Festung (the commanders)

[hedda]

Dear Doug,
have published this informations yet somwhere?
I'm a historian from Hungary, dealing with the life of the viceregent of our country. I need to know the name of the Stadtkommandant of Kiew, in summer of 1942. I haven't found it in published form, in my homeland. I'm very pleased to have it in this forum. In order to citate - could you give me some published form, or any other source of this information? yours sincerely, Andrea Bern


Kommandeur des Verteidigungs-Abschnitts Venedig
3 July 1944 - 27 Dec 1944: GenLt Franz Gall (Killed at Mestre/Italy)

Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereichs Bremen
5 April 1945 - 27 April 1945: GenLt Fritz Becker

Befehlshaber im Verteidigungsbereich Swinemünde
28 March 1945 - 8 May 1945: GenLt John Ansat

Kommandeur des Verteidigungs-Abschnitts Marseille
18 Sept 1943 - 5 Dec 1943: GenMaj Franz Gall

Kommandeur des Verteidigungs-Abschnitts Elba
5 Dec 1943 - 22 June 1944: GenMaj Franz Gall

Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereichs Dresden
8 March 1945 - 5 May 1945: Gen d. Inf Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa
Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereichs Stettin
10 Feb 1945 - 13 March 1945: Gen d. Inf. Walter Hoernlein
13 March 1945 - 15 April 1945: GenLt Werner Hühner

Abschnitt-Kommandant bei der Verteidigung Wien
8 April 1945 - 16 April 1945: Gen d. Inf. Rudolf von Bünau

Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereichs Toulon
16 Sept 1943 - 20 May 1944: GenMaj Heinz Kattner

Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereiches Rotterdam
20 March 1944 - 13 April 1945: GenMaj Fritz Kistner

Kommandeur des Verteidigungsbereiches Hamburg-Bremen
1 April 1945 - 15 April 1945: Gen d. Art. Johann Sinnhuber

Kommandeur des Verbindungsstabes zur 2. ital Armee
21 May 1942 - 9 June 1943: Oberst Paul Diesener

Kommandeur des Deutschen Verbindungskommandos 182 zur ital. 3 Infanterie Division "San Marco"
1 Oct 1944 - 30 April 1945: Gen Lt Hans-Georg Hildebrandt

Kommandeur des Verbindungsstabes Nord
12 June 1941 - 5 Nov 1942: Gen d. Inf. Dr. phil. Waldemar Erfurth

Kommandeur des Bekleidungsamtes Hannover
22 Aug 1939 - 1 July 1942: GenMaj z.V. Detlev von Estorff

Befehlshaber des Verfügungsstabes Frankfurt/Oder
15 July 1941- 8 Jan 1942: Gen d. Pz Tr z.V. Ernst Fessmann

Kommandant der Verteidigung der mittleren Ostsee
2 Feb 1945- May 1945: GenLt Oskar Cantzler

Kommandeur des Verbindungsstabes Montauban
29 June 1944 - 31 Jan 1945: GenMaj Eugen Bilharz

Kommandant Küstenverteidigungsbereichs Riga
1 Oct 1944: Oberst Friedrich Werther[/quote]

[Rossano]

Stadtkdt. Kiew in summer 1942 were :
GM. Eberhard, Kurt until 30.6
then Ob. Römer, Martin von from 1.7.


Rossano

[Bromberger]

Bromberg was not enything has a Festung.

[festungeuropa]

Many!
These comes first to mind:

St.Nazaire, Hoek van Holland, Hanstholm, Thyborön, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim.+++

Erik

As far as I know, the Hanstholm area was not declared a 'Festung', but only 'Verteidigungsbereich' (Defence Area).

Thyborøn was definitively not a 'Festung', but I can't remeber if it was a 'Verteidigungsbereich' or just a 'Stützpunkt' (Support Area).

/Peter

Nice to give an answer to a topic so many years ago,but :

Hanstholm - Verteidigungsbereich
Thyborön - Stützpunkt Gruppe

Greets

Jan

[askropp]

GM Oskar Seelig is said to have gone missing as Kdt von Galatz on 7 July 1944. How is that supposed to have been possible? Galatz was only captured by the Red Army after the Jassy-Kishinev breakthrough. Any information on Seelig's fate?

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

perhaps Seelig already disappered en route to take over his new command at Galatz? May have happened for example if he travelled in a plane that crashed or was shot down. See for example the fate of Generalmajor Hellmut Michalik who died this way June 7, 1944 in Romania. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 96&start=0

Best regards
Torsten

[histan]

This from his HPA cards

3.7.44 kdt.z.H.Gr.SU z.Verwendg. als Kdt.d.fest.Pl.Galatz
7.7.44 Stadtkdt.Galatz
4.9.1944 vermisst

There is a handwritten comment:
"Ende August 1944 b Galatz vermisst"

This suggest that he went missing at the end of August and was officially classed as missing by the HPA on 4.9.44

Regards

John

ps Askropp - I think your deductions are very good.

[askropp]

Thanks, you always have to read between the lines in order to get closer to the truth. Galatz fell on 28 August, so that could be the date.

[askropp]

I believe that there never was a "Verteidigungsbereich Hamburg-Bremen". There are nearly 100 km between both cities, and the appointment of Sinnhuber speaks only of his appointment as commander of the Verteidigungsbereich Hamburg:

25.03.1945 Kommandant des Verteidigungsbereichs Hamburg
02.04.1945 nicht wirksam geworden, kommandiert zum OB Führungsstab Nordküste für eine Sonderverwendung
06.04.1945 Führerreserve OKH (IV)

Now, in the Beurteilungen of Sinnhuber we find a note from Busch (dated 4 April) who requested that Sinnhuber should be relieved from command of Verteidigungsbereich Bremen (this is no tpyo or mistake because in a second note from 14 April, Busch explains his request and again speaks of Bremen). To me, this looks as if the intended "Sonderverwendung" was the command in Bremen. Apparently, Sinnhuber was considered as unfit for both commands, so they went to Wolz and Becker respectively. As none of the commands became effective, Sinnhuber should be cancelled from the list of fortress commanders.

[Georges JEROME]

Confused by conflict in appointments Kampfkommandant and Festungkommandant Metz 1944.
In books upon battle of Metz I noticed SS-Staf Kemper Kdr SS-Nachrichtenschule Metz is mentionned as "Kampfkommandant Metz" on july/september 44. (not mentionned in files).
Therefore in files Gen major Poten was Kommandant Metz from july 43 to september 1943.
On the hand, in files Walther Krause was appointed Festungkommandant Metz on 2 september 1944 (as well Kdr 462 Division).

so what's the real situation ?