Final Designation | Headquarters | Years of Operation | Last permanent commander | Notes |
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Elbe | Dresden | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Ludolf von Alvensleben | Part of former SS-Gruppen Ost and Südost Renamed Mitte June 1934 – April 1936. Wehrkreis IV |
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Mitte | Braunschweig | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Rudolf Querner | Part of former SS-Gruppe Nord. Formed as Oberabschnitt Nordwest. Renamed Mitte April 1, 1936. Wehrkreis XI |
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Nord | Hamburg | November 16, 1933 – April 1, 1936 | SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Lorenz
| Part of former SS-Gruppe Nord. Divided into SS-Oberabschnitte Nord (later Ostsee) and Nordwest (later Nordsee). Wehrkreise II & X. |
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Spree | Berlin | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich[notes 1] | Part of former SS-Gruppe Ost. Formed as Oberabschnitt Ost. Renamed Spree November 14,1939. Wehrkreis III |
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Süd | Munich | November 16, 1933 – April 20, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Karl von Eberstein | Part of former SS-Gruppe Süd. Wehrkreis VII |
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Südost | Brieg; Breslau | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Richard Hildebrandt | Former SS-Gruppe Südost. Wehrkreis VIII |
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Südwest | Stuttgart | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann | Part of former SS-Gruppe Süd. Wehrkreis V |
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West | Düsseldorf | November 16, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Karl Gutenberger | Part of former SS-Gruppe West. Wehrkreis VI |
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Nordost | Königsberg | December 15, 1933 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann[notes 2] | Part of former SS-Gruppe Ost. Formed from a portion of Oberabschnitt Nord. Wehrkreis I |
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Rhein | Koblenz | January 1, 1934 – September 11, 1943 | SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann | Part of former SS-Gruppe West. Formed from a portion of Oberabschnitt West. Merged with Westmark in September 1943 to form Oberabschnitt Rhein-Westmark. Wehrkreis XII |
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Donau | Vienna | February 15, 1934 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schimana | Formed as Oberabschnitt Österreich. Renamed Donau May 1938. Wehrkreis XVII |
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Main | Nuremberg | April 1, 1936 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Benno Martin | Formed from a portion of Oberabschnitt Süd. Wehrkreis XIII |
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Nordsee | Altona | April 1, 1936 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr | Formed from division of the first Oberabschnitt Nord and named Nordwest. Renamed Nordsee April 20, 1940. Wehrkreis X |
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Ostsee | Stettin | April 1, 1936 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Emil Mazuw | Formed from division of the first Oberabschnitt Nord and also named Nord. Renamed Ostsee February 1, 1940. Wehrkreis II |
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Fulda-Werra | Arolsen | January 1, 1937 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck-Pyrmont | Formed from portions of Oberabschnitte Rhein & Elbe. Wehrkreis IX |
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Alpenland | Salzburg | June 1, 1939 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Erwin Rösener[notes 3] | Formed from a portion of Oberabschnitt Donau. Wehrkreis XVIII |
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Warthe | Posen | October 26, 1939 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Willy Schmelcher | Oberabschnitt in Wartheland. Wehrkreis XXI |
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Weichsel | Danzig | November 9, 1939 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Fritz Katzmann | Oberabschnitt in Danzig-West Prussia. Wehrkreis XX |
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Nord | Oslo | April 20, 1940 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Rediess | Oberabschnitt in Reichskommissariat Norwegen. Third Oberabschittt named Nord. |
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Nordwest | The Hague | May 23, 1940 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Hanns Albin Rauter | Oberabschnitt in Reichskommissariat Niederlande. |
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Westmark | Saarbrücken; Neustadt; Metz | August 1, 1940 – September 11, 1943 | SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann | Formed as Oberabschnitt Lothringen-Saarpfalz. Renamed Westmark October 15, 1941. Merged with Rhein in September 1943 to form Oberabschnitt Rhein-Westmark. Wehrkreis XII |
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Ostland | Riga | December 1, 1941 – March 3, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln | Oberabschnitt in Reichskommissariat Ostland. |
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Ukraina | Kiev | December 1, 1941 – April 20, 1944 | SS-Obergruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann | Oberabschnitt in Reichskommissariat Ukraine. |
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Ost | Krakau | September 15, 1942 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe | Oberabschnitt in the General Government. |
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Rhein-Westmark | Wiesbaden | September 11, 1943 – March 24, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Jürgen Stroop | Formed by merger of Oberabschnitte Rhein and Westmark. Wehrkreis XII |
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Böhmen-Mähren | Prague | April 1, 1944 – May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Frank[notes 4] | Oberabschnitt in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. |