Here are the events of 1933-45 from the village of Schmalensee, Bann 185, then 419 (Witte then also appears there). A big thank you to them. I resisted the temptation to post the texts in German. Perhaps some of you will find them interesting to read. And hopefully you will find something new or useful, Garry. If there were such a chronicle for every bann...
Source: Segeberger Kreis- und Wochenblatt/später-later Segeberger Zeitung, Part One
01.08.1933
A leaders' meeting of the Segeberg sub-branch of the Hitler Youth (HJ) is held in Todesfelde. The Unterbann Segeberg with the number 12 (1/185) and the Unterbann 11 Stormarn form the Bann Südholstein with the Bann number 185. The Bann in turn is subordinate to the
Oberbann Kiel.
01.10.1933
The Unterbann 1/185 Segeberg of the Hitler Youth has a new Unterbann leader, Johannes Wagner.
15.07.1934
The previous Gefolgschaftsführer August Oekermann (Blunk) is appointed leader of the HJ-Unterbann I/185 Kreis Segeberg by the Bannführer of the Hitler Youth in Bann 185 Südholstein. "All orders and instructions of Oekermann are to be obeyed without fail." The area of Unterbann I/185 coincides with that of the political district of Segeberg.
25.01.1936
The HJ leader of the Segeberg district, Unterbannführer Hans Praetorius, is appointed district youth worker in place of the previous state youth worker.
16.08.1936
For reasons of age, the leader of the HJ-Unterbann 1/185 (Segeberg district), Praetorius, resigns from office. His successor is Jungbannführer Wobbe from Bad Oldesloe.
26.-27.09.1936
A leaders' training course for Unterbann I/185 of the Hitler Youth is held at the youth hostel in Bad Segeberg. Participants are all the leaders of the Unterbann's Gefolgschafts-, Schar-, Kameradschafts- and Rottenführer.
Unterbannführer Praetorius, leader of Unterbanne I and VII/185 of the Hitler Youth District of Segeberg, has been appointed to a new position. The leadership of the Unterbann I/185 (Segeberg-East) has been assigned to Gefolgschaftsführer Kühler fom Bad Seegeberg. Unterbann I/185 comprises four units:
1/185 - Bad Segeberg location/Standort; 2/185 - Geschendorf with Scharen in Geschendorf, Gladebrügge and Leezen; 3/185 - Klein Rönnau with Scharen in Wensin, Berlin-Schlamersdorf and Blunk; 4/185 - Bornhöved with Scharen in Bornhöved (Schar I), Rickling (II) and Fahrenkrug-Wahlstedt (III). The leader of the 4/185 Gefolgschaft is Scharführer Hein from Bornhöved.
09.04.1937
In Bad Oldesloe the new leader of HJ-Bann 185 (Süd-Holstein), Unterbannführer Kurt Ramcke, is inducted into office by the leader of
Gebiet 6 (Nordmark).
09.05.1937
The HJ-Bann 419 "Bornhöved" is visited at the central locations of the bann by the new Bannführer Gefolgschaftsführer Cochoy.
12.05.1937
The new Jungbannführer of the Hitler Youth, Erwin Barnick, visits the Fähnlein 7/185 Bornhöved. For this purpose the boys from Bornhöved, Tarbek, Schmalensee and Gönnebek line up in summer service dress at 3.30 p.m. under the leadership of Fähnleinführer Wolfgang Erich in the Bornhöved schoolyard. The boys from Damsdorf, Stocksee and Tensfeld line up at 5.45 pm in Damsdorf under the command of Walther Wehling (Tensfeld).
18.-24.07.1937
The Hitler Youth's Bannführer 419 "Bornhöved", Gefolgschaftsführer Robert Cochoy, responds to the call of the Landesbauernführer for harvest work and now calls on the parents of all Hitler Youth who are not employed in agriculture to release their sons for up to 14 days of harvest work.
07.-18.02.1938
A winter camp is organised in Bad Bramstedt for boys who were unable to attend an HJ camp last summer. The camp is aimed in particular at boys who work in agriculture or in the building trade. The invitation is extended by the provisional (kommissarisch!) leader of Bann 419 "Bornhöved", Gefolgschaftsführer Witte.
16.10.1938
The HJ-Bann 419 Bornhöved takes over the HJ in Tungendorf and Brachenfeld from Bann 444. Both villages were incorporated into Neumünster in April and thus fell within the Bann area.
16.12.1938
A meeting of the Segeberg district branch of the German Municipal Association (Deutscher Gemeindetag) is held in the Hotel Germania in Bad Segeberg.
After a report by the District Administrator, Bannführer Witte speaks about the work of HJ-Bann 419 Bornhöved which includes the town of Neumünster and the district of Segeberg.
07.-18.02.1938
A winter camp is held in Bad Bramstedt for boys who were unable to attend an HJ camp last summer. The inviting person is the provisional leader of Bann 419 "Bornhöved", Gefolgschaftsführer Witte.