| Nr.
|
Gau
|
in existence
|
later became
|
together with
|
Gauleiter
|
| 01 |
Anhalt |
1925 – 1926 |
Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord
(1 September 1926) |
Magdeburg & Elbe-Havel M |
from 17 July 1925 to 1 September 1926 Gustav Hermann Schmischke
|
| 02 |
Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord |
1926 – 1928 |
Magdeburg-Anhalt
(1 October 1928) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 03 |
Baden |
1925 – 1941 |
Baden-Elsaß
(22 March 1941) |
Alsace M |
from 25 March 1925 to 22 March 1941 Robert Heinrich Wagner
|
| 04 |
Bayerische Ostmark |
1933 – 1942 |
Bayreuth
(2 June 1942) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 05 |
Berlin-Brandenburg |
1926 – 1928 |
Berlin &
Brandenburg (II)
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from 26 October 1926 to 1 October 1928 Joseph Goebbels
|
| 06 |
Brandenburg (I) |
1925 – 1926 |
Potsdam
(February 1926) RN |
|
from 5 November 1925 to February 1926 Walter Klaunig
|
| 07 |
Brandenburg (II) |
1928 – 1933 |
Kurmark
(6 March 1933) |
Ostmark M |
from 1 October 1928 to 1930 Emil Holtz, then from 18 October 1930 to 16 March 1933 Ernst Schlange
|
| 08 |
Burgenland |
1935 – 1938 |
Niederdonau & Steiermark
(1 October 1938) D |
|
from May 1935 to 1 October 1938 Tobias Portschy
|
| 09 |
Danzig |
1926 – 1939 |
Danzig-Westpreußen
(10 October 1939) |
Westpreußen M |
from 11 March 1926 to 20 June 1928 Hans Albert Hohnfeldt, then from 20 August 1928 to 1 March 1929 Walter Maass, then from 1 March 1929 to 30 September 1930 Erich Koch, then from 15 October 1930 to 10 October 1939 Albert Forster
|
| 10 |
Elbe-Havel |
1925 – 1926 |
Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord
(1 September 1926) |
Anhalt & Magdeburg M |
from 25 November 1925 to 1 September 1926 Alois Bachschmid
|
| 11 |
Gottingen |
1925 |
Hannover-Süd
(December 1925) RN |
|
from 27 March 1925 to December 1925 Ludolf Haase
|
| 12 |
Groß-Berlin |
1925 – 1926 |
Berlin-Brandenburg
(26 October 1926) |
Potsdam M |
from 27 March 1925 to 20 June 1926 Ernst Schlange, then from 20 June 1926 to 26 October 1926 Erich Schmiedicke
|
| 13 |
Groß-München (“Traditionsgau”) |
1929 – 1930 |
München-Oberbayern
(15 November 1930) |
Oberbayern M |
from 1 November 1929 to 15 November 1930 Adolf Wagner
|
| 14 |
Hannover-Braunschweig |
1925 |
Hannover-Nord
(December 1925) RN |
|
from 22 March 1925 to December 1925 Bernhard Rust
|
| 15 |
Hannover-Nord |
1925 – 1928 |
Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig &
Weser Ems
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from December 1925 to 30 September 1928 Bernhard Rust
|
| 16 |
Hannover-Süd |
1925 – 1928 |
Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig
(1 October 1928) |
Hannover-Nord M |
from December 1925 to 30 September 1928 Ludolf Haase
|
| 17 |
Harzgau |
1925 – 1926 |
Magdeburg
(April 1926) RN |
|
from August 1925 to April 1926 Ludwig Viereck
|
| 18 |
Hessen-Darmstadt |
1927 – 1933 |
Hessen-Nassau
(1 January 1933) |
Hessen-Nassau-Süd M |
from 1 March 1927 to 9 January 1931 Friedrich Ringshausen, then Peter Gemeinder to 30 August 1931, then Karl Lenz to 15 December 1932
|
| 19 |
Hessen-Nassau-Nord |
1925 – 1934 |
Kurhessen
(1934) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 20 |
Hessen-Nassau-Süd |
1925 – 1932 |
Hessen-Nassau
(1 January 1933) |
Hessen-Darmstadt M |
