Overview of the individual counties (Gau) and county leaders (Gauleiter).
County(Gau) was the basic unit of territorial subdivision of the NSDAP. There were a total of 42 counties in the German Reich and annexed territories (Gaue), the next - 43rd county was the so-called Auslandsorganisation. The county was headed by the Gauleiter, who was the highest-ranking NSDAP official within the county, responsible for all political and economic affairs, labour mobilisation and civil defence.
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County(Gau) was the basic unit of territorial subdivision of the NSDAP. There were a total of 42 counties in the German Reich and annexed territories (Gaue), the next - 43rd county was the so-called Auslandsorganisation. The county was headed by the Gauleiter, who was the highest-ranking NSDAP official within the county, responsible for all political and economic affairs, labour mobilisation and civil defence.
| Name of the county[/size=14][mcolaa]County seat | Gauleiter (from - to)[/coloraa][/coloraa | Deputy Gauleiter (from - to) | |||||||||||||
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| Baden (from 22.3.1941 Baden - Elsaß) | Karlsruhe (after 1940 Straßburg) | Robert Wagner (26.2.1925 - end of April 1945) Walter Köhler (acting from December 1932 to March 1933) | Karl Lenz (1926 - August 1931) Walter Köhler (August 1931 - May 1933) from May 1933 apparently temporarily vacant Hermann Röhn (1934-1945) | ||||||||||||
| Bayerische Ostmark see Bayreuth | Bayreuth (1943) | Bayreuth | Hans Schemm (September 1928/19.1.1933 - 5.3.1935) deputy. Gaul. Ludwig Ruckdeschel (20.3. - 6.12.1935 temporarily in charge of the county) Fritz Wächtler (5.12.1935 - 19.4.1945) deputy. Gaul. Ludwig Ruckdeschel (from 19.4.1945) | Ludwig Ruckdeschel (1.2.1933 - June 1941) then apparently no longer occupied | |||||||||||
| Berlin | Berlin | Joseph Goebbels (26.10.1926 - 1.5.1945) | Dr. Hans Meinshausen (1.11.1930 - March 1933) Arthur Görlitzer (13.3.1933 - end of 1943) Johannes Engel (1944) Gerhard Schach (1944 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Brandenburg (from 1.6.1933 merged with Gau Ostmark into Gau Kurmark) | Berlin | Emil Holz (1929 - 1932) Dr. Ernst Schlange (18.10.1932 - 16.3.1933) deputy. Gaul. Erich Schmiedicke (temporarily in charge from March to 1.6.1933) | Karl Schultz (July-December 1930) Erich Schmiedicke (1932 - 1.6.1933) | ||||||||||||
| Danzig (from 1939 Danzig - Westpreußen) | Danzig | Albert Forster (15.10.1930 - 1945) | Artur Greiser (October 1933 - October 1939) Otto Andres (January 1940 - March 1941) Gerhard Seeger (March 1941 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Friedrich Karl Florian (10.8.1929 - 17.4.1945) | Werner Keyßner (1932 - April/?/1933) Karl Overhues (April 1933 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Essen | Essen | Josef Terboven (1.8.1928/1930 - 1945) | Fritz Schleßmann (1.8. - 31.12.1930) Heinrich Unger (1933/?/ - 10.2.1939) Fritz Schleßmann (November 1939 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Franken | Nuremberg | Julius Streicher (2.4.1925/1929 - 1945, on leave from 16.2.1940) Kreisleiter Hans Zimmermann (in charge of the county from 16.2.1940 - 4.4.1942) deputy. Gaul. Karl Holz (temporarily in charge from 19.3.1942 - November 1944) Karl Holz (November 1944 - 20.4.1945) | until the end of 1933 and from February 1940 to March 1942 apparently vacant Karl Holz (1.1.1934 - February 1940; 19.3.1942 - November 1944) | ||||||||||||
