Commanders

Listed below are the commanders of the Border Police and Grenztruppen. It's interesting to note that the Grenztruppen had only three commander's since their redisgnation in 1961.
Border Police (Grenzpolizei)
Formed 1 Dec 1946

1946 -1949 Joesf Schuetz

1949:  Max Zaspel/Josef Schuetz

1950:  Josef Schuldt

1951:  Eric Kurschinski

German Border Police (Deutsche Grenzpolizei)
Redesignated 16 May 1952

1952:  Richard Smolorz

1952 - 1955:  Hermann Gartmann

1955 - 1957:  Heinrich Stock

 

German Border Police Command
(Kommandos Deutsche Grenzpolizei) 
Redesignated 1 Mar 1957

1957:  Hermann Gartmann

1957 - 1960:  Paul Ludwig

1960 - 1961:  Erich Peter

Grenztruppen
Redesignated 15 Sep 1961

Aug 1961 - 1974:  Erich Peter

Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (Grenztruppen der DDR)
Redisgnated 1974

1974 - Jul 1979:  Erich Peter

Jul 1979 - Nov 1989: Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten:

Nov 1989 - Sep 30 1990:  Dieter. Teichmann

Sep 30 - Oct 2 1990:  Oberst Juergen Hoernlein

Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten