List of Gauleiters

The following List of Gauleiters enumerates those who have held the German political rank of Gauleiter, most often associated with Nazi Germany.

*"Auslands-Organisation der NSDAP (NSDAP/AO)"
**Hans Nieland (1930 - 1933)
**Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1933 - 1945)
*Gau "Baden", Gauleiter:
**Robert Heinrich Wagner (25. Mar. 1925 - May 1945)

*"Gau Bayerische Ostmark" (Bavarian Eastern March) [Bayerische Ostmark was founded in 1933 when Oberfranken, Niederbayern & Oberpfalz merged. It was renamed Gau "Bayreuth" after its capital in 1943.] Gauleiter:
**Hans Schemm (1933 - 1935)

*Gau "Berlin", Gauleiter:
**Joseph Goebbels (1929 - 1945)

*Gau "Berlin - Brandenburg" [Gau Berlin - Brandenburg was divided into "Berlin" & "Brandenburg" 1929.] Gauleiter:
**Ernst Schlange (1925 - 1926)
**Joseph Goebbels (1926 - 1929)

*Gau "Brandenburg" (the historical nucleus of the Prussian kingdom) [Gau Brandenburg was made a part of Kurmark 1933.] Gauleiter:
**Emil Holz (1929 - 1930)
**Ernst Schlange (1930 - 1933)

*"Gau Danzig" (Danzig; former free state, lost after the war to Poland, now Gdańsk) [Gau Danzig was known as Gau "Danzig - Westpreussen" after 1939.] Gauleiter:
**Hans-Albert Hohnfeldt (1926 - 1928)
**Walter Maaß (1928 - 1930)
**Albert Förster (1930 - 1945)

*Gau "Düsseldorf" [Gau Düsseldorf was founded in 1929 from the bezirk Bergisches - Land.] Gauleiter:
**Friedrich Karl Florian (1929 - 1945)

*Gau "Essen", Gauleiter:
**Josef Terboven (1928 - 1945)
***Acting Gauleiter: Fritz Schlessmann (Apr. 1940 - May 1945)

*"Gau Franken" (Franconia) [Gau Franken was founded in 1929 when "Mittelfranken" merged with the bezirk Nürnberg - Fürth.] Gauleiter:
**Julius Streicher (1929 - 1946)
**Hans Zimmermann (1940 - 1941)
**Karl Holz (1942 - 1945)
***Acting Gauleiter: Karl Holz (1940 - Apr. 1945)

*Gau "Halle - Merseburg", Gauleiter:
**Walter Ernst (1925 - 1926)
**Paul Hinkler (1926 - 1930)
**Rudolf Jordan (1930 - 1937)
**Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1938 - 1945)

*Gau "Hamburg", Gauleiter: Joseph
**Josef Klant (1925 - 1926)
**Albert Krebs (1927 - 1928)
**Hinrich Lohse (1928 - 1929)
**Karl Kaufmann (1929 - 1945)

*Gau "Hannover - Nord" [Gau Hannover - Nord became a part of Südhannover - Braunschweig 1928.] , Gauleiter:
**Bernhard Rust (1925 - 1928)

*Gau "Hannover - Sud" [Gau Hannover - Sud became a part of Südhannover - Braunschweig 1928.] Gauleiter:
**Ludolf Haase (1927 - 1928)

*Gau "Hessen - Darmstadt" [Gau Hessen - Darmstadt became a part of Hessen - Nassau 1933] , Gauleiter:
**Friedrich Ringhausen (1927 - 1931)
**Peter Gmeinder (1931)
**Karl Benz (1932 - 1933)

*Gau "Hessen - Nassau" [Gau Hessen - Nassau was founded 1933 when Hessen - Darmstadt merged with Hessen - Nassau - Sud.] Gauleiter:
**Jakob Sprenger (1933 - 1945)

*Gau "Hessen - Nassau-Nord" (Hesses- Northern Nassau) [Hessen - Nassau - Nord was known as Gau Kurhessen after 1934.] Gauleiter:
**Walter Schultz (1926 - 1927)
**Karl Weinrich (1927 - autumn 1943)
**Acting Gauleiter: Karl Gerland (1944 - 1945)

*Gau "Hessen - Nassau-Süd" (Hesse- Southern Nassau) [Gau Hessen - Nassau - Süd became a part of Hessen - Nassau 1933] Gauleiter:
**Anton Haselmayer (1925 - 1926)
**Walter Schultz (1926 - 1927)
**Jakob Sprenger (1927 - 1933)

*Gau "Kärnten" (Carinthia, in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Hubert Klausner (1939 - 1940)
**Franz Kutschera (1940 - 1941)
**Friedrich Rainer (1942 - 1944)

