Reichsgau Oberdonau
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| Reichsgau Oberdonau | ||||||
| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | ||||||
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 subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). |
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| Capital | Linz | |||||
| Landeshauptmann | ||||||
| • | 1938–1945 | August Eigruber | ||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Anschluss | 12 March 1938 | ||||
| • | German surrender | 8 May 1945 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1939 | 1,032,115 | ||||
| Today part of |  Austria |
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The Reichsgau Oberdonau (English: Gau Upper Danube) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany consisting of Upper Austria and parts of Southern Bohemia. Parts of the Salzkammergut were annexed from Styria.
The Gau had the honorary title of "Home Gau of the Führer" (German: Heimatgau des Führers).[1] It existed between 1938 and 1945.
In September 1938, when the Donau-Zeitung announced that 3,000 Hitler Youth leaders were trained for fall duties, Oberdonau prepared 1,600 Pimpfenführer in 14 camps.[2]
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- (German) Shoa.de - List of Gaue and Gauleiter
- (German) Die NS Gaue at the Deutsches Historisches Museum website.
- (German) Die Gaue der NSDAP
References[edit]
- ^ Kriechbaumer, R. 1998, Geschichte der österreichischen Bundesländer seit 1945, p. 117
- ^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 181f
