(Bohemia-Moravia)
Last edited: April 7, 2000
With the beginning of World War II 1.9.1939, the German field post service was activated. Different German military front units with regular field post offices were present on Czech territory (split at that time into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and Sudetenland that was part of Germany) only temporarily. That was especially in 1939 in connection with the Poland campaign and in 1945 when the front returned. Also during 1940-1944 some front units stayed there while being restored or transferred from one front to another. Stationary military units posted their mail at regular post offices (in Bohemia-Moravia also at offices of the German Service Post "Deutsche Dienstpost"). Mail from stationary units with hidden address (using five-digit field post numbers) had to be postmarked with anonymous cancels that did not show the name of the post office. In Sudetenland, dumb date stamps were used for this purpose; in Bohemia-Moravia, such mail had to be posted only at Dienstpost offices which marked it with anonymous "Deutsche Reichspost" circular date stamps.
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| Deutsche Reichspost markings (Bohemia-Moravia) |
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| FP # | C # (1) | unit (2) | subunits | time period | location(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 548 | PzD 8 | SchB 8, SchR 8, SchR 28, KSchR 9, PzR 10, AR 80 | 5/1941-6/1941 4/1945-5/1945 |
near Praha ? |
| 68 | 114 | MD 3 | ? | 5/1945 | eastern Bohemia |
| 101 | 718 | LID 101 | ? | 2/3/1941-5/1941 | near Praha |
| 175 | 546 | ID 75 | ? | 4/1945-5/1945 | southern Moravia |
| 219 | 832 | ID 183 | IR 330, IR 343, IR 351, AR 219 | 7/1940-3/1941 | ? |
| 235 | 629 | ID 198 | IR 305, IR 308, LAS 235 | 12/1939-3/1940 | Praha-Plzen |
| 255 | 342 | ID 255 | IR 455, IR 465, IR 475, AR 255 | 9/1939-4/1940 | central Bohemia |
| 256 | 477 | ID 256 | IR 456, IR 476, IR 481, AR 256 | 9/1939-11/1939 | eastern Bohemia |
| 389 | 872 | ID 389 | IR 544, IR 545, IR 546, AR 389 | 27/1/1942-5/1942 | Milovice |
| 492 | 401 | Pz AOK 1 AG Heinrici |
- | 3/1945-5/1945 | northern Moravia to eastern Bohemia |
| 563 | 235 | Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler" |
- | 6/1941 | ? |
(1) camouflage number - this appeared in the date stamp on
certified (e.g., registered) mail
(2) AG - army group, AR - artillery regiment, ID - infantry
division, IR - infantry regiment, KSchR - motorcycle infantry regiment, LAS - light
artillery section, LID - light infantry division, MD - mountain division, Pz AOK - high
tank army command, PzD - tank division, PzR - tank regiment, SchB - light infantry
brigade, SchR - light infantry regiment
| distinguishing letter (1) | used by the "Dienstpost" office in |
|---|---|
a |
Prag 1 |
b |
Prag 2 |
c |
Prag PLST (2) |
ch |
Klattau (?) |
d |
Prerau |
e |
Tabor |
f |
Theresienstadt (1940), Prossnitz (1944-1945) |
g |
Ungarisch Hradisch |
h |
Wischau |
k |
Iglau |
l |
Kolin |
m |
Königgrätz |
n |
Mährisch-Ostrau |
o |
Mährisch-Weisskirchen |
p |
Melnik |
q |
Olmütz |
r |
Pardubitz |
s |
Pilsen |
t |
Deutschbrod |
u |
Budweis |
v |
Brünn |
w |
Beraun |
x |
Prag PLST (2) |
y |
Zlin (?) |
z |
Millowitz (?) |
(1) the character that appears in the bottom part of the
postmark
(2) PLST=Postleitstelle
The location on Czech territory of the units listed below follows from their open name.
Many other units with assigned field post numbers were also located on Czech territory;
these can be identified only from postmarks on covers etc.
