Gau Mainfranken
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| Gau Mainfranken Gau Main-Franconia | ||||||
| Gau of Nazi Germany | ||||||
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 subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). | ||||||
| Capital | Würzburg | |||||
| Gauleiter | ||||||
| - | 1933–1945 | Otto Hellmuth | ||||
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| - | Establishment | 30 January 1933 | ||||
| - | Disestablishment | 8 May 1945 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 17 May 1939[1] | 844,732 | ||||
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The Gau Mainfranken (English: Gau Main-Franconia) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, from 1933 to 1945. From 1926 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for this area.
History
The Gau was originally called Unterfranken, but, on suggestion of Otto Hellmuth, renamed Mainfranken on 30 July 1935.[2]
Gauleiter
- Otto Hellmuth: September 1927 to April 1945
See also
- List of Gaue of Nazi Germany
Sources
- (German) List of Gaue and Gauleiter
- (German) Die NS Gaue at the Deutsches Historisches Museum website.
- (German) Die Gaue der NSDAP
References
- ↑ Bayrisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 26 June 2008.
- ↑ (German) Mainfranken at the Historisches Lexikon Bayerns (accessed 27 June 2008).
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