Part of the The Allgemeine-SS unit headquarters series
by John Mulholland

HQ - Braunschweig (Brunswick)
1. Known as SS-Oa.Nordwest until 1936.

Oberabschnitt Commanders

SS-Gruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln - 10 Aug 1933 to 9 July 1940.
SS-Gruppenführer Günther Pancke - 9 July 1940 to 15 Sep 1943.
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Höfle - 15 Sep 1943 to 5 Oct 1944.
SS-Obergruppenführer Rudolf Querner - 5 Oct 1944 to May 1945

Abschnitte-SS

SS-Abschnitt (04) - IV HQ - Braunschweig - Hannover.
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Josef Dietrich - 11 July 1931 to 1 Aug 1931.
SS-Standartenführer Wilhelm Heyer - 1 Aug 1931 to 20 Sep 1931.
SS-Oberführer Friedrich Jeckeln - 20 Sep 1931 to 30 Jan 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Berthold Maack - 30 Jan 1933 to 10 Aug 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Kurt Kaul - 10 Aug 1933 to 28 Feb 1934.
SS-Standartenführer Carl Zenner - 5 Apr 1934 to 1 Jan 1935.
SS-Standartenführer Carl Sattler - 1 Jan 1935 to 30 June 1935.
SS-Oberführer Kurt Benson - 30 June 1935 to 30 Nov 1938.
SS-Standartenführer Richard Jungclaus - 30 Nov 1938 to 1 Apr 1942.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Bühnemann (*) - 1 Apr 1942 to 2 Feb 1943.
SS-Standartenführer Constantin Heldmann - 1 Feb 1943 to 8 May 1945.
* (Bühnemann was temporary commander.)

SS-Abschnitt (16) - XVI HQ- Zwickau, Halle, Mageburg, and Dessau
Commanders:
SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Schmauser - 27 Aug 1932 to 31 July 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Georg Altner - 22 July 1933 to 20 Mar 1934.
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Rediess - 20 Mar 1934 to 1 Jan 1935.
SS-Oberführer Johann Harnys - 16 Jan 1935 to 1 Jan 1937.
SS-Standartenführer Hans Kühtz - 1 Jan 1937 to 7 Mar 1942.

SS-Fußstandarten

12.SS-Standarte Hannover
21.SS-Standarte Magdeburg
49.SS-Standarte Goslar
51.SS-Standarte Göttingen
59.SS-Standarte Quedling

SS-Reiterstandarten

21.SS-Reiter-Standarte Hannover

Nachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm

05.SS-Nachrichtensturm Braunschweig
11.SS-Pioniersturm Magdeburg
11.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Magdeburg/Hannover