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

HQ - Düsseldorf

Oberabschnitt Commanders

SS-Standartenführer Fritz Weitzel - 18 Nov 1929 to 20 Apr 1940.
SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann - 20 Apr 1940 to 9 July 1941.
SS-Gruppenführer Karl Gutenberger - 29 June 1941 to May 1945

Abschnitte-SS

SS-Abschnitt (05) - V HQ- Essen - Duisburg.
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Fritz Weitzel - 20 July 1930 to 6 Oct 1932.
SS-Sturmbannführer Karl Zech - 6 Oct 1932 to 1 Oct 1937.
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schlessmann - 1 Oct 1937 to 1 Feb 1939.
SS-Oberführer Johannes Zingler - 1 Feb 1939 to 5 Apr 1941.
Unknown at this time. - 5 Apr 1941 to 1 Feb 1943.
SS-Oberführer Kurt Ludwig - 1 Feb 1943 to 1 Jan 1944.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Krebs (*) - 1 Jan 1944 to 8 May 1945.
* (Krebs was substitute for Ludwig who held titular command.)

SS-Abschnitt (17) - XVII HQ- Münster (Munster)
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer August Heissmyer - 6 Oct 1932 to 16 Nov 1933.
SS-Standartenführer Wilhelm Koppe - 16 Nov 1933 to 23 Aug 1934.
SS-Standartenführer Rolf von Humann-Hainhofen - 23 Aug 1934 to 1 Jan 1937.
SS-Standartenführer Güther Claasen - 1 Jan 1937 to 1 Nov 1938.
SS-Standartenführer Theobald Thier - 1 Nov 1938 to 1 Aug 1939.
SS-Brigadeführer Richard Fiedler - 1 Aug 1939 to 1 Oct 1940.
SS-Oberführer Walther Langleist - 1 Oct 1940 to 8 May 1945.
SS-Oberführer Kurt Ludwig  (*) - 1 Feb 1943 to 8 May 1945.
* (Ludwig was substitute for for Langleist who held titular command.)

SS-Abschnitt (25) - XXV HQ- Dortmund
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Fritz Schlessmann - 16 Nov 1933 to 1 Oct 1937.
SS-Oberführer Konstantin Kammerhofer - 1 Oct 1937 to 21 Mar 1938.
SS-Oberführer Johannes Schäfer - 21 Mar 1938 to 15 Apr 1938.
SS-Brigadeführer Berthold Maack  (*) - 15 Apr 1938 to May 1945.
* (Maack only held titular command as he served in the Waffen-SS from Mar 1940.)

SS-Reiterabschnitt (07) - VII HQ- Düsseldorf
Commanders:
SS-Hauptsturmführer Ewald Zapp - Sep 1933 to 31 Oct 1936.

SS-Fußstandarten

19.SS-Standarte Münster
20.SS-Standarte Wuppertal to Barmen and Düsseldorf
25.SS-Standarte Essen
30.SS-Standarte Bochum
58.SS-Standarte Köln
69.SS-Standarte Hagen - W.
72.SS-Standarte Detmold
82.SS-Standarte Bielefeld

SS-Reiterstandarten

06.SS-Reiter-Standarte Düsseldorf

Nachrichtensturm, Pioniersturm, and Kraftfahrsturm

04.SS-Nachrichtensturm Düsseldorf
04.SS-Pioniersturm Köln
05.SS-Kraftfahrsturm Düsseldorf/Buer - Westfalen./Dortmund