Konteradmiral

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This article is about the German language Konteradmiral. For the equivalent English-language naval rank, see Counter admiral.

Konteradmiral (abbreviated KAdm) is a senior naval

German-speaking countries, equivalent to counter or rear admiral
.

Austria-Hungary

See also: Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy
K.u.K. Kriegsmarine
Command flag
Cuff title
K.u.K. Konteradmiral

In the Austro-Hungarian

K.u.K. Kriegsmarine
(1849 to 1918) there were the flag officer ranks Kontreadmiral (also spelled Konteradmiral in the 20th century), Viceadmiral , Admiral and Großadmiral.

Germany

Counter admiral
Konteradmiral
Flottillenadmiral
Equivalent ranksGeneralmajor

Konteradmiral, abbreviated KAdm or KADM, is the second lowest naval

Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr
.

Rank insignia and rating

Main articles: Ranks of the German Bundeswehr and Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr

The rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, is a single five-pointed star above a single normal stripe and a wide stripe. The star is omitted on rank loops. Konteradmiral is a B7 grade in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

The sequence of ranks in decreasing seniority is:

History

Imperial German Navy and Kriegsmarine

Main article: Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine § Commissioned Officer ranks

In the

one-star officer rank equivalent to a Heer or Luftwaffe Generalmajor, and to an SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
.

The rank insignia consisted of shoulder strap and sleeve stripes. Shoulder straps had to be worn on uniform jackets and consisted of twisted gold-braids (no pips or stars) on padding in navy blue weapon color.

Cuff insignia consisted of one golden big stripe, one normal stripe, and a five-point naval star above. The sleeve rings encircled the lower cuffs.

The last surviving Kriegsmarine Konteradmiral, Eberhard Godt, died at the age of 95 on 13 September 1995.

National People's Army

Main article:
Ranks of the National People's Army § Volksmarine

Konteradmiral (

one-star rank Generalmajor
(OF-6 as well).

In the

GDR Volksmarine there were three flag officer ranks: Konteradmiral, Vizeadmiral, and Admiral. The GDR State Council
decided from 25 March 25, 1982 to introduce the rank of Flottenadmiral .

Konteradmirals of the GDR Volksmarine
Name Dates Name Dates
Bernig, Herbert 1931– Lau, Wolfgang 1929–96
Dönitz, Hans-Joachim 1934–2010 Miet, Peter 1944–
Elchlepp, Friedrich 1924-2002 Milzow, Helmut 1932–
Fischer, Richard 1906–91 Müller, Gerhard 1941–
Grießbach, Eberhard 1935– Nitz, Egon 1934–2011
Heinecke, Lothar 1933–85 Partzsch, Hans 1930–2012
Heniger, Werner 1929– Pöschel, Günther 1933–
Heß, Hans 1929– Rödel, Rolf 1940–2013
Irmscher, Heinz 1920–2004 Scheffler, Felix 1915–86
Jordt, Heinrich 1917–87 Städtke, Herbert 1931–2008
Kahnt, Klaus 1935– Streubel, Johannes 1921–90
Kotte, Werner 1931– Wegner, Rudi 1923–95
Münch, Joachim 1941– Weiß, Karl 1935–2012

Insignia

Insignia Shoulder Sleeve Rank flag Higher/lower
rank
 Imperial German Navy[1] Vizeadmiral
Kapitän zur See
 Reichsmarine[2]
 Kriegsmarine[3] Vizeadmiral
Kommodore
 Volksmarine[4] Vizeadmiral
Kapitän zur See
 German Navy[5] Vizeadmiral
Flottillenadmiral

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dienstgrade und Uniformen". kleiner-kreuzer-dresden.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. OCLC 44571687
    .
  3. ^ Mollo 2001, p. 19.
  4. LCCN 87600490
    . Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Dienstgradabzeichen Marine". bundeswehr.de (in German). Bundeswehr. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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