- Gau Eastern Hanover
Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = "Gau Ost-Hannover"
Gau Eastern Hanover
common_name = Gau East Hannover
subdivision =
image_map_caption = Map ofNazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions, the "Gaue" and "Reichsgaue"
national_anthem=
capital =Lüneburg
stat_area1=
stat_year1 =
stat_pop1 =
p1= Free State of Prussia (1933-1935)
flag_p1 = Flag of Prussia 1933.svg
s1 = Lower Saxony
flag_s1 = Flag of Lower Saxony.svg
event_start = Establishment
year_start = 1933
event_end = Disestablishment
year_end = 1945
event1 =
date_event1 =30 January 1933
event2 =
date_event2 =8 May 1945
pol_subdiv =
title_leader =Gauleiter
leader1 =Otto Telschow
year_leader1 = 1933 - 1945Gau Eastern Hanover was a regional district established in 1933 in
Nazi Germany . Initially the gau was a territorial component of theFree State of Prussia from 1933 to 1935. However after the German constituent states were abolished in 1935, the gaus replaced them in their responsibilities. Gau East Hannover was dismantled after Germany's defeat in 1945. The territory after the war became part ofLower Saxony inWest Germany .
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