NSDAP Gaue
 
Gau Gauleiter Seat Remarks
Auslands-organisation der NSDAP Hans Nieland
Ernst-Wilhelm Bohle
1930 - 1933
1933 - 1945
Berlin
Baden Robert Wagner 1925 - 1945 Karlsruhe
Bayreuth Hans Schemm
Fritz Wächtler
1933 - 1935
1935 - 1945
Bayreuth Gau Bayreuth was founded as Bayerische Ostmark in 1933 when Oberfranken, Niederbayern & Oberpfalz merged. It was renamed Bayreuth in 1943.
Bayerische Ostmark - see Bayreuth
Berlin Joseph Goebbels 1928 - 1945 Berlin
Berlin-Brandenburg Ernst Schlange
Joseph Goebbels
1925 - 1926
1926 - 1928
Berlin Gau Berlin-Brandenburg was divided into Berlin & Brandenburg 1928.
Brandenburg Emil Holz
Ernst Schlange
1928 - 1930
1932 - 1933
Berlin Gau Brandenburg was made a part of part of Kurmark 1933.
Danzig - see Danzig-Westpreußen
Danzig-Westpreußen Hans-Albert Hohnfeldt
? Maas
Albert Forster
1926 - 1928
1928 - 1930
1930 - 1945
Danzig Gau Danzig-Westpreußen was known as Danzig until 1939.
Düsseldorf Friedrich Karl Florian 1930 - 1945 Düsseldorf Gau Düsseldorf was founded in 1930 from the bezirk Bergisches-Land.
Essen Josef Terboven
Fritz Schlessmann (acting)
1928 - 1945
1940 - 1945
Essen Schlessmann was acting Gauleiter when Terboven was Reichskommissar in Norway 1940 - 1945.
Franken Julius Streicher
Hans Zimmermann
Karl Holz
1929 - 1940
1940 - 1942
1942 - 1945
Nuremberg Gau Franken was founded in 1929 when Mittelfranken merged with the bezirk Nürnberg-Fürth.
Halle-Merseburg Walter Ernst
Paul Hinkler
Rudolf Jordan
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
1925 - 1926
1926 - 1931
1931 - 1937
1937 - 1945
Halle
Hamburg Joseph Klant
Dr. Albert Krebs
Hinrich Lohse
Karl Kaufmann
1925 - 1926
1926 - 1928
1928 - 1929
1929 - 1945
Hamburg
Hannover-Nord Bernhard Rust 1925 - 1928 Gau Hannover-Nord became a part of Südhannover-Braunschweig 1928.
Hannover-Süd Ludolf Haase 1927 - 1928 Gau Hannover-Süd became a part of Südhannover-Braunschweig 1928.
Hessen-Darmstadt Ludolf Haase 1927 - 1928 Gau Hessen-Darmstadt became a part of Hessen-Nassau 1933.
Hessen-Nassau Jakob Sprenger 1933 - 1945 Frankfurt/Main Gau Hessen-Nassau was founded 1933 when Hessen-Darmstadt merged with Hessen-Nassau-Süd.
Hessen-Nassau-Nord - see Kurhessen
Hessen-Nassau-Süd Anton Haselmayer
Walter Schultz
Jakob Sprenger
1925 - 1926
1926 - 1927
1927 - 1933
Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd became a part of Hessen-Nassau 1933.
Kärnten Hubert Klausner
Franz Kutschera
Friedrich Rainer
1939 - 1940
1940 - 1941
1942 - 1944
Klagenfurt
Koblenz-Trier - see Moselland
Köln-Aachen Joseph Grohé 1931 - 1945 Köln
Kurhessen Walter Schultz
Karl Weinrich
Karl Gerland
1926 - 1927
1927 - 1944
1944 - 1945
Kassel Gau Kurhessen was known as Hessen-Nassau-Nord until 1934.
Kurmark - see Mark Brandenburg
Lüneburg-Stade Otto Telschow 1925 - 1928 Lüneburg
Magdeburg-Anhalt G Schmischke
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper
P Hofmann
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
Rudolf Jordan
1925 - 1928
1927 - 1933
1933
1934 - 1935
1935 - 1937
1937 - 1945
Dessau
Mainfranken Otto Hellmuth 1928 - 1945 Würzburg Gau Mainfranken was known as Unterfranken until 1935.
Mark Brandenburg Wilhelm Kube
Emil Stürtz
1933 - 1936
1939 - 1945
Berlin Gau Mark Brandenburg was founded as Kurmark in 1933 when Ostmark merged with Brandenburg. It was renamed 1940.
Mecklenburg Friedrich Hildebrandt
? Albrecht
Friedrich Hildebrandt
1925 - 1930
1930 - 1931
1931 - 1945
Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Lübeck - see Mecklenburg
Mittelfranken Wilhelm Grimm 1928 Gau Mittelfranken became a part of Franken 1929.
Moselland Gauleiter Gustav Simon 1931 - 1945 Koblenz Gau Moselland was known as Koblenz-Trier until 1942.
