SS-Oberabschnitt Südwest
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- Published: 03 February 2012 03 February 2012
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
by John Mulholland
HQ - Stuttgart
Oberabschnitt Commanders
SS-Gruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann - 16 Nov 1933 to 28 Feb 1937.SS-Brigadeführer Kaul Kaul - 1 Mar 1937 to 2 Apr 1943.
SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann - 21 Apr 1943 to May 1945
Abschnitte-SS
SS-Abschnitt (10) - X HQ- Stuttgart
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Christoph Diehm - 22 Mar 1932 to 15 July 1933.
SS-Oberführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann - 15 July 1933 to 16 Nov 1933.
SS-Brigadeführer Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau - 15 Jan 1934 to 20 Sep 1936.
SS-Standartenführer Ludolf von Alvensleben - 20 Sep 1936 to 30 Jan 1939.
SS-Standartenführer Hermann Peter (*) - 1 July 1938 to 8 May 1945.
* (SS-Obersturmbannführer Günther Raabe propably served as substitute for Peter during the war.)
SS-Abschnitt (19) - XIX HQ- Karlsruhe
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Christoph Diehm - 15 July 1933 to 15 Mar 1936.
SS-Standartenführer Dr Georg Eckhardt - 15 Mar 1936 to 1 July 1938.
SS-Oberführer Rudolf Lohse - 1 July 1938 to 1 Dec 1940.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Enzner - 1 Dec 1940 to 20 Apr 1944.
SS-Oberführer Albert Steiner - 20 Apr 1944 to 8 May 1945.
SS-Standartenführer Paul Becker (*) - 1943 to May 1945.
* (Becker was substitute for Enzner and later for Steiner who held titular commands.)
SS-Abschnitt (29) - XXIX HQ- Mannheim and Konstanz
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Wilhelm Starck - 17 Apr 1934 to 7 Jan 1935.
SS-Oberführer Rudolf Weiss - 7 Jan 1935 to 15 Mar 1936.
SS-Oberführer Walter Stein - 15 Mar 1936 to 14 Nov 1938.
SS-Oberführer Rudolf Lohse - 14 Nov 1938 to 1 Apr 1944.
SS-Oberführer Albert Steiner - 1 Apr 1944 to May 1945.
SS-Abschnitt (45) - XXXXV HQ- Straßburg
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Rudolf Lohse - 1 Dec 1940 to 23 Dec 1944.
Unknown at this time. - 23 Dec 1944 to May 1945.
SS-Reiterabschnitt (08) - VIII HQ- Karlsruhe
Commanders:
SS-Sturmbannführer Carl Deinhard - 1 Apr 1935 to July 1936.
SS-Hauptsturmführer Arthur Müller - July 1936 to Oct 1936.
SS-Fußstandarten
13.SS-Standarte Stuttgart62.SS-Standarte Karlsruhe
63.SS-Standarte Tübingen
65.SS-Standarte Freiburg - Br..
79.SS-Standarte Ulm
86.SS-Standarte Offenburg
122.SS-Standarte Straßburg
123.SS-Standarte Kolmar
SS-Reiterstandarten
14.SS-Reiter-Standarte Stuttgart23.SS-Reiter-Standarte Freiburg and Permasens
Nachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm
02.SS-Nachrichtensturm Stuttgart02.SS-Pioniersturm Stuttgart
10.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Stuttgart/Karlsruhe/Freiburg
SS-Brigadeführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann

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