Gau Main Franconia
The Gau Main Franconia (German: Gau Mainfranken), formed as Gau Lower Franconia (German: Gau Unterfranken) on 1 March 1929 and renamed Gau Main Franconia on 30 July 1935, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, from 1933 to 1945. Before that, from 1929 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.
| Gau Main Franconia | |||||||||
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| Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||
| 1929–1945 | |||||||||
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Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). | |||||||||
| Capital | Würzburg | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 17 May 1939 | 844,732 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||
• 1929–1945 | Otto Hellmuth | ||||||||
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| 1 March 1929 | |||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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