| field post number | time period | unit (1) |
|---|---|---|
00377 |
1939-1940 | Armee-Verpflegungslager Sternberg |
| 03306 | 1939-1942 | Trsp. Kdrt. Prag |
08019 |
1939-1942 | Trsp. Kdtr. Brünn |
09258 |
16.1.1945- | SS-Sonderlager Eger |
10500 |
1939-1940 | Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) z.b.V. 108 Mähr. Trübau |
13850 |
21.2.1945- | Höh. Pi. Führer Neutitschein |
15930 |
1939 | Nachr. Kdtr. Brünn |
16283 |
1939-1940 | feste Brieft. St. Ungar.-Hradisch |
16891 |
23.1.1945- | Pol. Nachsch. Kol. Mähr.-Ostrau |
18248 |
1939-1940 | feste Fu. Stelle Brünn |
20052 |
1939 | Nachr. Kdtr. Prag |
21504 |
1943 | Nachr. Kdtr. Prag |
25941 |
14.2.1945- | Res. Uffz. Schule Tetschen |
27419 |
1939 | Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) 228 Beneschau |
27950 |
1939-1941 | Lw. San. Bereitsch. Beneschau |
29974 |
25.8.1944- | Sonderlager Tepl i. Tepl b. Marienbad (Sich. Pol. SD) |
30302 |
1939 | Lw. San. Bereitsch. Brünn |
31850 |
1939-1940/41 | Stab Ob. Bef. Böhmen |
31980 |
1939-1942 | Stab Wehrmachtsbevollmächtigter Prag |
32823 |
16.3.1945- | Kdr. d. Sich. Pol. Brünn u. Einh. |
33182 |
1939-1940 | Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) Milowitz |
33224 |
16.3.1945- | SS- u. Pol. Sonderlager Forstwarte b. Marienbad |
33943 |
1939-1940 1940 |
Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) 48 Freiwaldau Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) Freiwaldau |
36090 |
1939 1939-1940 |
Flak-Trsp. Battr. A Mähr.-Ostrau Flak-Trsp. Battr. A Mähr.-Trübau |
36687 |
1939-1940 | Ln. Stelle (mot. Z) E Brünn |
37788 |
1939-1940 1940-1942 |
Ln. Stelle (mot. Z) E Pilsen Fl. H. Nachr. Zug Pilsen |
37906 |
14.10.1944- | Sich. Pol. (SD) Amt VI Dienststelle Prag XIX |
38156 |
1939-1940/41 | E-Hafen-Ausr. Kol. Beneschau (3/VIII) |
38690 |
10.7.1944-23.12.1944 11.2.1945- |
Wehrm. Bev. b. Reichsprotektor u. Bef. b. Wkr. Kdo. Böhmen-Mähren u- dtsch. verb.
Stab d. Regierungs-Tr. i. Chiari (Pol.) Wehrm. Bev. b. Reichsprotektor u. Bef. i. Wkr. Böhmen-Mähren, dtsch. verb. Stab f. d. Regierungs-Tr. i. Chiari (Pol.) |
39688 |
1939 | Fl. H. Kdtr. (E) Prag |
44090 |
1940/41-11.10.1944 12.10.1944- |
Abw. Stelle Prag Kdo. Meldegebiet Prag |
45603 |
21.3.1945- | Abschn. Kdt. Mitte d. Mährisch-Ostrauer Sperriegels |
45808 |
14.4.1945- | Fstg. Kdt. Olmütz |
45863 |
23.1.1945- | Pol. Nachsch. Lager Mährisch-Ostrau |
46565 |
1941/42-1942 | OKW/Ag WNV/Fu. Aussenstelle Prag |
46756 |
14.4.1945- | Res. Laz. I-III Olmütz |
47654 |
15.4.1945-28.4.1945 | Stab u. Einh. Pi. Sonderstab 27 (Fstg. Olmütz) |
56360 |
12.2.1945- | Heeres-STandort-Verw. Olmütz u. Einh. |
56984 |
23.4.1945- | Stab Pz. Ausb. Verband Böhmen |
56989 |
23.4.1945- | Pz. Nachr. Ausb. Abtl. 82 Pz. Ausb. Verband Böhmen |
57996 |
28.4.1945- | Volkssturm-Kreisstabführung 32 Freiwaldau |
64027 |
17.4.1945- | Aussenstelle Prag Armee-Verpfl. Amt 567 |
64435 |
20.3.1945- | Fstg. Kdt. Brünn |
64585 |
28.4.1945- | Trsp. Kdr. Brünn |
65038 |
17.2.1945- | Stab Pz. Aufkl. Abtl. Sternberg |
65913 |
28.4.1945- | Trsp. Kdtr. Prag |
65929 |
28.4.1945- | Trsp. Kdr. Brünn, Aussenstelle Olmütz |
66978 |
4.12.1944- | Sich. Pol. (SD) Amt VI Dienststelle Quelle Marienbad |
67234 |
23.1.1945- | Techn. Kp. (Hb) 121 Bauzug Prag |
67848 |
28.4.1945- | Trsp. Kdtr. Prag, Aussenstelle Königgrätz |
(1) original German unit name
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Cover sent on May 23, 1941 from the Staff of the Commissioner of the Wehrmacht in Prague (Stab Wehrmachtsbevollmächtigter Prag), field post number 31980. Postmarked "DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST/x" (= Deutsche Dienstpost Böhmen-Mähren, PLST Prag).
E. Hamann: Deutsche Dienstpost, Übungspost, Feldpost und Reichspost im Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren. ArGe Böhmen-Mähren, Tübingen 1987. (German Service Mail, Training Post, Field Post and "Reichspost" in Protectorate Böhmen-Mähren) (In German)
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A. Ochell: Die Feldpostämter im Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren, 1939 bis 1945. ArGe Böhmen-Mähren, Mbl. 110, Beilage 101. (The Field Post Offices in Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia 1939-1945) (In German)
H.H. Paetow: Feldpostämter im Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren in der Zeit des Polenfeldzuges, Herbst 1939. ArGe Böhmen-Mähren, MBl. 94, Beilage 95. (Field Post Offices in Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia During the Poland Campaign, Autumn 1939) (In German)
Michal Prikazsky, Brno, CZ