Naval Base Olpenitz
The naval base Olpenitz was a stronghold of the armed forces at the mouth of the Schlei in the Baltic Sea , which existed from 1964 to 2006. The Ostseeresort Olpenitz project , formerly known as Port Olpenitz, has been implemented on the site since 2009 .
history
The Olpenitz naval port was built between 1959 and 1964 as a new building project. Part of the Schleinoor was separated from the Schlei and connected to the Baltic Sea by a new entrance.
For the administrative preparation of the base operations, a provisional planning staff was set up at the Kiel Naval Base Command on September 15, 1963, which existed until March 31, 1964. On April 1, 1964, was a naval base Olpenitz command in the naval base Flensburg-Mürwik positioned and relocated on 1 October 1964 following Olpenitz where the full capacity for work was found on January 1, 1969th Between 1967 and 1970 two speedboat squadrons and a mine sweeping squadron were relocated to Olpenitz.
In 1993, the naval command recommended closing the Olpenitz base in the course of downsizing the navy. However, due to a political decision, the base was initially retained. It was given a new function as a type base for the flotilla of the mine forces , while the speedboats were assigned to the Warnemünde naval base .
After a new structure for the Bundeswehr was decided in May 2003, which was accompanied by further downsizing, the resulting location concept was ordered in November 2004 to close the Olpenitz base.
Tasks, organization and subordination
The naval base command in Olpenitz was led by a commander with the rank of a frigate captain , from 1968 to 1973 by a sea captain . It was subordinated to the Baltic Sea Marine Section Command . From 1967 to 1974 it was under the Baltic Sea Marine Division , then the newly established Baltic Sea Section Command .
The naval base was responsible for supplying all commands and facilities belonging to the base area and all floating units calling at the base. For this he had berths, floating, fixed and mobile supply organs, repair facilities and a paramedic.
Supported associations and units
A number of changing naval associations and units were stationed at the base and in the Olpenitz siting area, which were supported by the base, but were not subordinate to the naval base command:
- 2nd Speedboat Squadron (1970–1994)
- 5th Schnellbootgeschwader (1968–2002)
- 1. Minesweeping Squadron (1992-2005)
- 3rd Mine Sweeping Squadron (1996-2005)
- 5th Mine Sweeping Squadron (1967-2006)
In addition, the following were stationed in Olpenitz:
- Parts of the 1st supply squadron
- Parts of the supply squadron
- Marines Medical Squadron Olpenitz (temporarily subordinate to the Naval Base Command Olpenitz)
- Marinesignalstelle Olpenitz (part of the naval telecommunications group 12 )
- Workshop ship Odin as a support facility of the naval arsenal for the units lying in Olpenitz
- Training facilities of the Naval Artillery School (from 1974 Naval Weapons School , teaching group B)
Web links
- Federal Archives-Military Archives
- Info page of the former base fire brigade. Retrieved March 31, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Archives-Military Archives inventory BM 30, naval base commandos
- ↑ 25 years of the 5th Schnellbootgeschwader Kappeln-Olpenitz . Brochure. Koblenz / Bonn 1984. p. 11 f.
- ↑ Erhard Rosenkranz. We are happy for Olpenitz . In: Marineforum , 5/1993, p. 146
- ↑ Where which barracks close . In: Focus.de of November 2, 2004 . Retrieved March 31, 2013
- ^ Lutz Feldt . Effect of the location decision on the Navy . In: Marineforum 12/2004, p. 3
- ↑ Kappeln, total local, 1999, p. 7. (PDF; 1.0 MB) Retrieved on March 31, 2013
Coordinates: 54 ° 39 ′ 41.1 ″ N , 10 ° 1 ′ 31 ″ E