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Revision as of 18:23, 29 February 2016
The following List of Gauleiters enumerates those who have held the Nazi party rank of Gauleiter, a type of regional party leader germane only within Adolf Hitler's system.
- Auslands-Organisation der NSDAP (NSDAP/AO)
- Hans Nieland (1930–1933)
- Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1933–1945)
- Gau Baden, Gauleiter:
- Robert Heinrich Wagner (25 March 1925 – May 1945)
- Gau Bayerische Ostmark (Bavarian Eastern March) [Bayerische Ostmark was founded in 1933 when Oberfranken, Niederbayern & Oberpfalz merged. It was renamed Gau Bayreuth after its capital in 1943], Gauleiter:
- Hans Schemm (1933–1935)
- Fritz Wächtler (1935–1945)
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel (1945)
- Gau Berlin, Gauleiter:
- Joseph Goebbels (1929–1945)
- Gau Berlin - Brandenburg [Gau Berlin - Brandenburg was divided into Berlin & Brandenburg 1929], Gauleiter:
- Ernst Schlange (1925–1926)
- Joseph Goebbels (1926–1929)
- Gau Brandenburg (the historical nucleus of the Prussian kingdom) [Gau Brandenburg was made a part of Kurmark 1933], Gauleiter:
- Emil Holz (1929–1930)
- Ernst Schlange (1930–1933)
- Gau Danzig (Danzig; former free state, lost after the war to Poland, now Gdańsk) [Gau Danzig was known as Gau Danzig - Westpreussen after 1939], Gauleiter:
- Hans-Albert Hohnfeldt (1926–1928)
- Walter Maaß (1928–1930)
- Albert Forster (1930–1945)
- Gau Düsseldorf [Gau Düsseldorf was founded in 1929 from the bezirk Bergisches - Land], Gauleiter:
- Friedrich Karl Florian (1929–1945)
- Gau Essen, Gauleiter:
- Josef Terboven (1928–1945)
- Acting Gauleiter: Fritz Schlessmann (April 1940 – May 1945)
- Josef Terboven (1928–1945)
- Gau Flandern, Gauleiter:
- Jef van de Wiele (December 1944 – April 1945) (in exile in Germany)
- Gau Franken (Franconia) [Gau Franken was founded in 1929 when Mittelfranken merged with the bezirk Nürnberg - Fürth], Gauleiter:
- Julius Streicher (1929–1940)
- Hans Zimmermann (1940–1941)
- Karl Holz (1942–1945)
- Acting Gauleiter: Karl Holz (1940 – April 1945)
- Gau Halle - Merseburg, Gauleiter:
- Walter Ernst (1925–1926)
- Paul Hinkler (1926–1930)
- Rudolf Jordan (1930–1937)
- Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1938–1945)
- Gau Hamburg, Gauleiter:
- Josef Klant (1925–1926)
- Albert Krebs (1927–1928)
- Hinrich Lohse (1928–1929)
- Karl Kaufmann (1929–1945)
- Gau Hannover - Nord [Gau Hannover - Nord became a part of Südhannover - Braunschweig 1928], Gauleiter:
- Bernhard Rust (1925–1928)
- Lyrius Hanover II (1942-1945)
- Gau Hannover - Süd [Gau Hannover - Süd became a part of Südhannover - Braunschweig 1928], Gauleiter:
- Ludolf Haase (1927–1928)
- Gau Hessen - Darmstadt [Gau Hessen - Darmstadt became a part of Hessen - Nassau 1933], Gauleiter:
- Friedrich Mengeringhausen (1927–1931)
- Peter Gemeinder (1931)
- Karl Benz (1932–1933)
- Gau Hessen - Nassau [Gau Hessen - Nassau was founded 1933 when Hessen - Darmstadt merged with Hessen - Nassau - Süd], Gauleiter:
- Jakob Sprenger (1933–1945)
- Gau Hessen - Nassau-Nord (Hesses- Northern Nassau) [Hessen - Nassau - Nord was known as Gau Kurhessen after 1934], Gauleiter:
- Walther Schultze (1926–1927)
- Karl Weinrich (1927 - autumn 1943)
- Acting Gauleiter: Karl Gerland (1944–1945)
- Gau Hessen - Nassau-Süd (Hesse- Southern Nassau) [Gau Hessen - Nassau - Süd became a part of Hessen - Nassau 1933], Gauleiter:
- Anton Haselmayer (1925–1926)
- Walther Schultze (1926–1927)
- Jakob Sprenger (1927–1933)
- Gau Kärnten (Carinthia, in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Hubert Klausner (1939–1940)
