 Border Troops Command ("Kommando Grenztruppen" "(Kdo GT)") - Bestensee-Pätz

Border Troops Staff ("Stab der Grenztruppen" "(Kdo GT)") - Bestensee-Pätz


The Grenzkommando Nord (GKN) (Border Command North), with headquarters at Stendal (in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt) was responsible for the northern sector of the East German border.The GKN consisted of five frontier troops regiments, two training regiments, a helicopter flight and some smaller support units.The "Grenzregiment 25 "Neithardt von Gneisenau"" was disbanded in August 1983 and its units dispersed among the other border regiments of the command.