| Halle - Merseburg | Halle (Saale) | Rudolf Jordan (19.1.1931 - 20.4.1937) Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (20.4.1937 - 15.4.1945) | Karl Simon (until 1932/?/) Walter Tießler (May 1932 - May 1934) apparently vacant until the end of 1935 Georg Tesche (January 1936 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Hamburg | Hamburg | Karl Kaufmann (15.4.1929 - 3.5.1945) | Harry Henningsen (before May 1933 - 8.3.1944) | Hessen - Nassau | Frankfurt (Main) | Jakob Sprenger (1.3.1927 - 25.3.1945) | Karl Linder (31.12.1932 - 15.3.1933) Heinrich Reiner (July 1933 - 30.6.1937) Karl Linder (1.7.1937 - 1945) | ||||||||
| Kärnten (1938) | Klagenfurt | Hubert Klausner (24.5.1938 - 12.2.1939) deputy. Gaul. Fritz Kutschera (in charge from February 1939 - November 1941) Friedrich Rainer (27.11.1941 - 7.5.1945) | Fritz Kutschera (24.5.1938 - November 1941) Dr. Karl Pachnek (March - October 1940) Friedrich Thimel (1941/?/ - 1945/?/) | ||||||||||||
| Koblenz - Trier see Moselland (1942) | |||||||||||||||
| Cologne - Aachen | Cologne | Josef Grohé (31.5.1931 - March 1945) | Rudolf Schmeer (1.6.1931 - 31.8.1932) Richard Schaller (October 1932 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Kurhessen | Kassel | Karl Weinrich (13.9.1928 - November 1943) deputy. Gaul. Karl Gerland (temporarily in charge of control from November 1943 - 13.12.1944) Karl Gerland (13.12.1944 - 21.4.1945) | Fritz Lengemann (1.10.1931 - 30.5.1934) Dr. Hans Burkhardt (1.6.1934 - 31.1.1938) Max Solbrig (1.2.1938 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Kurmark (until 1.6.1933 Brandenburg und Ostmark) see Mark Brandenburg | Magdeburg - Anhalt | Dessau | Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1.4.1927 - 23.10.1935) deputy. Gaul. Paul Hofmann (August - December 1932) substitute. Gaul. Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (in charge from November 1935 - April 1937) Rudolf Jordan (April 20, 1937 - 1945) | Paul Hofmann (1931 - 31.3.1933) Joachim Albrecht Eggelingv (1933 - 20.4.1937) Christian Opdenhoff (July 1934 - August 1936) temporarily vacant after April 1937 Rudolf Trautmann (9.11.1938 - 18.7.1944) | |||||||||||
| Mainfranken (until 1935 Unterfranken) | Würzburg | Dr. Otto Hellmuth (September 1927 - April 1945) | Ludwig Pösl (1.10.1931 - September 1937) Wilhelm Kühnreich (20.9.1937 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Mark Brandenburg (1940) | Berlin | Wilhelm Kube (1.6.1933 - 7.8.1936) Emil Stürtz (7.8.1936 - 1945) | Werner Schmuck (June 1933 - August 1936) Paul Wegener (8.8.1936 - May 1942) Viktor von Podbielski (temporarily in charge 1.2.1940 - /?/) later apparently no longer occupied | ||||||||||||
