- Gau Westmark
Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = Gau Westmark
common_name = Gau Westmark
subdivision =
image_map_caption = Map ofNazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions, the "Gaue" and "Reichsgaue"
national_anthem=
capital =Neustadt an der Weinstraße
stat_area1=
stat_year1 =
stat_pop1 =
p1= Bavaria
flag_p1 = Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg
p2= Saarland
flag_p2 = Flag of Saar 1920-1935.svg
p3= Lorraine
flag_p3 = Flag fr-lorraine 300px.png
flag_s1 = Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg
s2 = Saarland
flag_s2 = Flag of Saar.svg
s3 = Lorraine
flag_s3 = Flag fr-lorraine 300px.png
year_start = 1933
event_end = Disestablishment
year_end = 1945
event1 =
date_event1 =30 January 1933
event2 =
date_event2 =8 May 1945
pol_subdiv =
title_leader =Gauleiter
leader1 =Josef Bürckel
year_leader1 = 1933 - 1944
leader2 =Willi Stöhr
year_leader2 = 1944 - 1945The Gau Westmark was an administrative division of
Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Previous to that, since 1926, it was the regional subdivision of theNazi Party .History
The "Gau" was originally established in the parts of
Bavaria left of the riverRhine , the Palatinate (German:"Pfalz"). As such, it carried the name "Gau Rheinpfalz". With the return of theSaarland to Germany in 1935, the two regions were merged and formed the new "Gau Pfalz-Saar". This "Gau" was renamed "Gau Saarpfalz" in 1937.After the outbreak of the
Second World War and the defeat ofFrance in 1940, parts ofLorraine were added to the "Gau" and on 7 December 1940 it was again renamed, now "Gau Westmark". It remained as such until the defeat of Germany in 1945.Gauleiter
*
Josef Bürckel - 24 March 1926 to 28 September 1944
*Willi Stöhr 28 September 1944 to March 1945ee also
*
List of Gaue of Nazi Germany ources
* [http://www.shoa.de/content/view/544/41/ Shoa.de - List of Gaue and Gauleiter] (in German)
* [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/nazi/innenpolitik/gaue/ Die NS Gaue] (in German)Deutsches Historisches Museum website
* [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/gau_abc.html Die Gaue der NSDAP] (in German)References
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