- Franz Kutschera (1940–1941)
- Friedrich Rainer (1942–1944)
- Gau Koblenz - Trier [Koblenz - Trier was renamed Gau Moselland in 1942], Gauleiter:
- Gustav Simon (1931–1945)
- Gau Köln - Aachen (Cologne-Aachen)
- Josef Grohé (1931–1945)
- Gau Kurmark (Elector's March) [Kurmark was founded in 1933 when Ostmark merged with Brandenburg; it was renamed Gau Mark Brandenburg in 1940], Gauleiter:
- Wilhelm Kube (1933–1936)
- Emil Stürtz (1939–1945)
- Gau Lüneburg - Stade, Gauleiter:
- Otto Telschow (1925–1928)
- Gau Magdeburg - Anhalt, Gauleiter:
- Gustav Hermann Schmischke (1925–1928)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1927–1933)
- Paul Hofmann (1933)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1934–1935)
- Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1935–1937)
- Rudolf Jordan (1937–1945)
- Gau Mecklenburg, Gauleiter:
- Friedrich Hildebrandt (1925–1930)
- Herbert Albrecht (1930–1931)
- Friedrich Hildebrandt (1931–1945)
- Gau Mittelfranken (Central Franconia) [Gau Mittelfranken became a part of Franken 1929], Gauleiter:
- Wilhelm Grimm (1928)
- Gau Moselland - see Gau Koblenz - Trier
- Gau München-Oberbayern (Munich - Upper Bavaria) [Gau München - Oberbayern was founded in 1933 when the bezirk Oberbayern & Gross - München (Greater Munich; the Bavarian capital was also the official capital of the Nazi movement) merged], Gauleiter:
- Adolf Wagner (1933–1944)
- Paul Giesler (1944–1945)
- Gau Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) [Gau Niederbayern became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933], Gauleiter:
- Fritz Reinhardt (October 1928 - 1930)
- Otto Erbersdobler (March 1929–April 1932)[1]
- Gau Niederbayern–Oberpfalz (Lower Bavaria - Upper Palatinate) [Gau Niederbayern - Oberpfalz was divided into Niederbayern & Oberpfalz 1929], Gauleiter:
- Gregor Strasser (1925–1929)
- Gau Niederdonau (Lower Danube, i.e. Niederösterreich, in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Hugo Jury (1939–1945)
- Gau Niederschlesien (Lower Silesia, split-off of Gau Schlesien; after the war lost to Poland), Gauleiter:
- Karl Hanke (1940–1945)
- Gau Oberdonau (Upper Danube, i.e. Oberösterreich, in Austria), Gauleiter:
- August Eigruber (1939–1945)
- Gau Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) [Gau Oberfranken became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933], Gauleiter:
- Hans Schemm (1928–1933)
- Gau Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) [Gau Oberpfalz became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933], Gauleiter:
- Franz Maierhofer (1929–1932)
- Gau Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia, split-off of Gau Schlesien; after the war lost to Poland), Gauleiter:
- Fritz Bracht (1940–1945)
- Gau Osthannover (East Hannover), Gauleiter:
- Otto Telschow (1925–1945)
- Gau Ostmark, (Gau Ostmark was made a part of Gau Kurmark 1933), Gauleiter:
- Wilhelm Kube (1928–1933)
- Gau Ostpreußen (East Prussia), Gauleiter:
- Bruno Gustav Scherwitz (1925–1927)
- Erich Koch (1928–1945)
- Gau Pfalz–Saar [Gau Pfalz - Saar was founded in 1935 when Saarland & Rheinpfalz merged. It was renamed Saarpfalz in 1937 and finally Westmark 1942], Gauleiter:
- Josef Bürckel (1935–1944)
- Willi Stöhr (1944–1945)
- Gau Pommern (Pomerania; after the war mostly lost to Poland), Gauleiter:
- Theodor Vahlen (1925–1927)
- Walter von Corswant (1928–1931)
- Wilhelm Karpenstein (1931–1934)
- Franz Schwede (1935–1945)
- Gau Rheinland – Nord (Northern Rhineland) [Gau Rheinland - Nord became a part of Ruhr 1926], Gauleiter:
