Updated 3 November 2024
Landkreis Pinneberg was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
12th Corps
4th Armoured Brigade 9 May 45
7th Armoured Division 18 Jun 45
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 11 Jul 45
7th Armoured Division 24 Jan 46
Guards Division 1 Jul 46
Hamburg District 31 Dec 46
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ 22nd Armoured Brigade 1945 (1)
HQ 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade 1945 (2)
HQ 4th Armoured Brigade 1945 (3)
HQ 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 (4)
(1) arrived from Hamburg-Harburg 4 May 45 – Tangstedter Straße Pinneberg – moved to Hanerau-Hademarschen 7 May 45
(2) arrived from Hamburg Mitte 5 May 45 – Bönningstedt east of Pinneberg – moved to Hadenfeld north of Itzehoe 7 May 45
(3) arrived from Hamburg-Bergedorf 9 May 45 – Wedel south-west of Pinneberg – Halstenbek south-east of Pinneberg 11 May 45 – moved to Ascheberg west of Plön 18 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Ludwigslust south of Schwerin 1 Jul 45 – Halstenbek south-east of Pinneberg – moved to Hamburg-Othmarschen 19 Jul 45
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49