SS-Oberabschnitt Elbe
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- Published: 03 February 2012 03 February 2012
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
by John Mulholland
HQ - Dresden
1. Known as SS-Oa.Mitte from 1934 to 1936.
Oberabschnitt Commanders
SS-Brigadeführer August Heissmeyer - 16 Nov 1933 to 1 May 1934.SS-Gruppenführer Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Eberstein - 1 May 1934 to 1 Apr 1936.
SS-Brigadeführer Theodor Berkelmann - 1 Apr 1936 to 20 Apr 1940.
SS-Obergruppenführer Udo von Woyrsch - 20 Apr 1940 to 11 Feb 1944.
SS-Gruppenführer Ludolf von Alvenslebel - 11 Feb 1944 to May 1945.
Abschnitte-SS
SS-Abschnitt (02) - II HQ- Dresden and Chemnitz
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Friedrich Schlegel - 1 Oct 1930 to 15 Sep 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Hans Döring - 15 Sep 1933 to 6 May 1935.
SS-Standartenführer Walter Burghardt - 6 May 1935 to 16 Sep 1936.
SS-Brigadeführer Emil Popp - 16 Sep 1936 to 1 Aug 1944.
SS-Oberführer Willi Brandner (*) - 1 Jan 1941 to 1 Apr 1942.
SS-Brigadeführer Robert Knapp - 1 Aug 1944 to 8 May 1945.
* (Brandner was temporary commander.)
SS-Abschnitt (18) - XVIII HQ- Weimar and Halle
Commanders:
SS-Gruppenführer Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Eberstein - 21 Feb 1933 to 9 Sep 1933.
SS-Oberführer Karl Pflomm - 9 Nov 1933 to 31 Dec 1936.
SS-Oberführer Hans Döring - 1 Jan 1937 to 1 Jan 1939.
SS-Oberführer George Ebrecht - 1 Jan 1939 to 9 Oct 1939.
SS-Standartenführer Albert Steiner (*) - 23 Oct 1939 to 1 Apr 1944.
SS-Standartenführer Egon Dalski - 1 Apr 1944 to 5 May 1945.
* (Steiner was temporary commander until 5 Feb 1941.)
SS-Reiterabschnitt (06) - VI HQ- Dresden
Commanders:
SS-Standartenführer Dr Fritz Hausamen - 9 July 1934 to Aug 1935.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hermann Florstedt - Aug 1935 to Mar 1936.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Kastar König - Mar 1936 to 31 Oct 1936.
SS-Fußstandarten
07.SS-Standarte Plauen26.SS-Standarte Halle / Saale
46.SS-Standarte Dresden
48.SS-Standarte Leipzig
84.SS-Standarte Chemnitz
91.SS-Standarte Wittenberg
SS-Reiterstandarten
16.SS-Reiter-Standarte DresdenNachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm
09.SS-Nachrichtensturm Dresden/Reichenberg09.SS-Pioniersturm Dresden
06.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Dresden/Chemnitz/Reichenberg