Defense District Command 66

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Defense District Command 66
- VBK 66 -

No coats of arms.svg

(did not have an association badge )
active approx. 1966 to 2007
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Type District Defense Command
Staff seat Landshut

The defense district command 66 was a defense area command of the Armed Forces with the seat of the bar in Landshut . The main task of the command was the territorial defense in its defense district.

history

Lineup

The Defense District Command was planned to take over Army Structure II in the 1960s as part of the Territorial Army and subordinated to the Commander in Defense Area VI . Based on the civil administrative structure , the defense district roughly corresponded to the (government) district of Lower Bavaria . The location of the Landshut staff was accordingly .

Change to the armed forces base

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. The Defense District Command switched to the “new” Defense District Command IV “Southern Germany” . At the same time, Defense District Command 62 was decommissioned and its command area, which roughly corresponded to the (government) district of Upper Palatinate , was incorporated into Defense District 66. The subordinate defense district commands were dissolved and some of its tasks were transferred to the newly established district liaison commands.

resolution

The celebratory roll-call for decommissioning took place on October 27, 2006 at Trausnitz Castle. The Defense District Command was completely disbanded by 2007. Some of his assignments were transferred to the newly established Bavarian State Command and subordinate district liaison commands.

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 is about a battalion of the Army corresponded. The longest time of its existence, the defense district command subdivided derived from the civilian administrative divisions in defense circuit commands .

Association badge

First version of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company
Version of the internal association badge of the staff / staff company (from around 2001)

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. As a reference to the stationing area, the internal association badge initially showed figures from the district arms of Lower Bavaria and the Landshut city arms : Bavarian diamonds , the red panther of the Counts of Orthenburg-Kraiburg and the Landshut iron hats . The standing oak leaves on the green weapon color of the hunters' troops , as a traditional symbol of German land forces, was reminiscent of the beret badge of the hunter's troops, which provided large parts of the homeland security force subordinate to the defense district command . After the incorporation of Defense District Command 62 , the internal association badge was changed. The Palatinate Lion on a black background was adopted from the internal association badge of the staff of Defense District Command 62 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military District Command VI. BArch, BH 28-6. In: invenio. Federal Archives, 2004, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b c Defense District Commands . BArch, BH 30. In: invenio. Federal Archives, accessed on December 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b 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. ↑ 300 years of military history. KSK chairman informed about the Landshut garrison. In: Website of the warrior and soldier comradeship in Buch am Erlbach . Landshuter Zeitung , October 24, 2006, accessed on December 17, 2018 .
  5. ^ 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 ° 32 '55.7 "  N , 12 ° 10' 56.7"  E