were stationed on the Baltic Sea.
The MDiv Baltic Sea was responsible for cross-sectional logistical tasks for the entire Navy. This included the central control of the material supply for the fleet, including the control of field maintenance and transport.
Both divisions were subordinate to supply facilities in their area, which were divided into two levels. The rear organization was referred to as the depot supply level, while the base supply level served to directly support the fleet. These facilities included depots, transport battalions and base commands.
organization
The staff of the Baltic MDiv disposal in addition to the general staff departments over five special staff departments for logistical cross-cutting issues, including the largest, the Special Staff Logistics Department with 150 soldiers and civilian forces. In an outsourced MB (mechanical reporting) position, an IT system was used for material management for the first time in the Navy . Together with the MB position, the logistics department formed the fleet material control center .
The following associations and departments were subordinate to the MDiv Ostsee:
- Support associations
- Marine communications section 1
- Naval communications section 7
- Naval Music Corps Baltic Sea
- Marine First Aid Squadrons
- Associations and departments of the depot supply level
- Marine material depot 1
- Naval ammunition depot 1
- Naval ammunition depot 3
- Marine Transport Battalion 1
- heavy naval repair company 1
- Departments of the base supply level
- Naval base command Kiel with branch in Neustadt in Holstein
- Naval base command Flensburg - Mürwik
- Naval base command Olpenitz
Commanders
The commander of the MDiv Baltic Sea was a flag officer with the rank of flotilla admiral .
| Rank | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlAdm | Wolfgang Haack | February 1967 | September 1969 | |
| FlAdm | Otto Dingeldein | October 1969 | September 1972 | |
| FlAdm | Henrich Grote | October 1972 | December 1973 | |
| FlAdm | Wilfried Toepser | January 1974 | December 1974 | subsequently Kdr MAKdo Baltic Sea until December 1976 |
References
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literature
- Marine divisions on the North and Baltic Seas, in: Egbert Thomer, Jürgen Rhades; Yearbook of the Navy 5, 1970. Bremen undated, p. 103 ff.