Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command

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Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein Defense District
Command I
- TerrKdo SH / WBK I -

TerrKdo SH.svg

Association badge
active July 1, 1969 to April 1, 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
Staff seat Kiel
guide
last in command Major General Jürgen von Falkenhayn

The Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was one of the territorial commands in the Bundeswehr's territorial army . The seat of the staff was Kiel .

Task of this established 1969 and 1994 resolved higher command authority was the organization of territorial defense in military education . Defense area I comprised the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg . From 1969 to 1994, the staff of the territorial command was also the Staff of the Military District Command I .

tasks

Task of this higher command authority was the organization of territorial defense in military education . This defense area included the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein .

The commander of the Territorial Command was the national commander in relation to the Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH) . In addition, the command was mainly involved in the coordination of military projects in the area of territorial defense with the Danish armed forces , which cooperated closely with the German army within the framework of the German-Danish headquarters of the Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT) .

For this purpose, the Territorial Command directly led the subordinate units in Defense Area I and other units directly subordinate to them, such as supply , telecommunications , pioneer and medical commands . In contrast to the other territorial commands, the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was subordinate to some of the corps troops that were intended for LANDJUT in the event of a defense .

Another focus was the care of other military units of the Army of the Armed Forces , in particular the German units of LANDJUT and mostly the peace in I Corps subordinate 6th Panzer Grenadier Division . If agreed, the Territorial Command North also supported the allied armed forces in northern Germany . 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

Headquarters on Niemannsweg on the Kiel Fjord

The Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was planned in Kiel in 1969 . It took over the tasks of the Territorial Defense Command in Defense Area I , which was decommissioned at the same time . For the other military areas , the territorial commands north and south were set up at the same time . Since the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command, unlike the other two territorial commands, was supposed to lead only one defense area, the staff of Defense Area I , which was set up in Kiel in 1956, was integrated into the staff of the Territorial Command . The commander in Defense Area I was also the commander of the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command. The establishment of the staff of the Territorial Command was essentially carried out through the reorganization of the staff of the Defense District Command I.

In order to coordinate with the Allied armed forces on the Jutian Peninsula , i.e. in the southernmost command area of ​​the Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH), more precisely the subordinate Allied Command Baltic Approaches (BALTAP) , the commander in Defense Area I was at the same time “German Plenipotentiary in the area of AFNORTH ". From 1969 this position was carried out by the commander of the territorial command - now fully designated as "Commander Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein / German authorized representative in the area AFNORTH".

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

At the end of the 1980s, the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was subordinate to around 6,500 soldiers. In the event of a defense , the territorial command should grow up to around 43,500 reservists .

resolution

Stander Commander "Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein / German authorized representative in the AFNORTH area"

The Schleswig-Holstein 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 Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command were transferred to the existing Military Area Command I, which was merged with the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division to form the " Military Area Command I / 6th Panzer Grenadier Division ". This department was subordinate to the newly established Army Command .

structure

Army structure III

The territorial command was divided into Army Structure III :

Army structure IV

Structure of the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command around 1990:

  • Defense district command 10 and site headquarters Hamburg (VBK 10 and StOKdtr Hamburg) since 1956
  • Defense District Command 111 Flensburg
  • Defense district commandos 112 Rendsburg - Osterrönfeld
  • Defense District Command 113 Bad Segeberg
  • Defense District Command 114 Lübeck
  • Disposal Troop Command 41 (VfgTrKdo 41) 1981–1993 (Schleswig)
  • Supply command 600 Flensburg
    • Repair battalion 610 Flensburg
    • Supply Battalion 610 Seeth
    • Transport Battalion 610 Heide
    • Supply Battalion 620 (equipment unit) Süderlügum
    • Resupply training center 600 Heide
    • Repair training center 605 Boostedt
    • Material depots in Ladelund, Silberstedt, Glinde, Bramstedtlund, Kropp, Boostedt
  • Medical Command 600 Neumünster
  • Telecommunication Command 600 Kiel
    • Telecommunications Battalion 610 Rendsburg
    • Telecommunications Battalion 620 Flensburg
    • Area telecommunications guide 117 Hamburg
    • Area telecommunications guide 120 Kiel
  • Anti-aircraft firing range commandantur Todendorf
  • Putlos military training area
  • Feldjägerbataillon 610 Heide

Commander

Wolfgang Benzino
Commander, Territorial
Command Schleswig-Holstein / German Authorized Representative in the AFNORTH area (October 1, 1973 - March 31, 1979)

The commanders "Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein / German authorized representative in the area AFNORTH" were:

No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
12 Major General Jürgen von Falkenhayn March 31, 1993 April 1, 1994
11 Rear Admiral Jürgen Dubois October 1, 1989 March 31, 1993
10 Rear Admiral Gustav Carl Liebig 1st October 1987 September 30, 1989
9 Rear Admiral Dieter Ehrhardt January 1, 1985 September 30, 1987
8th Rear Admiral Rudolf Deckert April 1, 1982 December 31, 1984
7th Rear Admiral Hans-Arend Feindt April 1, 1979 March 31, 1982
6th Rear Admiral Wolfgang Benzino 1st October 1973 March 31, 1979
5 Rear Admiral Berthold Jung 1st October 1970 September 30, 1973

Forerunner: German authorized representative in the area AFNORTH (from 10.1965 in personal union with military area command I):

No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
4th Rear Admiral Friedrich Kemnade April 1, 1968 September 30, 1970
2 Rear Admiral Helmut Neuss October 1, 1965 March 31, 1968
2 Rear Admiral Hans-Rudolf Rösing April 1, 1962 September 30, 1965
1 Rear Admiral Bernhard Rogge June 3, 1957 March 31, 1962

Association badge

Woven association badge of the Territorial Command
Internal association badge of the staff

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 center shield below accompanied by the word SH in black Latin capital letters . "

"SH" was the acronym for Schleswig-Holstein. 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.

literature

  • 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]).
  • Dieter H. Kollmer: The "aircraft carrier" Schleswig-Holstein. The role of Schleswig-Holstein in NATO's defense planning during the Cold War . In: Aaron Jessen, Elmar Moldenhauer, Karsten Biermann (eds.): Overcoming boundaries. Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark & ​​the GDR . Husum 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Territorial commands north and south. BArch, BH 26. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ The Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command / German authorized representative in the AFNORTH area . Kiel 1990.
Active and former corps with the participation of the German army
Active corps

1st German-Dutch Corps  | Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps  | Eurocorps  | Multinational Corps North-East

Former corps

I. Corps  | II. Corps / II. (German-American) Corps  | III. Corps  | IV Corps  | Headquarters of the Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland

Corps equivalents

Territorial Command East  | Weir area command I · II · III · IV · V · VI

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 '0.2 "  N , 10 ° 8' 35.6"  E