Reichsgau Wien

Reichsgau Wien
Gau of Nazi Germany

 

1938–1945
 

Flag Coat of arms
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions, the Gaue and Reichsgaue
Capital Vienna
Gauleiter
 - 1938 - 1939 Odilo Globocnik
 - 1939 - 1940 Joseph Bürckel
 - 1940 - 1945 Baldur von Schirach
History
 - Anschluss 1938
 - Disestablishment 1945
Population
 - 1939 1,920,390 

The Reichsgau Wien (English: Gau Vienna), was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Vienna, Austria from 1938 to 1945. Parts of Lower Austria were annexed in 1938 to establish Greater Vienna, which then became the biggest city of Nazi Germany by area.

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