Territorial Command North

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Territorial Command North
- TerrKdo North -

TerrKdo Nord.svg

Association badge
active July 1, 1969 to March 31, 1994
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Territorial Command
Insinuation Association badge of the BMVg Army headquarters
last staff seat Mönchengladbach-Rheindahlen
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last in command Major General Hans Hoster
last chief of staff Brigadier General Wolf-Hubertus Schlabitz
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The Territorial Command North (TerrKdo Nord) was one of the territorial commands in the territorial army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters of the staff was the JHQ Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach .

The task of this higher command authority , set up in 1969 and dissolved in 1994, was to organize territorial defense in Defense Areas II and III .

tasks

The task of this higher command authority was the organization of territorial defense in Defense Areas II and III . These two defense areas included the states of Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia and Bremen .

The commander of the Territorial Command was the national commander opposite the Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) . To this end, the command was involved in the coordination of military projects in the field of territorial defense with the armed forces of Great Britain , Belgium and the Netherlands . In addition to taking into account the requirements of the Northern Army Group , the Territorial Command supported the Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2nd ATAF) .

To this end, the Territorial Command led the subordinate units in Defense Areas II and III and other units directly subordinate to them such as supply , telecommunications , pioneer and medical commands .

Another focus was the supply of other units of the Bundeswehr , especially the 1st Corps of the Field Army . If agreed, the Territorial Command North also supported the allied armed forces in the area of ​​the subordinate military areas . This included, for example, the supply of medical supplies (see medical supplies warehouse ) and fuel (see NATO pipeline ) as well as replacement of personnel .

history

Lineup

The North Territorial Command was set up on July 1, 1969 in Mönchengladbach . It took over the functions of the same time decommissioned commands Territorial Defense in the military areas II and III . For the other military areas, the territorial commands South and Schleswig-Holstein were reorganized at the same time .

In addition, the staff of the German Plenipotentiary in the area of ​​the Northern Army Group Central Europe (NORTHAG) was integrated into the Territorial Command North.

On November 1, 1969, the Territorial Command North was subordinated to the Army Inspector or the Army Command.

resolution

The Northern Territorial Command was dissolved in 1994. A merger with a corps command , initially envisaged in Army Structure V , was not carried out.

In Army Structure V, the remaining units of the field and territorial armies were combined in the peace structure. The territorial tasks of the Territorial Command North were transferred to the merged Military Area Command II / 1st Panzer Division and the Military Area Command III / 7th Panzer Division . These were subordinate to the newly established Army Command .

structure

Army structure III

At the end of the 1970s, after Army Structure III was taken over, the Territorial Command North was essentially subordinate to the following troops:

Army structure IV

In the Army Structure IV in 1988, the following were subordinate to the command:

Only subordinate to troops were:

Association badge

Woven association badge of the Territorial Command

The territorial command carried a union badge with the following blazon :

" Tied by a silver cord with woven black thread, divided into black, red, gold in a golden central shield a one-headed black eagle , the head turned to the right, the wings open, but with closed plumage, beak, tongue and fangs of red color ( Federal eagle); the middle shield below accompanied by the word NORD in black Latin capital letters . "

The shield division corresponded to the flag of Germany . The motifs of the association badge were also similar to the coat of arms of Germany . The federal eagle was the German heraldic animal . He was depicted similarly on the troop flags . The close reference to the coat of arms and the flag of Germany made it clear that the territorial army and its territorial commands remained under the authority of the national commander even in the event of a defense and were not assigned to NATO .

The association badges of the command authorities in the territorial army were particularly similar. In particular, the association badges of the territorial commands and the military area commands differed only in their labeling. The association badges of the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Army Command Staff were almost identical except for the board . The silver / black braided border of the territorial commandos symbolized the position below the Federal Ministry of Defense, which accordingly had a "higher quality" golden cord.

Commander

The commanders of the Northern Territorial Command in the rank of major general were:

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
14th Major General Hans Hoster October 1, 1988 March 31, 1994
13 Major General Konrad Manthey April 1, 1983 September 30, 1988
12 Major General Dr. Werner Schäfer October 1, 1981 March 31, 1983
11 Major General Fritz von Westermann April 1, 1979 September 30, 1981
10 Major General Wolfgang von Bergh October 1, 1976 March 31, 1979
9 Major General Hans Wilde 1st October 1970 September 30, 1976
8th Major General Rudolf Jenett April 1, 1970 September 30, 1970
7th Major General Wilhelm-Peter Sieber 15th July 1969 March 31, 1970

Forerunner German Authorized Representative North:

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
6th Brigadier General Dr. Friedrich Beermann April 1, 1968 1969
5 Brigadier General Johannes Müller November 1966 March 31, 1968
4th Brigadier General Günther Pape October 1, 1966 October 22, 1966
3 Brigadier General Werner-Ernst Hoffmann April 1, 1964 September 30, 1966
2 Brigadier General Wolfgang Queisner January 1, 1963 March 31, 1964
1 Brigadier General Werner Bodenstein 1960 December 31, 1962

literature

  • Hans Hoster: The headquarters in Mönchengladbach: The unknown district “JHQ” . Ed .: Otto von Bylandt Society, Friends of the Municipal Museum at Rheydt Castle. Mönchengladbach 2004, ISBN 3-925256-67-9 .
  • 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]).

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Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 35 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 18 ″  E