Reichsgau Oberdonau
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Reichsgau Oberdonau | ||||||
Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | ||||||
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Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). | ||||||
Capital | Linz | |||||
Landeshauptmann | ||||||
- | 1938–1945 | August Eigruber | ||||
History | ||||||
- | Anschluss | 12 March 1938 | ||||
- | German surrender | 8 May 1945 | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | 1939 | 1,032,115 | ||||
The Reichsgau Oberdonau (English: Gau Upper Danube) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany consisting of Upper Austria and parts of Southern Bohemia. Parts of the Salzkammergut were annexed from Styria.
The Gau had the honorary title of "Home Gau of the Führer" (German: Heimatgau des Führers).[1] It existed between 1938 and 1945.
See also
- List of Gaue of Nazi Germany
Sources
- (German) Shoa.de - List of Gaue and Gauleiter
- (German) Die NS Gaue at the Deutsches Historisches Museum website.
- (German) Die Gaue der NSDAP
References
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