Jakob Sprenger
| Jakob Sprenger | |
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| Jakob Sprenger with his wife in 1933 at Bad Salzhausen. | |
| Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau-South | |
| In office 1927–1933 | |
| Preceded by | Walther Schultze |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau | |
| In office 1933–1945 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Minister-President of the People's State of Hesse | |
| In office 1935–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Philipp Wilhelm Jung |
| Succeeded by | Ludwig Bergsträsser |
| Reichsstatthalter of the People's State of Hesse | |
| In office 1933–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Philipp Wilhelm Jung |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Oberpräsident of the Province of Nassau | |
| In office 1944–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Province created |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1884 Oberhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 7 May 1945 (aged 61) Kössen, German Reich |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
Jakob Sprenger (24 July 1884 – 7 May 1945) was a Nazi politician.
Sprenger was born in Oberhausen near Bad Bergzabern in the Palatinate. In 1922, the postal inspector Sprenger became a member of the Nazi Party. The militant anti-Semite rose quickly through the ranks, first to Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau-South in 1927, and by September 1930 to member of the Reichstag.
On 5 May 1933 Sprenger was appointed Reichsstatthalter of Hesse and leader (Gauleiter) of the new Gau formed from the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, which included the federated state of Hesse-Darmstadt. In the process of the Gleichschaltung, in particular due to the 'Reichsstatthaltergesetz' of 30 January 1935, he was able to take over leadership of the provincial government from Philipp Wilhelm Jung. Besides Martin Mutschmann of Saxony, he was the only governor charged with such a double function.
On 1 September 1939, SA-Obergruppenführer Sprenger became Reich Commissar of Defense District XII, and as of 1 December 1943 also in the Gau of Hesse-Nassau. Later Sprenger was appointed High President (Oberpräsident) of the Prussian province of Nassau in 1944, after Prince Philip of Hesse-Kassel had been removed. He committed suicide in Kössen, Austria.
See also
External links
- Jakob Sprenger in the German National Library catalogue
- Page on Gau leadership
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