The SS-Oberabschnitt (SS Main Districts) evolved over time and the ones shown here are those in effect as of November 1944. Also shown are the SS-Abschnitt (Sub-Districts) contained within each main district. Note that the Roman numerals found on some early SS daggers denote one of 3 SS distribution centers from which the dagger was issued - I, Munich; II, Dresden; III, Berlin - which are the sub-district numbers of these cities. No other Roman numerals have been found on SS daggers to date.

Click here for a map of the SS Main Districts in Germany and Austria except for that of Weichsel (Danzig-West Prussia) and Alpenland (Northern Austria, Tyrol) which were formed after this map was produced. The cities where the Main Districts were headquartered are highlighted in red.

SS-Oberabschnitt
(Main Districts)		 Hauptamt
(Headquarters)		 SS-Abschnitt
(Sub-Districts)
NO - NordostKönigsberg
VIIKönigsberg
XXIAllenstein
XXXXIVGumbinnen
OS - OstseeStettin
XIIIStettin
XXXIIISchwerin
Sp. - SpreeBerlin
IIIBerlin
XIIFrankfurt
XXIIIBerlin
E - ElbeDresden
IIDresden
XVIIIHalle
SW - SüdwestStuttgart
XStuttgart
XIXKarlsruhe
XXIXKonstanz
XXXXVStraßburg
W - WestDusseldorf
VDuisburg
XVIIMünster
XXVDortmund
S - SüdMünchen
IMünchen
XXXIIAugsburg
SO - SüdostBreslau
VIBreslau
XXIHirschberg
XXIVOpeln
FW - Fulda-WerraArolsen
XXVIIWeimar
NS - NordseeHamburg
XIVOldenburg
XIVHamburg-Altona
XXKiel
Mi. - MitteBraunschweig
IVHannover
XVIDessau
RW - Rhein-WestmarkWiesbaden
XIKoblenz
XXXFrankfurt (Main)
XXXIVSaarbrücken
Ma. - MainNürnberg
IXWürzburg
XXVIIIBayreuth
D - DonauWien (Vienna)
VIIILinz
XXXIWien (Vienna)
A - AlpenlandSalzburg
XXXVGraz
XXXVISalzburg
Wei. - WeichselDanzig
XXXXBromberg
XXXXIThorn
Wa. - WarthePosen
XXXXIIGnesen
XXXXIIILitzmannstadt
BM - Böhmen-MährenPrague
XXXVIIReichenberg
XXXVIIIKarlsbad
XXXIXBrün
NordOslo  N/A
NordwestDen Haag  N/A
OstKrakau  N/A
OstlandRiga  N/A
UkraineKiev  N/A