*Gau "Koblenz - Trier" [Koblenz - Trier was renamed Gau "Moselland" in 1942.] , Gauleiter:
**Gustav Simon (1931 - 1945)

*Gau "Köln - Aachen" (Cologne-Aachen)
**Joseph Grohé (1931 - 1945)

*Gau "Kurmark" (Elector's March) [Kurmark was founded in 1933 when Ostmark merged with Brandenburg. It was renamed Gau Mark Brandenburg in 1940.] , Gauleiter:
**Wilhelm Kube (1933 - 1936)
**Emil Sturtz (1939 - 1945)

*Gau "Lüneburg - Stade", Gauleiter:
**Otto Telschow (1925 - 1928)

*Gau "Magdeburg - Anhalt", Gauleiter:
**Hermann Schmischke (1925 - 1928)
**Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1927 - 1933)
**Paul Hofmann (1933)
**Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1934 - 1935)
**Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1935 - 1937)
**Rudolf Jordan (1937 - 1945)

*Gau "Mecklenburg", Gauleiter:
**Friedrich Hildebrandt (1925 - 1930)
**Herbert Albrecht (1930 - 1931)
**Friedrich Hildebrandt (1931 - 1945)

*"Gau Mittelfranken" (Central Franconia) [Gau Mittelfranken became a part of "Franken" 1929.] Gauleiter:
**Wilhelm Grimm (1928)

*Gau Moselland - see Gau Koblenz - Trier

*"Gau München-Oberbayern" (Munich - Upper Bavaria) [Gau München - Oberbayern was founded in 1933 when the bezirk "Oberbayern" & "Gross - München" (Greater Munich; the Bavarian capital was also the official capital of the Nazi movement) merged.] , Gauleiter:
**Adolf Wagner (1933 - 1944)
**Paul Giesler (1944 - 1945)

*"Gau Niederbayern" (Lower Bavaria) [Gau Niederbayern became a part of Bayerische Ostmark 1933.] , Gauleiter:
**Fritz Reinhardt (October 1928 - 1930)
**Otto Ebersdobler (1930 - 1932)

*"Gau Niederbayern–Oberpfalz" (Lower Bavaria - Upper Palatinate) [Gau Niederbayern - Oberpfalz was divided into "Niederbayern" & "Oberpfalz" 1929.] , Gauleiter:
**Gregor Strasser (1925 - 1929)

*Gau "Niederdonau" (Lower Danube, i.e. Niederösterreich, in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Hugo Jury (1939 - 1945)

*Gau "Niederschlesien" (Lower Silesia, split-off of Gau "Schlesien"; after the war lost to Poland), Gauleiter:
**Karl Hanke (1940 - 1945)

*ReichsGau "Oberdonau" (Upper Danube, i.e. Oberösterreich, in Austria) Gauleiter:
**August Eigruber (1939 - 1945)

*"Gau Oberfranken" (Upper Franconia) [Gau Oberfranken became a part of "Bayerische Ostmark" 1933.] Gauleiter:
**Hans Schemm (1928 - 1933)

*"Gau Oberpfalz" (Upper Palatinate) [Gau Oberpfalz became a part of "Bayerische Ostmar"k 1933.] Gauleiter:
**Franz Maierhofer (1929 - 1932)

*Gau "Oberschlesien" (Upper Silesia, split-off of Gau "Schlesien"; after the war lost to Poland) Gauleiter:
**Fritz Bracht (1940 - 1945)

*Gau "Osthannover" (East Hannover), Gauleiter:
**Otto Telschow (1925 - 1945)

*Gau "Ostmark", (Gau Ostmark was made a part of Gau "Kurmark" 1933.) Gauleiter:
**Wilhelm Kube (1928 - 1933)

*Gau "Ostpreußen" (East Prussia), Gauleiter:
**Bruno Gustav Scherwitz (1925 - 1927)
**Erich Koch (1928 - 1945)

*"Gau Pfalz–Saar" [Gau Pfalz - Saar was founded in 1935 when Saarland & Rheinpfalz merged. It was renamed Saarpfalz in 1937 and finally Westmark 1942.] Gauleiter:
**Josef Bürckel (1935 - 1944)
**Willi Stöhr (1944 - 1945)

*Gau "Pommern" (Pomerania; after the war mostly lost to Poland) Gauleiter:
**Theodor Vahlen (1925 - 1927)
**Walter von Corswant (1928 - 1931)
**Wilhelm Karpenstein (1931 - 1934)
**Franz Schwede-Coburg (1935 - 1945)

*Gau "Rheinland – Nord" (Northern Rhineland) [Gau Rheinland - Nord became a part of "Ruhr" 1926.] , Gauleiter:
**Karl Kaufmann (1925 - 1926)

