Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen

The Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse, the Bavarian province of Palatinate, the Saarland and some parts of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1941. From 1941, it also included parts of the occupied French region of Lorraine. Additionally, the league was from then on divided in the Gauligas Hessen-Nassau and Westmark.

Main article: Gauliga
Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
Gauliga Hessen-Nassau
Gauliga Westmark
Founded1933
Folded1945
Replaced by
  • Oberliga Süd
  • Oberliga Südwest
Country Nazi Germany
States and
Regions
  • People's State of Hesse
  • Hesse-Nassau
  • Palatinate
  • Saarland
  • Lorraine (from 1941)
Gau (from 1934)
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Domestic cup(s)Tschammerpokal
Last championsGauliga Hessen-Nassau:
Kickers Offenbach Gauliga Westmark:
KSG Saarbrücken
(1943-44)

Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Hesse Nassau and Saar-Palatinate (later: Westmark) replaced the old states and provinces.

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