Part of the The Allgemeine-SS unit headquarters series
by John Mulholland

HQ - Nürnberg (Nuremberg)

Oberabschnitt Commanders

SS-Gruppenführer Heinrich Schmauser   - 1 Apr 1936 to 7 May 1941.
SS-Brigadeführer Dr Benno Martin   - 7 May 1941 to May 1945.

Abschnitte-SS

SS-Abschnitt (09) - IX HQ - Kulmbach, Nürnberg and Wurzburg
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Kurt Wittje - 1 June 1932 to 19 Apr 1933.
SS-Oberführer Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau - 19 Apr 1933 to 15 Aug 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Emil Popp - 15 Aug 1933 to 7 Jan 1935.
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Starck - 7 Jan 1935 to 1 Apr 1935.
SS-Oberführer Waldemar Wappenhans - 1 Apr 1935 to 31 Mar 1936.
SS-Standartenführer Willy Tensfeld - 1 Apr 1936 to 1 Jan 1939.
SS-Oberführer Hans Döring - 1 Jan 1939 to 1 Mar 1939.
SS-Standartenführer Dr Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg - 1 Mar 1939 to 1 July 1939.
SS-Standartenführer Constantin Heldmann - 1 July 1939 to 1 Sep 1939.
SS-Standartenführer Dr Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg - 1 Sep 1939 to 1 July 1943.
SS-Standartenführer Theodor Zittel (*) - 16 June 1943 to 8 May 1945.
* (Zittel was substitute for von Sammern-Franenegg until 1 Sep 1943.)

SS-Abschnitt (28) - XXVIII HQ- Regensburg and Bayreuth
Commanders:
SS-Standartenführer Emil Mazuw - 20 Nov 1933 to 1 Sep 1934.
SS-Oberführer Otto Teetzmann - 1 Sep 1934 to 15 Feb 1935.
SS-Standartenführer Karl Bock - 15 Feb 1935 to 1 July 1938.
SS-Oberführer Hans Ring - 14 Nov 1938 to 1 Feb 1942.
SS-Standartenführer Ludwig Eschholdt - 1 Feb 1942 to May 1945.

SS-Fußstandarten

03.SS-Standarte Nürnberg
31.SS-Standarte Landshut
41.SS-Standarte Bayreuth
56.SS-Standarte Bamberg
68.SS-Standarte Regensburg
73.SS-Standarte Ansbach
81.SS-Standarte Würzburg

SS-Reiterstandarten

17.SS-Reiter-Standarte Regensburg

Nachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm

11.SS-Nachrichtensturm Nürnberg/Karlsbad
12.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Bamberg/Schweinfurt/Nürnberg/Asch

SS-Hauptsturmführer Professor Dr. Walther Wüst speaking to the leadership of SS-Oberabschnitt Main 10 March 1937

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SS-Obergruppenführer Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser

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