26th Airborne Brigade (Bundeswehr)

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26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade
Luftlandebrigade 26 "Saarland"
Luftlandebrigade 26 (Bundeswehr).svg
Formation sign of 26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade
Active1958–2015
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Allegiance Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg Bundeswehr
Branch Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg German Army
Type Intervention force brigade
Size~ 3500
Part of Special Operations Division
Headquarters Saarlouis
Nickname(s)Saarlandbrigade
Engagements Somalian Civil War
Bosnian Civil War
Kosovo War
Afghanistan War
Commanders
Commander Brigadegeneral Eberhard Zorn

26th (Saarland) Airborne Brigade (German : Luftlandebrigade 26 "Saarland") is a formation in the Special Operations Division of the German Army with a strength of about 3,500 men and its brigade headquarters in Saarlouis. The Brigade is also called the Saarland Brigade as almost all its troops are stationed in the federal state of Saarland. Other elements are based in Rhineland-Palatinate. Most of the 26th Airborne Brigade belongs to the intervention forces of the Bundeswehr , and the formation therefore provides the overwhelming proportion of paratroopers and airborne troops for the intervention forces of the Army. The Brigade motto is: Einsatzbereit – jederzeit – weltweit ("Ready for action - anytime - worldwide"). The Brigade greeting is "Glück ab".

The brigade was previously part of the 1st Airborne Division alongside the 25th and 27th Luftlande Brigades.

Commanders

The brigade commanders were (rank on takeover):

No.NameTakeover dateHandover date
17 Oberst Stefan Geilen 4 December 201431 March 2015
16Oberst Andreas Hannemann 1 February 20124 December 2014
15Oberst Eberhard Zorn 14 January 201031 January 2012
14Oberst Volker Bescht 29 August 200514 January 2010
13Oberst Hans-Werner Fritz 200329 August 2005
12Oberst Manfred Schlenker (2000)(2002)
11Oberst Henning Glawatz (1996)(1999)
10Oberst Hans-Heinrich Dieter 1 April 1994(1995)
9Oberst Helmut Harff 1 April 199031 March 1994
8Oberst Fritz Eckert 1 April 198331 March 1990
7Oberst Herbert Hagenbruck April 197631 March 1983
6Oberst Hans Kubis September 1973March 1976
5Oberst Helmut Liebeskind October 1970September 1973
4Oberst Heinrich Schwiethal October 1968September 1970
3Oberst Karl-Albert Keerl April 1967October 1968
2Oberst Hans-Werner Voss October 1963April 1967
1Oberst Erich Timm October 1958September 1963

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