Guard regiment "Friedrich Engels"
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Guard Regiment Friedrich Engels |
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.svg) Troop flag |
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| active | 1962 to October 2, 1990 |
| Country |
 German Democratic Republic
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| Armed forces | National Peoples Army |
| Armed forces |
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| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry regiment |
| structure | 7 companies |
| Insinuation | MfNV |
| Friedrich Engels Barracks | Berlin |
| commander | |
| last Kdr. | Lieutenant Colonel Franke |
| insignia | |
| Identification symbol | Sleeve band with embroidery "NVA Guard Regiment Friedrich Engels" |
The Guard Regiment Friedrich Engels , also Guard Regiment 1 (WR-1), was a regiment of the National People's Army .
assignment
The guard regiment Friedrich Engels served representative purposes and to guard various NVA objects in East Berlin , including the city command , the branch of the Ministry of National Defense (MfNV) and the intelligence administration of the MfNV in Berlin-Köpenick .
The guard regiment had seven companies , which in turn were divided into platoons and groups .
Honor companies
The three honorary companies also served protocol purposes in addition to the normal guard duty in various NVA buildings in Berlin. For example, they questioned the guard of honor at official state visits , the guard of honor at the "Memorial to the victims of fascism and militarism" in the Neue Wache and weekly on Wednesday at 14:30 greater wax elevator .
Guard companies
Four companies, three of which consisted mostly of conscripts and one of reservists , had explicit security and watch duties.
Subordination / stationing
The guard regiment was directly subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense and was stationed with the patrol duty of the city command in the Friedrich-Engels-Kaserne Am Kupfergraben 1 in East Berlin .
Commanders
| Rank, name | period of service |
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| Colonel Gierth | ? –1984 |
| Colonel Otto | 1984-1989 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Franke | 1989-1990 |
history
The guard regiment was set up in 1962 from parts of the Hugo Eberlein guard regiment . The unit was given the honorary name Friedrich Engels in 1980. At this time, the inscription on the sleeve was changed accordingly. The barracks built at the end of the 19th century for the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 on the Kupfergraben were chosen as headquarters .
Since Berlin's four-power status meant that only troops of the four powers could be stationed in the city, the regiment was formally subordinate to the Soviet city commanders .
With the decommissioning of the NVA in 1990, this unit was disbanded. The legal successor was the Bundeswehr Command East . The barracks in the historical center of Berlin is being rebuilt and is part of the building complex on the Museum Island as a “museum courtyard” and part of the BMB.
See also
- Guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense
- Guard regiment "Hugo Eberlein"
- Guard regiment "Feliks Dzierzynski"
