Hamburg

Updated 31 October 2024

Gau of Hamburg was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
12th Corps 4 May 45
8th Corps 2 Jun 45
8th Corps District 11 Jun 45
Hamburg District 15 Apr 46

There was an intended move of HQ BAOR from Bad Oeynhausen to Hamburg-Blankenese, this was postponed late July 1946 until Spring 1948, then cancelled altogether.

Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters

HQ 12th Corps 1945 (1)
HQ 7th Armoured Division 1945 (2)
HQ 22nd Armoured Brigade 1945 (3)
HQ 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade 1945 (4)
HQ 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 1945 (5)
HQ 4th Armoured Brigade 1945 (6)
HQ 71st Infantry Brigade 1945 (7)
HQ 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade 1945 (8)
HQ 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade 1945 (9)
HQ 8th Base Sub Area 1945-1946 (10)
HQ 100th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 (11)
HQ 3rd Army Group Royal Artillery 1945 (12)
HQ 101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945-1946 (13)
HQ 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945-1946 (14)
HQ 6th Guards Brigade 1946-1947 (15)
HQ Hamburg District 1946-1947 (16)
HQ Hamburg Sub Area 1946-1947 (17)

Districts of Hamburg:
Altona – Bergedorf – Elmsbüttel – Harburg – Mitte – Nord – Wandsbek

(1) arrived from Schneverdingen south-west of Hamburg 4 May 45 – Kanzlerstraße Harburg-Rönneburg – Hirschpark Altona-Nienstedten 7 May 45 – relieved by 8th Corps from 11 Jun 45 8th Corps District 2 Jun 45 – moved to UK 12 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Steinbeck south-west of Harburg 4 May 45 – Alsterpark Harvestehuder Weg Mitte – Eidelstedt 5 May 45 – moved to Schenfeld north of Itzehoe 7 May 45
(3) arrived from Moisburg south-west of Harburg 3 May 45 – Goldtschmidtstraße Harburg Mitte – Pinneberg north-west of Hamburg 4 May 45
(4) arrived from Kelcken south-west of Harburg 3 May 45 – Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten today Fairmont Hotel Binnenalster Mitte – Bönningstedt north-west Hamburg 5 May 45 – moved to Hadenfeld north of Itzehoe 7 May 45
(5) arrived from Worth north-east of Geesthacht – pm Bergedorf both south-east Hamburg 3 May 45 – Hotel Atlantic Pforte Binnenalster Mitte 4 May 45 – moved to Hilden north-east of Düsseldorf 9 Jun 45
(6) arrived from north of Oldendorf (Luhe) south of Hamburg 4 May 45 – Bergedorf south-east Hamburg – Wedel west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(7) arrived from Stemwarde east of Hamburg 4 May 45 – Winterhude Nord – relieved by 101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 6 Jun 45 – moved to Lüttringhausen south-east of Wuppertal 10 Jun 45
(8) arrived from Rottorf south-east of Hamburg 4 May 45 – Hamburg-Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(9) arrived from Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 5 May 45 – relieved by 101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 6 Jun 45 – moved to Essen 11 Jun 45
(10) arrived 6 May 45 – Standard Oil Buildings later House Neuer Jungfernstieg Mitte – absorbed into Hamburg District 15 Apr 46
(11) arrived from Lüneburg 10 May 45 – Stadtscheide Harburg-Heimfeld – moved to Gifhorn east of Hannover 12 Nov 45
(12) arrived from Tönnhausen south-east of Hamburg 12 May 45 – Flottbeker Chaussee today Elbchausse Altona-Othmarschen – moved to Bochum 10 Jul 45
(13)) arrived from Netherlands 31 May 45 – Standard Oil Buildings later House Adolf Hitler Platz later Neuer Jungfernstieg Mitte – Jenischstraße Altona 4 Jun 45 – disbanded relieved by 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1 Nov 45
(14) arrived from Halstenbek north-west of Hamburg 13 Jul 45 – Flottbeker Chaussee today Elbchausse Altona-Othmarschen – relieved by 6th Guards Brigade 5 Apr 46 – disbanded 15 Apr 46
(15) arrived from Euskirchen south of Köln 5 Apr 46 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – relieved by Hamburg Sub Area 31 Dec 46 – disbanded 10 Jan 47
(16) formed from 8th Base Sub Area and 10 Garrison 15 Apr 46 – Standard House Neuer Jungfernstieg and Esplanade – moved to Uxbridge Barracks 20 Sep 47
(17) formed 31 Dec 46 – Altona-Blankenese – moved to Philips Barracks early 47

Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49