Administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
Gau Mecklenburg
Gau of Nazi Germany
1925–1945
Flag
Capital
Schwerin
Government
Gauleiter
• 1925–1930
Friedrich Hildebrandt
• 1930–1931
Herbert Albrecht
• 1931–1945
Friedrich Hildebrandt
History
• Establishment
22 March 1925
• Disestablishment
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Today part of
Germany
The Gau Mecklenburg, was formed as Gau Mecklenburg-Lübeck on 22 March 1925 and renamed Gau Mecklenburg on 31 March 1937 when Lübeck was transferred to Gau Schleswig-Holstein. It was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Before that, from 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.
Act transferred the City of Lübeck to Gau Schleswig-Holstein and Hildebrandt's Gau was renamed GauMecklenburg. Hildebrandt became a member of the SS...
power. Friedrich Hildebrandt – Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of GauMecklenburg. He was also an SS-Obergruppenführer. Erich Hilgenfeldt – Head of the...
Albrecht (12 January 1900 – 13 June 1945) was the Nazi Party Gauleiter of GauMecklenburg-Lubeck from 1930 to 1931. He was also a long-serving member of the...
Occupation. The municipality of Amt Neuhaus was allocated to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in a party...
when Gau Schlesien was split into two separate Gaue Gau Saar merged with Gau Rheinpfalz to form Gau Pfalz-Saar in 1935 Gau Rheinpfalz merged with Gau Saar...
Hildebrandt: Ex SS-Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter of GauMecklenburg (1925–1945) and Reichsstatthalter of Mecklenburg (1933–1945). Sentenced to death on 2 April...
The Gaue (singular: Gau) were the main administrative divisions of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. The Gaue were formed in 1926 as Nazi Party regional...
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1934, they were merged into the GauMecklenburg. The blue-yellow-blue flag remained in...
Germany Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), German NSDAP Gauleiter of GauMecklenburg and SS-Obergruppenführer Richard Hildebrandt (1897–1951), German RuSHA...
September 1999 Personal details Born (1939-01-17)17 January 1939 Wismar, GauMecklenburg, Germany Died 20 January 2023(2023-01-20) (aged 84) Political party...
losing both times. The territory of the new Gauliga Mecklenburg was made up of the area of the Gau of the same name. The league started out with seven...
information Date of birth (1941-10-05)5 October 1941 Place of birth Güstrow, GauMecklenburg, Germany Date of death 17 April 2024(2024-04-17) (aged 82) Position(s)...
received the honorary title Staatskapellmeister. He was active for the GauMecklenburg of the party, since about 1941 also as Gaubeauftragter für Musikangelegenheiten...
The Gau Pomerania (German: Gau Pommern) formed on 22 March 1925, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 comprising the Prussian...
the Nazi Gau system. Three changes are of particular note: on 1 January 1934, Mecklenburg-Schwerin was united with neighbouring Mecklenburg-Strelitz;...
(1940-05-20)20 May 1940 Warnemünde, GauMecklenburg, Germany Died 3 January 2023(2023-01-03) (aged 82) Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...
Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1918 to 1933. In 1934 it was merged with Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the Gau of Mecklenburg. The ancient town of Strelitz continued to exist after...
October 1935) was a German Nazi politician. He served as the Gauleiter in the Gau of Magdeburg-Anhalt and was the Reichsstatthalter of the Free States of Anhalt...
Wehrkreis (Military District) II, which included his Gau Pomerania in addition to neighboring GauMecklenburg. Civil administration and important industrial...