17th SS-Standarte

Friedrich Jeckeln served as the first commander of the 17th SS-Standarte.

The 17th SS-Standarte was a regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS first founded in 1931. The unit was one of the early SS formations in Germany, and was first headquartered in the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg.

The original commander of the 17th Standarte, who supervised the regiment's formation, was Friedrich Jeckeln who would later become infamous as an SS and Police Leader in Eastern Russia during World War II. Jeckeln assumed command of the Standarte as a Sturmbannführer when the unit was only at battalion level strength. It was not until after the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, in 1933, that the Standarte had enough of a membership to be considered as a regimental command. Even so, the command was never led by a full Standartenführer, with all of the later commanders holding the rank of Obersturmbannführer.

In April 1936, the 17th Standarte shifted its headquarters to the city of Celle. Three years later, when World War II began, the Standarte began losing its members to either the general draft or to service in the Waffen-SS (General-SS units were considered "part time" and their members were not draft exempt).

By 1942, the 17th Standarte had ceased to actively function but was listed with a posted commander until the fall of Nazi Germany in May 1945.

Commanders

• SS-Sturmbannführer Friedrich Jeckeln (March 31, 1931 – June 22, 1931)
• SS-Sturmhauptführer Klaus Sieh (June 23, 1931 – October 1, 1932)
• SS-Sturmhauptführer Wilhelm Koppe (October 2, 1932 – December 1, 1933)
• SS-Obersturmbannführer Willy Tensfeld (December 1, 1933 – March 16, 1935)
• SS-Obersturmbannführer Friedrich Graf von Pfeil-Burghauss (March 15, 1935 – October 1, 1935)
• SS-Obersturmbannführer Johann von Feil (October 1, 1935 – March 20, 1938)
• SS-Obersturmbannführer Johann Schlechl (March 20, 1938 – May 8, 1945)

References

• Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997). ISBN 0-7643-0145-4

Allgemeine-SS formations
SS and Police Leaders	Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF)
Oberabschnitt	Alpenland Böhmen-Mähren Donau Elbe Fulda-Werra Lothringen-Saarpfalz Main Mitte Nord Nordost Nordsee Nordwest Ost Ostland Österreich Ostsee Rhein Rhein-Westmark Spree Süd Südost Südwest Ukraina Warthe Weichsel West Westmark
Abschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XX XXXXI XXXXII XXXXIII XXXXIV XXXXV
Reiterabschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
Standarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127
Reiterstandarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Specialty Units	SS-Kraftfahrstürme (Transportation) SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne (Signals) SS-Pioniersturmbanne (Engineers) SS-Fliegersturm (Flight Units)