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

HQ - Stettin

1. Originally named SS-Oa.Nord in 1936.
2. Renamed SS-Oa.Ostsee in 1940.

Oberabschnitt Commanders

SS-Gruppenführer Emil Mazuw - 1 Apr 1936 to May 1945.

Abschnitte-SS

SS-Abschnitt (13) - XIII HQ- Stettin
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Kurt Wege - 7 Aug 1932 to 15 Sep 1933.
SS-Oberführer Fritz Engel - 15 Sep 1933 to 20 Feb 1934.
SS-Oberführer Günther Pancke - Apr 1934 to 1 Sep 1934.
SS-Oberführer Emil Mazuw - 1 Sep 1934 to 1 Apr 1936.
SS-Oberführer Rudolf Weiss - 15 Mar 1936 to 1 July 1938.
SS-Oberführer Walter Langleist (*) - 1 July 1938 to 1 Oct 1940.
SS-Brigadeführer Johannes Schäfer - 1 Oct 1940 to 5 May 1945.
SS-Standartenführer Willi Richardt (*) - Oct 1942 to May 1945.
* (Langleist was temporary commander until Apr 1939.)
* (Richardt was substitute for Schäfer who held titular command.)

SS-Abschnitt (33) - XXXIII HQ- Schwerin
Commanders:
SS-Standartenführer Hans Himpe - 1 Apr 1936 to 21 Apr 1936.
SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lohse - 22 Apr 1936 to 1 July 1938.
SS-Oberführer Ludolf von Alvensleben - 1 July 1938 to 14 Nov 1938.
SS-Oberführer Walderman Wappenhans - 14 Nov 1938 to 1 Jan 1942.
SS-Standartenführer Francis Müller (*) - 1 Oct 1941 to 1 Jan 1942.
SS-Standartenführer Otto Müller - 1 Jan 1942 to 23 Dec 1942.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Fritz Krüger - 23 Dec 1942 to May 1945.
* (Francis Müller was sustitute for Wappenhans who held titular command.)

SS-Fußstandarten

09.SS-Standarte Stettin
22.SS-Standarte Schwerin
39.SS-Standarte Köslin
74.SS-Standarte Greifswald
77.SS-Standarte Schneidemühl

SS-Reiterstandarten

05.SS-Reiter-Standarte Stettin
12.SS-Reiter-Standarte Schwerin

Nachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm

12.SS-Nachrichtensturm Stettin
06.SS-Pioniersturm Stettin
13.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Schwerin/Stettin

Notable members

Wernher von Braun (Rocket scientist, active both in war-time Germany and post-war in the USA)