*Gau "Rheinland – Süd" (Southern Rhenania) [Gau Rheinland - Sud was divided into "Köln - Aachen" & "Koblenz - Trier" 1931.] , Gauleiter:
**Heinz Haake (1925)
**Robert Ley (1925 - 1931)

*Gau "Rheinpfalz" [Gau Rheinpfalz became a part of "Pfalz - Saar" 1935.] , Gauleiter:
**Josef Bürckel (1926 - 1935)

*Gau "Ruhr" [Gau Ruhr was divided into Westfalen - Nord & Westfalen - Sud 1932.] , Gauleiter:
**Karl Kaufmann (1926 - 1929)
**Josef Wagner (1929 - 1931)

*Gau "Saarland" [Gau Saarland became a part of "Pfalz - Saar" 1935.] , Gauleiter:
**Josef Bürckel (1933 - 1935)

*Gau "Sachsen" (Saxony), Gauleiter:
**Martin Mutschmann (1925 - 1945)

*ReichsGau "Salzburg" (in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Friedrich Rainer (1939 - 1941)
**Gustav Adolf Scheel (1941 - 1945)

*Gau "Schlesien" [Gau Schlesien was divided into "Niederschlesien" & "Oberschlesien", i.e. Lower- & Upper Silezia, 1940.] , Gauleiter:
**Helmut Bruckner (1925 - 12 December. 1934)
**Josef Wagner (12 December. 1934 - 1940)

*Gau "Schleswig - Holstein", Gauleiter:
**Hinrich Lohse (1925 - 1945)

*"Gau Schwaben" (Swabia), Gauleiter:
**Karl Wahl (1928 - 1945)

*Gau "Stadel (Bayern)", Gauleiter:
**Hans-Arnold Stadler (1944-1945) [See Thule Society.]

*ReichsGau "Steiermark" (Styria, in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Siegfried Uiberreither (1939 - 1945)

*ReichsGau "Sudetengau" (the ethnically German border regions of Czechoslovakia with Germany and Austria, separated from the puppet-state Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) [Sudetengau was known as Gau "Sudetenland" after 1939.] , Gauleiter:
**Konrad Henlein (1939 - 1945)

*Gau "Sudhannover - Braunschweig" (South Hannover - Brunswick) [Gau Sudhannover - Braunschweig was founded in 1928 when Hannover - Nord & Hannover - Sud merged.] , Gauleiter:
**Bernhard Rust (1928 - 1940)
**Hartmann Lauterbacher (1940 - 1945)

*Gau "Thüringen" (Thuringia), Gauleiter:
**Artur Dinter (1925 - 1927)
**Fritz Sauckel (1927 - 1945)

*Gau "Tirol" (in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Franz Hofer (1932 - 1933)

*ReichsGau "Tirol - Vorarlberg" (in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Franz Hofer (1938 - 1945)

*"Gau Unterfranken" (Lower Franconia) [Unterfranken was known as Gau "Mainfranken" after 1935.] , Gauleiter:
**Otto Hellmuth (1928 - 1945)

*"Reichsgau Wartheland" (named after the river; in Poland) [Wartheland was known as Warthegau before 1939.] , Gauleiter:
**Arthur Greiser (1939 - 1945)

*Gau "Weser - Ems", Gauleiter:
**Karl Rover (1929 - 1942)
**Paul Wegener (1942 - 1945)

*Gau "Westfalen" [Gau Westfalen became a part of "Ruhr" in 1926] , Gauleiter:
**Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1925 - 1926)

*Gau "Westfalen - Nord", Gauleiter:
**Alfred Meyer (1932 - 1945)

*Gau "Westfalen - Sud", Gauleiter:
**Josef Wagner (1932 - 1941)
**Paul Giesler (1941 - 1943)
**Albert Hoffmann (19 June. 1943 - May 1945)

*Gau "Wien" (Vienna, in Austria), Gauleiter:
**Odilo Globocnik (1938 - 1939)
**Josef Bürckel (1939 - 1940)
**Baldur von Schirach (Aug. 1940 - May 1945)

*Gau "Württemberg - Hohenzollern", Gauleiter:
**Eugen Munder (1925 - 1928)
**Wilhelm Murr (1928 – 1945)

ources and references

*Westermann, "Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte"
* [http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/nuremberg.htm Gauleiter Nuremberg War Crimes International Court]
* [http://users.skynet.be/bk212103/anvers_rafle_juifs1.html Belgium gauleiter]
* [http://worldatwar.net/nations/luxembourg/timeline.html luxemburg gauleiter]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Belgium.html WorldStatesmen - here Belgium]
* [http://www.d-schiffer.de/sylvain/AntwerpDeport.htm Belgium]