Defense District Command 53

Defense District Command 53 - VBK 53 -
(did not have an association badge )
active	approx. 1963 to 2001
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	District Defense Command
Insinuation	Military area command V
Staff seat	Freiburg in Breisgau

The defense district command 53 was a defense area command of the Armed Forces with the seat of the rod in Freiburg . The main task of the command was the territorial defense in its defense district.

history

Lineup

The defense district command was to assume the army structure II in the 1960s as part of the Territorial Army deallocated and the commanders in the Military District V assumed. Based on the civil administrative structure , the defense district roughly corresponded to the administrative district of South Baden (later: administrative district of Freiburg ). The location of the staff in Freiburg im Breisgau was accordingly .

resolution

In 2001 the territorial army was disbanded. The military area commands and defense district commands were subordinated to the newly established armed forces base . The defense areas and defense districts were fundamentally reorganized and their number reduced. Defense District Command 53 was decommissioned and its command area was incorporated into Defense District 52 .

structure

Like most units of the Territorial Army, the Defense District Command consisted of only a few active soldiers. Only in the case of defense , the defense district command could by the convening of reserve and the mobilization stored and civilian material to a troop strength increase , which as a (small) brigade or a regiment of the Army corresponded. For the longest time of its existence, the defense district command, derived from the civil administrative structure, was roughly divided into subordinate defense district commands with subordinate homeland security companies as the core of the infantry -style homeland security force .

See also : Structure of the Territorial Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 4)

Association badge

One of the versions of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Alternative version of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The Defense District Command did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a predominantly non-active unit . The few active soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superior military area command.

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire defense district command. There were two variants of the internal association badge: both showed the three Swabian lions similar to those in the coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg .

• One variant showed the George Cross as in the Freiburg city coat of arms and the federal coat of arms on a black, red and gold field.
• The other variant showed, in addition to the lions, a shield in Baden shield division in yellow and red , the seal of the city of Freiburg , and the Iron Cross as the national emblem of the Bundeswehr.

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Military area command V. BArch, BH 28-5. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Defense District Commands . BArch, BH 30. In: invenio. Federal Archives, accessed on December 14, 2018 . 
3. ^ Defense area command I - Coast - (Kiel). BArch, BW 68-1. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 (includes representation of all four WBKs). 
4. ^ OW Dragoon: 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]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '18.6 "  N , 7 ° 50' 58.3"  E