Naval base command Flensburg-Mürwik
 Naval base Flensburg-Mürwik
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Naval base Flensburg-Mürwik (1984) |
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| country | Germany | ||
| local community | Flensburg | ||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 48 ' N , 9 ° 27' E | ||
| Opened | 1910-1944 | ||
| owner | Private | ||
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| Kriegsmarine Royal Navy Bundesmarine |
 
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Location of the Flensburg-Mürwik naval base in Schleswig-Holstein |
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The naval base command Flensburg-Mürwik was an agency of the German Navy in the urban base of the Flensburg district of Mürwik .
history
The first bases in Flensburg-Mürwik were built by the Imperial Navy at the beginning of the 20th century . They remained in use by the Navy until the end of World War II .
The German Navy turned to the Marine Base Command Flensburg-Mürwik July 1, 1956th It soon moved into the Bonte barracks . The naval base command Flensburg-Mürwik was initially subordinate to the Baltic Sea Section Command , from January 1, 1967 to the Baltic Sea Division and from April 1, 1975 to the newly established Baltic Sea Section Command . On December 31, 1998, the Flensburg-Mürwik naval base command was dissolved. While a small part of the port area, the boat harbor , is used by the Mürwik Naval School , most of the buildings and port facilities have been transferred to the Sonwik residential project . At the Bonte barracks, a large inscribed stone still reminds of the building's former purpose as a naval base command.
tasks
The task of the command was to supply the commandos and facilities of the Navy belonging to the Flensburg-Mürwik naval base and all floating units calling at the base . A branch office in Rendsburg , which existed from 1958 to 1968, supported shipyard and port boaters there.
Several floating naval units were stationed at the base. There were also a number of land units supported by the base but not under the naval base command. The supported associations and institutions included:
- Bars
- Floating associations and units
- 1st mine sweeping squadron (1956–1992)
- 3rd Schnellbootgeschwader (1957–1998)
- 3rd Destroyer Squadron (1960–1968)
- Mine-laying squadron (1962–1972)
- Fleet Service Squadron (1968–1993)
- Land troops and schools
- Naval Telecommunications School
- Mürwik Naval School
- Marines First Aid Squadron Flensburg-Mürwik (1966–1998)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interactive map of the city of Flensburg , accessed on August 22, 2015
- ↑ a b Federal Archives / Military Archives holdings BM 30 naval base commands
- ↑ Federal Archives / Military Archives. Stock BM 15; Command of the Troop Trials of the Navy
- ↑ Federal Archives / Military Archives. Stock BM 4; Marines Medical Service