| Mecklenburg (until 1.3.1937 Mecklenburg - Lübeck) | Schwerin (Meckl) | Friedrich Hildebrandt (22.3.1925 - 1945, July 1930 - February 1931 on leave) | Dr. Otto Heinrich Drechsler (1.8.1932 - 31.5.1933) Rudolf Schildmann (1.6.1933 - March 1935) Gerd v. Koerber (1.4.1935 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Moselland (1942) | Koblenz | Gustav Simon (1.6.1931 - March 1945) | Fritz Reckmann (1931 - 1945) | Munich - Oberbayern | Munich | Adolf Wagner (1.11.1929 - 12.4.1944) Paul Giesler (Permanent Representative from 28.6.1942 - 12.4.1944) Paul Giesler (12.4.1944 - May 1945) | Otto Nippold (December 1932 - 17.5.1940) Joachim von Moltke (temporarily under control/?/, 1940 - 1942) subsequently no longer occupied | ||||||||
| Niederdonau (1938) | Wien (at that time) | Dr. Hugo Jury (21 May 1938 - May 1945) | Karl Gerland (1.6.1938 - November 1943) subsequently no longer occupied | Niederschlesien (1941) | Breslau | Karl Hanke (9.2.1941 - 6.5.1945) | apparently unoccupied | Oberdonau (1938) | Linz/Donau | August Eigruber (24.5.1938 - 8.5.1945) | Hans Eisenkolb (24.5.1938 - 30.4.1940) Christian Opdenhoff (1.5.1940 - 1944) | ||||
| Oberschlesien (1941) | Kattowitz | Fritz Bracht (27.1.1941 - 1945) | Albert Hoffmann (20.4.1941 - 26.1.1943) temporarily vacant in 1943 Rudolf Metzner (May 1944 - March 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Ost - Hannover | Lüneburg | Otto Telschow (27.2.1925 - 1945) | Georg Weidenhöfer (April 1930 - September 1933) Otto Gakenholz (1.11.1933 - October 1936) Heinrich Peper (15.10.1936 - September 1944) Christian Opdenhoff (September 1944 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Ostmark (1.6.1933 merged into Gau Kurmark) | Frankfurt/Oder, from 1930 Berlin | Wilhelm Kube (September 1928 - 1.6.1933) | |||||||||||||
| Ostpreußen | Königsberg i. Pr. | Erich Koch (1.10.1928 - 1945) | Ferdinand Großherr (c.1932 - 8.4.1945) | ||||||||||||
| Pommern | Stettin | Wilhelm Karpenstein (1931 - 21.7.1934) Franz Schwede - Coburg (21.7.1934 - 1945) | Robert Schulz (17.5.1927 - 1.1.1931) Otto Hergt (1931 - 1934) Max Tietböhl (second deputy gaul. from April 1933 to /?/) Robert Schulz (1934) Artur Kauffmann (August 1934 - November 1936) Paul Simon (August 1937 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Rheinpfalz 1935 Pfalz - Saar, 1937 Saarpfalz See. Westmark | Sachsen | Dresden | Martin Mutschmann (26.2.1925 - 7.5.1945) | Dr. Karl Fritsch (1928 - 1937/?/) subsequently apparently no longer occupied | Salzburg (1938) | Salzburg | Friedrich Rainer (24.5.1938 - 27.11.1941) Dr. Gustav Adolf Scheel (27.11.1941 - 3.5.1945) | Anton Wintersteiger (24.5.1938 - 1945) | Schlesien (from 1941 see Niederschlesien und Oberschlesien) | Breslau | Helmuth Brückner (1925 - December 1934) Josef Wagner (December 1934 - May 1940) deputy. Gaul. Fritz Bracht (27.4.1940 - 9.2.1941 in charge of the county) | deputies of Gauleiter: Dr. Karl Peschke (1930 - 1933) Edmund Heines (1933 - 30.6.1934) Walter Gottschalk (1.9.1934 - 5.4.1935) Fritz Bracht (1.5.1935 - 9.2.1941) Head of Untergaue: Niederschlesien: Richard Türk (1.8.1931 - 31.8.1932) Walter Gottschalk (1.9.1932 - 1.10.1934) Mittelschlesien: Josef Schönwälder (1.7.1931 - July 1932) Hans Huebenett (1.6.1933 - 30.9.1935) Oberschlesien: Josef Adamczyk (1931 - 1935) | |||
