THE KOLOBRZEG NAVAL DISTRICT

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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2013
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: December 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
Poland
DATE DISTR. 15 Dec ? 19"
SUB3ECT
The Kolobrzeg Naval District
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DATE OF INFORMATION
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1. The Naval District of Kolobrzeg 5 54-11, E 15-3.7 comprised the
Polish Baltic seacoast between just west of Darlowo 5 54-26, E 16-2170
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and Dziwnow 54-02, E 14-4g, 2Tverlay:4Pt. 17.
is Naval Dis rict's Command had its Headquarters in Kolobrzeg,
2.T5verlay2tPt. ig and was subordinate to the Gdynia Naval Headquarters
only. The mission of this ',Command was to direct all naval affairs
in the coastal area and the part of the Baltic Sea which bordered it.
2. The commanding officer of the Naval District, Kapitan CZESNIK, an
artillery, officer, was also base commander of the Kolobrzeg Naval
Base. Until about 1949, the base commander was designated port
commander. He held the rank of lieutenant commander in the Polish
Navy. In addition to the commanding officer and his political officer,
the District and Base Command comprised fifteen Polish naval officers
of lower ranks and two naval guard companies. The political officer
was a Soviet lieutenant, senior grade, a Polish - Russian by birth,
who wore a Polish naval uniform.
3. Under the command of the Base CO were the following:
a. The Staff of the District and Base Command, Kolobrzeg.
50)0 b. The Naval Communications Center in Kolobrzeg.
c. The two naval guard companies stationed in Kolobrzeg.
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50:00 d. The coastal artillery unit in Kolobrzeg.
e. Five observation points on the seacoast.
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f. Polish Naval vessels during their stay in any of the harbors
within the Naval District of Kolobrzeg.
Offices and quarters of the District and Base Command Staff and of the'
commanding officer were accommodated in a building, Overlay 2, Pt. 1.97,
as part of a building complex, ffverlay 2, Pt. 5 wh,ch was loOated
in the area between the harbor of Kolobrzeg, verlay 2, Pt and the
beach, Overlay 2, Pt. 27, southwest of the harbor entrance, 7verlay
20 Pt. 7. The building complex comprised one main building Overlay
2, Pt. 7 which formerly served as a hotel for merchant seamen, and
several other buildings in its immediate vicinity which were erected
after 1945. 2:gee Sketch2 The entire complex was surrounded by two
fences; the inner one was of wire mesh and the outer one of barbed wire.
The Naval Communications Center Headquarters of Observation and
Communication, Section No. 3, was housed in a three-story
building, 27verlay 2, Pt. /7 .i.ocatec one to two kilometers south of
the District Command buildings, Zdverlay 20 Pt. g.
Two Naval guard companies (Kompania Wartown1ca6 made up of Polish
Naval personnel, were stationed at the District Command Headquarters.
These guard companies were between 120 to 140 strong each. They were
quartered in the main building of the District Command. Their arma-
ment consisted solely of light infantry weapons, such as rifles, pistols,
and machine guns. The two companies were at the disposal of the Base
commander. Their duties consisted of guarding the naval buildings in
Kolobrzeg. The duty schedule provided for two or three days guard
duty for one company while the other company trained.
?4 total of five observation points were maintained along the entire
seacoast which made up the Kolobrzeg Naval District. Of these five
points only three were operative during my presence. The remaining
two were non-operative because of lack of personnel, but I heard that
they were reopened in Octbber 1951. The locations of the observation
points were as follows:
a. Niechorze 5 54-06, E 15-27, 27ver1ay 1, Pt. g7. The observation
point proper was located about one kilometer west of this town.
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b. Mrzezyno E 15-1?7, 27verlay 1, Pt 17. I do not know
any details on this observation point.
e. Gaski 5 54-140 E 15-7, 27verlay 1, Pt. f7. The observation
point was located in the dunes about one k lometer west of the Gaski
lighthouse.
d. Dziwnow, 276ver1ay 1, Pt. 17. I do not know any details
e. This observation_koint was located on one of the two peninsulas
gverlay 1, Pt, gr, separating Lake Bukowo (Jezioro Bukowo) from
e Baltic Sea.
Annexes:
Overlay 1: Overlay to Mapa Polski, skala 1:500,000, sheet No. 1,
Szczecin
Overlay 2: Overlay to a Kolberg city plan (a German Pharusplan),
scale 1:7,000.
Sketch of the district command buildings in Kolobrzeg, not to scale.
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Overlay # 1:
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Overlay to Maps. Polski, skala 1:500,000 sheet No. 1,
Szczecin, showing observation points of
Naval District
the Kolobrzeg
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Overlay # 2: Overlay to a Kolberg city plan (a German Pharusplan),
scale 1:7,000, showing quarters and offices of the
District and Base Command Staff of the Naval District
of Kolobrzeg
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Harbor Entranc
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Offices and'Quarters
:Beach
around the Base Commander
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Building
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Coastal Artillery Unit
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Harbor
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Location of. Base Commander Building
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Headquarters of Observation
El7a Communications,'
Ko1ozeg
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Rough layout sketch of the district command buildings in Kolobrzeg,
not to scale.
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LEGEND TO SKETCH
1. Chemical Warfare Training Room: about five meters square.
2. Magazine: for food, uniforms, and marine parts.
3. Passageway.
4. Hospital: 10 beds; staffed by one doctor and two hospital corpsmen.
5 Naval Base Headquarters Office: quarters for the guard company
were on
oor.
6. Passageway: long; led to small building, 27,t 7 belog; part of
this passage was used for storage of flour.
7. Building: accommodated a tailor shop, a shoe repair shop, and
Showers.
S. Barbed wire fence.
9. Magazines: for building materials, such as cement, lime, and steel.
10. Guardhouse and Stockade.
11. Mechanical Workshop.
12. Shelter: for guard at gate.
13. Entrance: this was the only entrance.
14. Brick Wall,
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