Military District IV (Dresden)

The military districts of the German Empire after the "Anschluss" of Austria

Map of the military district IV (1944)

The Military District IV (Dresden) was a territorial military administration unit during the period of the Weimar Republic and later the National Socialist German Reich . The military district existed from 1920 to 1945. It was responsible for the military security of the area of Saxony and the provision and training of parts of the army of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht in this area. Wehrkreis IV comprised three alternative military districts ( Dresden , Chemnitz and Leipzig ). The headquarters were in Dresden.

Commander

The commanders of Wehrkreis IV were:

• Paulus von Stolzmann (1920–1921)
• Alfred Müller (1921–1925)
• Richard von Pawelsz (1925–1926)
• Erich Wöllwarth (1926–1928)
• Edwin von Stülpnagel (1929–1931)
• Curt Ludwig von Gienanth (1931-1933)
• Wilhelm List (1933–1938)
• Viktor von Schwedler (1938–1939)
• Alexander von Falkenhausen (1939–1940)
• Erich Wöllwarth (1940–1942)
• Walter Schroth (1942–1943)
• Viktor von Schwedler (1943–1945)
• Hans Wolfgang Reinhard (1945)
• Walter Krüger (1945)

literature

• Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand : The Army 1933-1945. Mittler & Sohn, Frankfurt am Main.
• Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf.