The German high command in Macedonia

 

 

Heeresgruppe Mackensen

Commander :

General Field Marshal August von Mackensen (30 September 1915)

Chief of Staff :

MG. Hans von Seeckt (14 October 1915)

col. Richard Hentsch (30 June 1916)

Oberquartiermaister :

Lt.Col. Richard Hentsch (30 September 1915)

Col. Richard Hentsch (17 January 1916)

? (30 June 1916)

Austrian liason officer :

Cpt. Alfred Jansa (10 October 1916)

Maj. Stipetic (31 March 1917)

Headquarters :

Semedria (30 September 1915)

Kragujevac (13 November 1915)

Nish (19 December 1915)

Uskub (8 February 1916)

Transferred to Romania on 28 August 1916

 

Heeresgruppe Below

Commander :

Inf. Gen. Otto von Below (10 October 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Gen. Alfred von Boeckmann (10 October 1916)

Oberquartiermaister :

Lt.Col. Dove (10 October 1916)

Austrian liason officer :

Cpt. Alfred Jansa (10 October 1916)

Maj. Stipetic (31 March 1917)

Headquarters :

Uskub (10 October 1916)

Renamed Heeresgruppe Scholtz on 22 April 1917

 

Heeresgruppe Scholtz

Commander :

Art. Gen. Friedrich von Scholtz (22 April 1917)

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Gen. Alfred von Boeckmann (22 April 1917)

Lt.Col. Detlef Graf von Schwerin (15 July 1917)

Oberquartiermaister :

Mjr. von Henning auf Schönhoff

Headquarters :

Uskub (22 April 1917)

Disbanded at Jagodina on 10 October 1918

 

11. Armee

Commander :

Art. Gen. Max von Gallwitz (23 September 1915)

Inf. Gen. Arnold von Winckler (27 March 1916)

Inf. Gen. Kuno von Steuben (5 June 1917)

Chief of Staff :

col. Gottfried Marquard (23 September 1915)

Lt.Col. Völckers (20 August 1916)

Lt.Col. Walter Reinhardt (21 November 1916)

Lt.Col. Kirch (07 February 1917)

Lt.Col. Laemmerhirt (17 June 1917)

Lt.Col. Kirch (30 September 1918)

Oberquartiermaister :

Lt.Col. von Redern (23 September 1915)

Maj. Frhr. von Coburg (18 November 1917)

Headquarters :

Vrshac (23 September 1915)

Veles (31 January 1916)

Prilep (5 October 1916)

Disbanded on 4 December 1918

 

Generalkommando zur besonderen Verwendung 61

Commander :

Lt.Gen. Karl Surén (18 November 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Maj. Weniger (18 November 1916)

Maj. von Brunn (3 April 1918)

 

Generalkommando zur besonderen Verwendung 62

Commander :

Lt.Gen. Richard von Webern (13 December 1916)

Lt.Gen. Paul Fleck (19 February 1918)

Chief of Staff :

Maj. Riedel (13 December 1916)

Maj. von Lämmerhirt (15 December 1917)

Maj. Kaupisch (17 June 1918)

Disbanded on 23 October 1918

 

Etappen-Inspektion 11

Commander :

GLt. z.D. von Heuduck (13 September 1915)

GLt. Graf von Westarp (20 September 1915)

GLt. Frhr. von Krane (3 October 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Maj. Madlung (16 April 1915)

Maj. Dove (19 November 1915)

Maj. Henning von Schönhoff (16 October 1916)

Maj. Garcke (31 October 1916)

Maj. Tybusch (29 September 1918)

 

101. Infanterie-Division

Commander :

GLt. Richard von Kraewel (17 September 1915)

GM. Adolf von der Esch (19 November 1915)

GLt. Theodor Mengelbier (23 May 1917)

Chief of Staff :

 

Became Divisionkommando zur besonderen Verwendunf 101 on 12 July 1917

Disbanded on 6 February 1918

 

302. Infanterie-Division

Commander :

GLt. Konrad von Hippel (22 October 1916)

GM. Hermann Freiherr von Ziegesar (30 Dicember 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Hptm. Joachim Stülpnagel

Raised on 22 October 1916 as Division von Hippel

Renamed 302. Infanterie-Division on 30 December 1916

Became Divisionkommando zur besonderen Verwendunf 302. on 1 January 1917

Disbanded on 31 October 1918

22. Infanterie-Brigade

Commander :

Col. Alexander von Reuter (19 November 1916)

Col. von Thierry

Detached from 11th Infantry Division on 8 November 1916 and sent to Macedonia

Disbanded on February 1918

210. Infanterie-Brigade

Commander :

MG. Johannes von Busse (20 November 1915)

Mobilized on November 1915

Assigned to 197th Infantry Division on 9 August 1916

 

 

 

Otto von Below

Friedrich von Scholtz