Gau March of Brandenburg

The Gau March of Brandenburg (German: Mark Brandenburg) was formed in March 1933 initially under the name Gau Electoral March (German: Kurmark) in Nazi Germany as a district within the Free State of Prussia. In January 1939, Kurmark was renamed March of Brandenburg. The Gau was dissolved in 1945, following Allied Soviet occupation of the area and Germany's formal surrender. After the war, the territory of the former Gau became part of the state of Brandenburg in East Germany except for areas beyond the Oder-Neisse line, which were given to the Polish People's Republic. Most of its territory is now divided between Germany's State of Brandenburg and Poland's Lubusz Voivodeship.

Gau March of Brandenburg
Gau of Nazi Germany
1933–1945
Flag
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue).
CapitalFrankfurt an der Oder
Berlin
Government
Gauleiter 
 19331936
Wilhelm Kube
 19361945
Emil Sturtz
History 
6 March 1933
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Free State of Prussia (1933-1935)
Brandenburg (1945–1952)
Polish People's Republic
Today part ofGermany
Poland
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