| Schleswig - Holstein | Kiel | Hinrich Lohse (26.2.1925 - July 1932) Joachim Meyer - Quade (15.7. - November 1932) Heinrich Lohse (November 1932 - May 1945) | Emil Brix (1932 - 1934/?/) Wilhelm Sieh (1934/35 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Schwaben | Augsburg | Karl Wahl (July 1, 1934 - May 1945) | Mathies Kellner (after 1934) Franz Schmid (17.3.1935 - 10.11.1937) Georg Traeg (15.12.1937 - 9.9.1942) Anton Mündler (in charge from 15.2.1942 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Steiermark (1938) | Graz | Dr. Siegfried Uiberreither (24.5.1938 - 8.5.1945) | Otto Christandl (March/April 1938) Dr. Tobias Portschy (24.5.1938 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Sudetenland (1938) | Reichenberg | Konrad Henlein (30.10.1938 - May 1945) | Karl - Hermann Frank (30.10.1938 - 15.3.1939) Dr. Fritz Köllner (25.3.1939 - 3.3.1940) Dr. Richard Donnevert (12.3.1940 - 15.8.1943) Hermann Neuburg (in charge from autumn 1943 - May 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Süd - Hannover - Braunschweig | Hannover | Bernhard Rust (22.3.1925 - November 1940) Hartmann Lauterbacher (2.12.1940 - 1945) | Kurt Schmalz (15.4.1933 - Aug. 1940) Hartmann Lauterbacher (8.8.1940 - 2.12.1940) August Knop (20.1.1941 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Thüringen | Weimar | Fritz Sauckel (30.9.1927 - April 1945) | Willy Marschler (October 1927 - June 1932) Fritz Wächtler (15.6.1932 - December 1935) Heinrich Siekmeier (1.3.1936 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Tirol - Vorarlberg (1938) | Innsbruck | Franz Hofer (24.5.1938 - 6.5.1945) | Edmund Christoph (June 1938 - March 1938) February 1939 - November 1940 vacant Herbert Parson (November 1940 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Warthegau (1939) | Posen | Arthur Greiser (21.10.1939 - 1945) | Robert Schulz (in charge from 28.10.1939 - March 1941) Kurt Schmalz (10.3.1941 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Weser - Ems | Oldenburg i. O. | Karl Röver (1.10.1928 - 15.5.1942) Paul Wegener (26.5.1942 - April 1945) | Heinrich Spangemacher (1.10.1928 - 1932) Georg Joel (August 1932 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Westfalen - Nord | Münster i.W. | Dr. Alfred Meyer (1.1.1931 - April 1945) | Peter Stangier (August 1931 - 1945) | Westfalen - Süd | Bochum i. W. | Josef Wagner (1.10.1928 - 9.11.1941) substitute. Gaul. Heinrich Vetter (in charge of the county from 26.10.1936 - 9.11.1941) Paul Giesler (9.11.1941 - 26.1.1943/April 1944) Albert Hoffmann (26.1.1943 - 1945) | Emil Stürtz (1.10.1930 - 7.8.1936) Fritz Bracht (1.8. - 15.10.1936) Heinrich Vetter (26.10.1936 - 1945) | ||||||||
| Westmark | Neustadt | Josef Bürckel (24.3.1926 - 28.9.1944) deputy. Gaul. Ernst Ludwig Leyser (in charge of the county from March 1938 - April 1940) deputy. Gaul. Willi Stöhr (in charge of the county from 28.9.1944-30.1.1945) Willi Stöhr (30.1. - March 1945) | Ernst Ludwig Leyser (end 1927 - 1930) Fritz Schwitzgebel (1930) Ernst Ludwig Leyser (1930 - July 1941/1945) Willi Stöhr (28.9.1944 - 30.1.1945) | ||||||||||||
| Wien | Wien | Franz Richter (February-May 1938) [b]Odilo Globocnik (24.5.1938 - 30.1.1939) Josef Bürckel (30.1.1939 - 2.8.1940) Baldur von Schirach (2.8.1940 - 1945) | spring - November 1938 apparently unoccupied Karl Scharizer (4.11.1938 - 1945) | ||||||||||||
| Württemberg - Hohenzollern | Stuttgart | Wilhelm Murr (February 1, 1928 - April 1945) | Friedrich Schmidt (March 1933 - 30.6.1937) apparently vacant after 1937 |
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