- Karl Kaufmann (1925–1926)
- Gau Rheinland – Süd (Southern Rhenania) [Gau Rheinland - Süd was divided into Köln - Aachen & Koblenz - Trier 1931], Gauleiter:
- Heinz Haake (1925)
- Robert Ley (1925–1931)
- Gau Rheinpfalz [Gau Rheinpfalz became a part of Pfalz - Saar 1935], Gauleiter:
- Josef Bürckel (1926–1935)
- Gau Ruhr [Gau Ruhr was divided into Westfalen - Nord & Westfalen - Süd 1932], Gauleiter:
- Karl Kaufmann (1926–1929)
- Josef Wagner (1929–1931)
- Gau Saarland [Gau Saarland became a part of Pfalz - Saar 1935], Gauleiter:
- Josef Bürckel (1933–1935)
- Gau Sachsen (Saxony), Gauleiter:
- Martin Mutschmann (1925–1945)
- Gau Salzburg (in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Friedrich Rainer (1939–1941)
- Gustav Adolf Scheel (1941–1945)
- Gau Schlesien [Gau Schlesien was divided into Niederschlesien & Oberschlesien, i.e. Lower- & Upper Silesia, 1940], Gauleiter:
- Helmuth Brückner (1925 - 12 December. 1934)
- Josef Wagner (12 December 1934 - 1940)
- Gau Schleswig - Holstein, Gauleiter:
- Hinrich Lohse (1925–1945)
- Gau Schwaben (Swabia), Gauleiter:
- Karl Wahl (1928–1945)
- Gau Steiermark (Styria, in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Siegfried Uiberreither (1939–1945)
- Gau Sudetenland (named after the Sudeten mountains; the ethnically German regions bordering the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) [Sudetenland was known as Sudetengau], Gauleiter:
- Konrad Henlein (1939–1945)
- Gau Südhannover - Braunschweig (South Hannover - Brunswick) [Gau Südhannover - Braunschweig was founded in 1928 when Hannover - Nord & Hannover - Süd merged], Gauleiter:
- Bernhard Rust (1928–1940)
- Hartmann Lauterbacher (1940–1945)
- Gau Thüringen (Thuringia), Gauleiter:
- Artur Dinter (1925–1927)
- Fritz Sauckel (1927–1945)
- Gau Tirol (in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Franz Hofer (1932–1933)
- Gau Tirol - Vorarlberg (in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Franz Hofer (1938–1945)
- Gau Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) [Unterfranken was known as Gau Mainfranken after 1935], Gauleiter:
- Otto Hellmuth (1928–1945)
- Gau Wallonien, Gauleiter:
- Léon Degrelle (Dec. 1944 - Apr. 1945) (in exile in Germany)
- Gau Wartheland (named after the river Warta in Poland) [Wartheland was known as Warthegau], Gauleiter:
- Arthur Greiser (1939–1945)
- Gau Weser - Ems, Gauleiter:
- Carl Röver (1929–1942)
- Paul Wegener (1942–1945)
- Gau Westfalen [Gau Westfalen became a part of Ruhr in 1926], Gauleiter:
- Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1925–1926)
- Gau Westfalen - Nord, Gauleiter:
- Alfred Meyer (1932–1945)
- Gau Westfalen - Süd, Gauleiter:
- Josef Wagner (1932–1941)
- Paul Giesler (1941–1943)
- Albert Hoffmann (19 June 1943 - May 1945)
- Gau Wien (Vienna, in Austria), Gauleiter:
- Odilo Globocnik (1938–1939)
- Josef Bürckel (1939–1940)
- Baldur von Schirach (August 1940 – May 1945)
- Gau Württemberg - Hohenzollern, Gauleiter:
- Eugen Munder (1925–1928)
- Wilhelm Murr (1928–1945)
Sources and references
- Miller, Michael D. and Schulz, Andreas (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders Of The Nazi Party And Their Deputies, 1925-1945 (Herbert Albreacht-H. Wilhelm Huttmann)-Volume 1, R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-1932970210
- Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte
- Gauleiter Nuremberg War Crimes International Court
- Luxemburg gauleiter
- WorldStatesmen - here Belgium
References
- ^ Anna Rosmus: Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 60f