from 1 April 1925 to 22 September 1926 Anton Haselmayer, then from 1 October 1926 to 1 April 1927 Karl Linder, then from 1 April 1927 to 1 January 1933 Jakob Sprenger with a short replacement by Karl Linder (August 1932 – December 1932)
|
| 21 |
Koblenz-Trier |
1931 – 1941 |
Moselland
(24 January 1941) |
Luxembourg M |
from 1 June 1931 to 24 January 1941 Gustav Simon
|
| 22 |
Köln |
1925 |
Rhineland-Süd
(27 March 1925) RN |
|
from 22 February 1925 to 27 March 1925 Heinrich Haake
|
| 23 |
Kurmark |
1933 – 1939 |
Mark Brandenburg
(1 January 1939) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 24 |
Lüneburg-Stade |
1925 – 1928 |
Ost-Hannover
(1 October 1928) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 25 |
Magdeburg |
1926 |
Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord
(1 September 1926) |
Anhalt &
Elbe-Havel M |
from April 1926 to 1 September 1926 Ludwig Viereck
|
| 26 |
Mecklenburg-Lübeck |
1925– 1937 |
Mecklenburg
(1 April 1937) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 27 |
Mittelfranken |
1929 – 1933 |
Franken
(21 April 1933) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 28 |
Mittelfranken-West |
1928 – 1929 |
Mittelfranken
(1 March 1929) |
Nürnburg-Fürth-Erlangen M |
from 1 October 1928 to 1 March 1929 Wilhelm Grimm
|
| 29 |
Niederbayern (I) |
1925 – 1926 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)
(December 1926) |
Oberpfalz (I) M |
from February 1925 to December 1926 Gregor Strasser
|
| 30 |
Niederbayern (II) |
1928 – 1932 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II)
(1 April 1932) |
Oberpfalz (II) M |
from 1 October 1928 to 1 March 1929 Gregor Strasser, then from 1 March 1929 to 1 April 1932 Otto Erbersdobler, then from 1 April 1932 to 17 August 1932 Franz Maierhofer
|
| 31 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I) |
1926 – 1928 |
Oberpfalz (II) & Niederbayern (II)
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from December 1926 to 1 October 1928 Gregor Strasser
|
| 32 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) |
1932 – 1933 |
Bayerische Ostmark
(19 January 1933) |
Oberfranken M |
from 17 August 1932 to 13 January 1933 Franz Maierhofer
|
| 33 |
Niederösterreich |
1926 – 1938 |
Niederdonau
(21 May 1938) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 34 |
Nordbayern |
1925 – 1928 |
Mittelfranken-West,
Nürnburg-Fürth, Oberfranken & Unterfranken
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from 2 April 1925 to 1 October 1928 Julius Streicher
|
| 35 |
Nürnburg-Fürth-Erlangen |
1925 – 1929 |
Mittelfranken
(1 March 1929) |
Mittelfranken-West M |
from 2 April 1925 to 1 March 1929 Julius Streicher
|
| 36 |
Oberbayern |
1928 – 1930 |
München-Oberbayern
(15 November 1930) |
Groß-München M |
from 1 October 1928 to 1 November 1930 Fritz Reinhardt
|
| 37 |
Oberbayern-Schwaben |
1926 – 1928 |
Oberbayern & Schwaben
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from 16 September 1926 to May 1927 Hermann Esser, then from 1 June 1928 to 1 October 1928 Fritz Reinhardt
|
| 38 |
Oberfranken |
1929 – 1933 |
Bayerische Ostmark
(19 January 1933) |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) M |
from 1 March 1929 to 19 January 1933 Hans Schemm
|
| 39 |
Oberösterreich |
1926 – 1938 |
Oberdonau
(22 May 1938) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 40 |
Oberpfalz (I) |
1925 – 1926 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)
(December 1926) |
Niederbayern (I) M |
unknown
|
| 41 |
Oberpfalz (II) |
1928 – 1932 |
Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II)
