Updated 3 November 2024
Stadtkreis Lübeck was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
11th Armoured Division 2 May 45
5th Infantry Division 3 May 45
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 19 May 45
Guards Division 6 Apr 46
Hamburg District 31 Dec 46
On 22 Sep 48 the Norwegian Army under command Hamburg District became responsible for Schleswig-Holstein, however 5 (British) Liaison and Headquarters British Troops was formed in Schleswig for administration.
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ 8th Corps 1945 (1)
HQ 29th Armoured Brigade (2)
HQ 5th Infantry Division 1945 (3)
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade 1945 (4)
HQ 80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 (5)
HQ 13th Infantry Brigade 1945 (6)
HQ 227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (7)
HQ 32nd Guards Brigade 1946 (8)
HQ 5th Guards Brigade 1946-1947 (9)
(1) arrived from Wangelau south-east of Hamburg 6 May 45 – Dorfstraße Stockelsdorf – moved to Molfsee south-west of Kiel 9 May 45
(2) arrived from Schwarzenbek north-west of Lauenburg 2 May 45 – St Lorenz Nord – moved to Heilshoop north-west of Lübeck 3 May 45
(3) arrived from Niendorf an der Stecknitz south-west of Lübeck 2 May 45 – Oberbüssau south-west of Lübeck – Kahlhorststraße 8 May 45 – moved to Wismar east of Lübeck 19 May 45
(4) arrived 3 May 45 – Krempelsdorf Alle – Fackenburger Alle 12 May 45 – moved to Rosenthal south of Wismar 19 May 45
(5) arrived from Lüneburg 4 May 45 – Arbeitsamt (Labour Exchange) Fackenburger Alle – School Matthäistraße 6 May 45 – moved to Malente east of Plön 29 May 45
(6) arrived from Siebenbäumen south-west of Lübeck 11 May 45 – Oberbüssau south-west Lübeck – moved to Wismar east of Lübeck 18 May 45
(7) arrived from Viezier west of Lübeck 19 May 45 – Moltkeplatz – relieved by 32nd Guards Brigade 19 Mar 46 – disbanded 10 Apr 46
(8) arrived from Alt-Frankenforst east of Köln 17 Mar 46 – Moltkeplatz – relieved by 5th Guards Brigade 15 Oct 46 – disbanded 31 Oct 46
(9) arrived from Kiel 15 Oct 46 – Moltkeplatz – relieved by Schleswig-Holstein Sub Area Sub Area in Plön – disbanded 20 Jan 47
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49
Part II
Lübeck is one of the largest ports on the Baltic and along with Travemunde was of importance both during and after World War 2. The old part of Lubeck is an island in the Middle of the River Trave and was subject of one of the first major air attacks of the war.