München-Oberbayern Gauleiter Adolf Wagner
Paul Giesler
1933 - 1944
1944 - 1945
Munich Gau München-Oberbayern was founded in 1933 when the bezirk Oberbayern & Gross-München merged.
Niederbayern Otto Ebersdobler 1930 - 1932 Gau Niederbayern became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933.
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz Gregor Strasser 1926 - 1928 Gau Niederbayern-Oberpfalz was divided into Niederbayern & Oberpfalz 1928.
Niederdonau Hugo Jury 1939 - 1945 Vienna
Niederschlesien Karl Hanke 1940 - 1945 Breslau
Oberbayern-Schwaben - see Schwaben
Oberdonau August Eigruber 1939 - 1945 Linz
Oberfranken Hans Schemm 1928 - 1933 Gau Oberfranken became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933.
Oberpfalz Franz Maierhofer 1929 - 1932 Gau Oberpfalz became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933.
Oberschlesien Fritz Bracht 1940 - 1945 Kattowitz
Osthannover Otto Telschow 1925 - 1945 Lüneburg
Ostmark Wilhelm Kube 1928 - 1933 Gau Ostmark was made a part of Kurmark 1933.
Ostpreußen Bruno Gustav Scherwitz
Erich Koch
1925 - 1927
1928 - 1945
Köningsberg
Pommern Theodor Vahlen
Walter von Corswant
Wilhelm Karpenstein
Franz Schwede-Coburg
1925 - 1927
1928 - 1931
1931 - 1934
1935 - 1945
Stettin
Pfalz-Saar - see Westmark
Rheinland-Nord Karl Kaufmann 1925 - 1926 Gau Rheinland-Nord became a part of Ruhr 1926.
Rheinland-Süd Heinz Haake
Robert Ley
1925
1925 - 1931
Gau Rheinland-Süd was divided into Köln-Aachen & Koblenz-Trier 1931.
Rheinpfalz Josef Bürckel 1926 - 1935 Gau Rheinpfalz became a part of Pfalz-Saar 1935.
Ruhr Karl Kaufmann
Josef Wagner
1926 - 1929
1929 - 1931
Gau Ruhr was divided into Westfalen-Nord p; Westfalen-Süd 1932.
Saarland Josef Bürckel 1933 - 1935 Gau Saarland became a part of Pfalz-Saar 1935.
Saarpfalz - see Westmark
Sachsen Martin Mutschmann 1925 - 1945 Dresden
Salzburg Friedrich Rainer
Gustav Adolf Scheel
1939 - 1941
1941 - 1945
Salzburg
Schlesien Helmut Brückner
Josef Wagner
1925 - 1935
1936 - 1940
Gau Schlesien was divided into Niederschlesien & Oberschlesien 1940.
Schleswig-Holstein Hinrich Lohse 1925 - 1945 Kiel
Schwaben Karl Wahl 1928 - 1945 Augsburg
Steiermark Siegfried Uiberreither 1939 - 1945 Graz
Sudetengau - see Sudetenland
Sudetenland Gauleiter Konrad Henlein 1939 - 1945 Reichenberg Gau Sudetenland was known as Sudetengau until 1939.
Südhannover-Braunschweig Bernhard Rust
Hartmann Lauterbacher
1928 - 1940
1940 - 1945
Hannover Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig was founded in 1928 when Hannover-Nord & Hannover-Süd merged.
Thüringen Arthur Dinter
Fritz Sauckel
1925 - 1927
1927 - 1945
Weimar
Tirol Franz Hofer 1932 - 1933 Innsbruck
Tirol-Vorarlberg Franz Hofer 1938 - 1945 Innsbruck
Unterfranken - see Mainfranken
Warthegau - see Wartheland
Wartheland Arthur Greiser 1939 - 1945 Posen Gau Wartheland was known Warthegau until 1939.
Weser-Ems Karl Röver
Paul Wegener
1929 - 1942
1942 - 1945
Oldenburg
Westfalen Franz Pfeffer von Salomon 1925 - 1926 Gau Westfalen became a part of Ruhr 1926.
Westfalen-Nord Alfred Meyer 1932 - 1945 Münster
Westfalen-Süd Josef Wagner
Paul Giesler
Albert Hoffmann
1932 - 1941
1941 - 1943
1943 - 1945
Bochum
Westmark Josef Bürckel
Willi Stöhr
1935 - 1944
1944 - 1945
Neustadt a.d.H. Gau Westmark was founded as Pfalz-Saar in 1935 when Saarland & Rheinpfalz merged. It was renamed Saarpfalz 1937 and finally Westmark 1942.
Wien Odilo Globocnik
Josef Bürckel
Baldur von Schirach
1938 - 1939
1939 - 1940
1940 - 1945
Vienna
Württemberg-Hohenzollern Eugen Munder
Wilhelm Murr
1925 - 1928
1928 - 1945
Stuttgart Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern
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