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    catechism, both printed in Königsberg in 1547. A university city, home of the Albertina University (founded in 1544), Königsberg developed into an important...
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    : 2  Wehrkreis I was the home district of the I Army Corps, which was formed in October 1934 from the 1st Division of the Reichswehr.: 14  Wehrkreis I was...
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    Lithuanian Church (Litauische Kirche) was a church in the Sackheim quarter of Königsberg, Germany. St. Elisabeth's was first documented in 1420 as the chapel of...
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  • battalion. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1. The commander of Wehrkreis I was simultaneously the commander of the 1st Division. For the leadership...
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  • 1944. The LXI Reserve Corps was formed on 15 September 1942 in Wehrkreis I (Königsberg). It was stationed in Reichskommissariat Ostland and was subordinate...
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  • Walter Braemer (category Military personnel from Königsberg)
    capacity posted to the Military District Command I at Königs­berg, his native place (Wehr­kreis I (Königs­berg); 17–22 January 1945), only to shift after just...
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    district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main...
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    existed only in Germany and Austria and generally conformed to the existing Wehrkreis (Military Districts) of the Wehrmacht. During the Second World War, additional...
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    Erich Koch (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    Reich Defense Commissioner (Reichsverteidigungskommissar) for Wehrkreis (Military District) I, which comprised East Prussia. On 26 October 1939, after the...
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    Walther von Brauchitsch (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    (Wehrkreis I) and chief of the 1st Division in Königsberg. As a consequence of the German re-armament the command position Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis I...
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