(17 August 1932) |
Niederbayern (II) M |
from 1 October 1928 to 1 November 1929 Adolf Wagner, then from 1 November 1929 to June 1930 Franz Maierhofer, then from June 1930 to November 1930 Edmund Heines, then from 15 November 1930 to 17 August 1932 Franz Maierhofer
|
| 42 |
Ostmark |
1928 – 1933 |
Kurmark
(6 March 1933) |
Brandenburg (II) M |
from 2 January 1928 to 6 March 1933 Wilhelm Kube
|
| 43 |
Ostsachsen |
1925 – 1926 |
Sachsen
( 16 May 1926) |
Sachsen M |
from 22 May 1925 to 16 May 1926 Anton Goss
|
| 44 |
Pfalz-Saar |
1935 – 1936 |
Saarpfalz
(13 January 1936) RN |
|
from 1 March 1935 to 13 January 1936 Josef Bürckel
|
| 45 |
Posen |
1939 – 1940 |
Wartheland
(29 January 1940) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 46 |
Potsdam |
1926 |
Berlin-Brandenburg
(26 October 1926) |
Groß-Berlin M |
from February to June 1926 Walter Klaunig
|
| 47 |
Rheinland |
1926 – 1931 |
Köln-Aachen &
Koblenz-Trier
(1 June 1931) D |
|
from July 1926 to 1 June 1931 Robert Ley
|
| 48 |
Rheinland-Nord |
1925 – 1926 |
Ruhr
(7 March 1926) |
Westfalen (I) M |
from March 1925 to July 1925 Axel Ripke, then from July 1925 to 7 March 1926 Karl Kaufmann
|
| 49 |
Rheinland-Süd |
1925 – 1926 |
Rhineland
(July 1926) RN |
|
27 March 1925 to 1 June 1925 Heinrich Haake, then from July 1925 to July 1926 Robert Ley
|
| 50 |
Rheinpfalz |
1925 – 1935 |
Pfalz-Saar
(1 March 1935) |
Saar M |
from February 1925 to 13 March 1926 Friedrich Wambsganss, then from February 1926 to 1 March 1935 Josef Bürckel
|
| 51 |
Rhein-Ruhr |
1926 |
Ruhr
(July 1926) RN |
|
from 7 March 1926 to 20 June 1926 Karl Kaufmann
|
| 52 |
Ruhr
(“Großgau Ruhr”) |
1926 – 1928 |
Düsseldorf,
Essen &
Westfalen (II)
(1 October 1928) D |
|
from 20 June 1926 to 1 October 1928 Karl Kaufmann
|
| 53 |
Saar |
1926 – 1935 |
Pfalz-Saar
(1 March 1935) |
Rheinpfalz M |
from 30 May 1926 to 8 December 1926 Walter Jung, then from 8 December 1926 to 21 April 1929 Jakob Jung, then from 21 April 1929 to 30 July 1929 Gustav Staebe (acting), then from from 30 July 1929 to 1 September 1931 Adolf Ehrecke, then from 15 September 1931 to 6 May 1933 Karl Brück, then from 6 May 1933 to 1 March 1935 Josef Bürckel
|
| 54 |
Saarpfalz |
1936 – 1940 |
Westmark
(7 December 1940) |
Lorraine M |
from 13 January 1936 to 7 December 1940 Josef Bürckel
|
| 55 |
Schlesien |
1935 – 1941 |
Niederschlesien &
Oberschlesien
(27 January 1941) D |
|
from 15 March 1925 to 4 December 1934 Helmuth Brückner, then from 12 December 1934 to 9 January 1941 Josef Wagner
|
| 56 |
Tirol |
1932 – 1938 |
Tirol-Vorarlberg
(22 May 1938) |
Vorarlberg M |
from 1 November 1932 to July 1934 Franz Hofer, then from 28 July 1934 to 1 February 1935 Friedrich Plattner, then from 15 August 1935 to 11 March 1938 Edmund Christoph
|
| 57 |
Unterfranken |
1928 – 1935 |
Mainfranken
(30 July 1935) RN |
|
see above table
|
| 58 |
Vorarlberg |
1932 – 1938 |
Tirol-Vorarlberg
(22 May 1938) |
Tirol M |
from 12 March 1938 to 22 May 1938 Anton Plankensteiner
|
| 59 |
Westfalen (I) |
1925 – 1926 |
Ruhr
(7 March 1926) |
Rheinland-Nord M |
from 27 March 1925 to 7 March 1926 Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
|
| 60 |
Westfalen (II) |
1928 – 1931 |
Westfalen-Nord &
Westfalen-Süd
(1 January 1931) D |
|
from 1 October 1928 to 1 January 1931 Josef Wagner
|
| 61 |
Westgau |
1928 – 1932 |
Salzburg,
Tirol &
Vorarlberg
(1 July 1932) D |
|
from 1 October 1928 to 1931 Heinrich Suske, then from 1931 to 1 July 1932 Rudolf Riedel
|
