Gau Thuringia

The Gau Thuringia (German: Gau Thüringen) formed on 6 April 1925, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in the Free State of Thuringia from 1933 to 1945. Before that, from 1925 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.

Gau Thuringia
Gau of Nazi Germany
1925–1945
Flag
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue).
CapitalWeimar
Government
Gauleiter 
 1925–1927
Artur Dinter
 1927–1945
Fritz Sauckel
History 
6 April 1925
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Thuringia
Thuringia
Bavaria
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Today part ofGermany
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