Description of the stock: On 29.8.1914 the commander of the naval air departments was appointed, who in 1916 became commander of the naval aviation departments, later naval flight chief and to whom the commanders of the planes were subordinated. The naval flight chief was responsible for the provision of all flight personnel and for fulfilling the military requirements for seaplanes and ground organisation. The Naval Air Force consisted of seaplane and naval land flight departments, seaplane and naval land flight stations, training and special units as well as front units of the naval pilots. Characterisation of the content: The naval flight commander handed down the orders, company and operational files on air warfare and operations on several theatres of war, weekly and monthly reports as well as the "Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiet des Luftkrieges". In addition, the war diary documents, documents on personnel and weapons matters as well as daily and weekly reports of the individual air force commanders have also been handed down from time to time. A large part of the documents may have been transferred to the Luftarchiv at that time and destroyed in 1945. State of development: Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: Stock without increase 18.2 lfm 635 AU Citation method: BArch, RM 110/...

Description: Medium and heavy combat ships in the German navy were corvettes, frigates, coastal armoured ships, small (light) cruisers and large (heavy) cruisers, armoured cruisers (battle cruisers), armoured ships and liners (battleships). The stock is intended for splitting. The documents of the heavy and medium battleships of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine will form the new RM 134 stock. RM 92 will then only comprise the documents of the heavy and medium combat ships of the Prussian and Imperial Navies. Characterisation of content: The Bundesarchiv-M Militärarchiv keeps extensive stocks of logbooks, war diaries and some files of the corresponding ships. The logbooks and war diaries from the time of the Imperial Navy are almost completely preserved until the end of 1918. For the Kriegsmarine some logbooks and war diaries of the ships, as well as files of technical content, battle reports and route maps are handed down. War diaries and other documents of the battleships "Bismarck, "Tirpitz", "Gneisenau" and "Scharnhorst", the armoured ships "Deutschland" (from 1940 "Lützow"), "Admiral Scheer" and "Admiral Graf Spee" as well as the heavy cruisers "Admiral Hipper", "Blücher" and "Prinz Eugen" are to be emphasized. State of development: Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 4523 Citation method: BArch, RM 92/...

Contains among other things: Statistical medical report on the German Navy for the period from 1 April 1887 to 31 March 1889 Draft law on the German fleet of 1897 Die Seeinteressen des Deutschen Reiches, compiled at the instigation of the R e i c h s m a r i n e a m t . Principles for the use of the Navy to maintain the necessary maritime traffic in the public interest in the event of a general seaman's strike

History of the Inventor: The naval station of the Baltic Sea, built in 1853 as a naval station command in Gdansk, was moved to Kiel in 1865. The station chief had territorial authority over all naval authorities and naval parts existing in his area. In the area of the Reichskriegshafen Kiel he had the rights and duties of a fortress commander. The station command also processed the personal data of all assigned soldiers. In June 1935, the station chief was given the service title Commanding Admiral of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea. On 1.2.1943 the Stationskommando was renamed into Marineoberkommando Ostsee (MOK Ost), the Commanding Admiral into Oberbefehlshaber Ostsee, to whose Oberverwaltungsstab also the Mariineintendantur Kiel belonged from 1.7.1943. Description: The naval station of the Baltic Sea, built in 1853 as a naval station command in Gdansk, was moved to Kiel in 1865. The station chief had territorial authority over all naval authorities and naval parts existing in his area. In the area of the Reichskriegshafen Kiel he had the rights and duties of a fortress commander. In June 1935, the station chief was given the service title Commanding Admiral of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea. On 1.2.1943 the Stationskommando was renamed into Marineoberkommando Ostsee (MOK Ost), the Commanding Admiral into Oberbefehlshaber Ostsee, to whose Oberverwaltungsstab also the Marineintendantur Kiel belonged from 1.7.1943. In the course of the war, the original command area expanded. With the Polish campaign Gotenhafen and the area of the corridor around Gdansk joined the command area, with the company "Weserübung" also the Danish east and north coast. With the Russian campaign the Baltic States and North Russia, as far as occupied by German troops, were added. The tasks of the naval station primarily included: active and passive coastal protection in the area; management of the training and operation of the subordinate naval units and authorities on board and ashore; management of the personnel management of the naval units in the area of the station; management of the military intelligence service as well as the design and maintenance of the intelligence network; provision and occupancy of barracks and accommodation; regulation of the port police service in the respective imperial war port; management of coastal protection and coastal defence as well as the surveillance and intelligence service in war. The stock is intended for splitting. The documents of the naval station of the Baltic Sea of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine will form the new stock RM 131. RM 31 will then only comprise the documents of the naval station of the Baltic Sea of the Prussian and Imperial Navies. Content characterization: From the period up to 1918, the organizational area is well documented, also of most subauthorities whose registry property has been destroyed. The war records of the station from the First World War are of particular value. They contain approx. 800 volumes on the following subjects: War benefit law, provision for surviving dependants, raw materials management, press affairs, patriotic relief service, internees and prisoners of war, Red Cross, labour issues. State of development: Online-Findbuch Citation method: BArch, RM 31/...