- The
Gaue (singular: Gau) were the main
administrative divisions of ****
Germany from 1934 to 1945. The
Gaue were
formed in 1926 as ****
Party regional...
- the
organizational structure for the
Gaue that
existed before their dissolution in 1945.
Information on
former Gaue (that were
either renamed, or dissolved...
- count").
Similar to many
shires in England,
during the
Middle Ages, many such
Gaue came to be
known as
counties or Grafschaften, the
territory of a Graf (count)...
- name
which it had
until 1942, when it was
renamed the "Alpine and
Danubian Gaue" (Alpen-und Donau-Reichsgaue).
Though Austrians made up only 8% of the po****tion...
- in the 9th century,
gradually lost
importance and was su****ded by the
gaues of Eichsfeld, Westergau, and
Altgau Helmegau [de]:
along the Helme, around...
- von Papen. Subsequently, it was
effectively dismantled into ****
German Gaue in 1935. Nevertheless, some
Prussian ministries were kept and
Hermann Göring...
- via the
Gleichschaltung process,
whereby they were
effectively replaced by
Gaue.
There were two
notable de jure changes, however. At the end of 1933, Mecklenburg-Strelitz...
- The
Frankish Realm and the Holy
Roman Empire were both
subdivided into
Gaue (the
plural form of Gau)
which corresponds roughly with the
English word...
- Angaria),
these provinces, in turn, were
divided into
smaller territories, the
gaue,
which are
equivalent to
modern Districts of
Germany (Kreise), and were equivalent...
- Gauführer, a rank for SS
officers in
charge of SS
personnel in the
several Gaue throughout Germany; in 1928 the rank was
renamed Oberführer, and used of...
