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Gau Westmark
Gau of Nazi Germany
1925–1945
Flag of Gau Westmark
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Westmark
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue).
CapitalNeustadt an der Weinstraße (1926–1935)
Saarbrücken (1935–1945)
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1925–1926
Friedrich Wambsganss
• 1926–1944
Josef Bürckel
• 1944–1945
Willi Stöhr
History 
• Establishment
February 1925
• Disestablishment
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gau Westmark Bavaria
Gau Westmark Free State of Oldenburg
Gau Westmark Territory of the Saar Basin
Gau Westmark Moselle (department)
Rheinland-Pfalz Gau Westmark
Saar Protectorate Gau Westmark
Moselle (department) Gau Westmark
Today part ofFrance
Germany

The Gau Westmark (English: Western March) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. From 1925 to 1933, it was a regional subdivision of the Nazi Party.

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Saar Protectorate

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Palatinate, but united with the latter as the Gau of Saar-Palatinate (Saarpfalz). In 1942 it was renamed Westmark (Western March), as it was planned to be...

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Kallstadt

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virtually defunct under the Nazi regime, when Kallstadt belonged to the Gau Westmark. The Palatinate was separated from Bavaria in 1946 and became a part...

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1935 Saar status referendum

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incorporated into the Gau of Rheinpfalz (Rhine Palatinate) to form the Gau Pfalz-Saar (renamed Gau Saarpfalz in January 1936 and Gau Westmark in December 1940)...

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Lorraine

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exception of its de facto annexation by Nazi Germany as part of the Gau Westmark during World War II, that area has since remained a part of France. During...

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Hans Graf von Sponeck

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July failed attempt to assassinate Hitler, Josef Bürckel, Gauleiter of Gau Westmark where Germersheim was located, pressed Heinrich Himmler, who was the...

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List of Gauleiters

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1936 and finally Gau Westmark in 1940 when it absorbed part of French Lorraine Gau Schlesien was divided into Gau Niederschlesien & Gau Oberschlesien in 1941...

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Vienna Gauleiter of Vienna Governor of the Vienna region Gauleiter of Gau Westmark Died because of ill health Ferdinand aus der Fünten December 17, 1909...

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List of World War II puppet states

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Northern France, and further divided into administrative districts such as Gau Westmark. Finally, Vichy France, technically independent from Germany, tried to...

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Karl Kaufmann

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Conference. On 7 March 1926 his Gau expanded by merging with the Gau Westphalia headed by Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. Now renamed Gau Rhine-Ruhr (and still later...

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Gilbert Grandval

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were treating as fully integrated parts of the German state (Gau Baden-Elsaß and Gau Westmark). Most of the rest of "Region C" was defined by the Germans...

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Bezirk Lothringen

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département of Moselle, renamed CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen, was added to the Gau Westmark on 30 November 1940. (German: Bezirkspräsident/today's French: Président...

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Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine

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Nazi party Gau Baden-Alsace. The Moselle department became the CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen, to be administered by Nazi officials of the Gau Westmark. The Nazi...

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Friedrich Wambsganss

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Bürckel became Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of the now expanded Gau Westmark, which included the Civil Administration Area of Lorraine. At that time...

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