Gau Bayreuth
Gau Bayreuth (until June 1942, Gau Bayerische Ostmark, 'Bavarian Eastern March') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany formed by the 19 January 1933 merger of Gaue in Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia, Bavaria. It was in existence from 1933 to 1945.
| Gau BayreuthGau Bayerische Ostmark | |||||||||||||
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| Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1933–1945 | |||||||||||||
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Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Bayreuth | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 17 May 1939 | 29,600 km2 (11,400 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 17 May 1939 | 2,220,873 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1933–1935 | Hans Schemm | ||||||||||||
• 1935–1945 | Fritz Wächtler | ||||||||||||
• 1945 | Ludwig Ruckdeschel | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 19 January 1933 | |||||||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany Czech Republic | ||||||||||||
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