Reichsgau Niederdonau

Administrative division of Nazi Germany in annexed Austria

Reichsgau Lower Danube

Reichsgau of Nazi Germany
1938–1945

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Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue)
Capital| Krems
Population|

• 1939

| 1,698,658
Government|
Gauleiter|

• 1938-1945

| Hugo Jury
History|

• Anschluss

| 12 March 1938

• German surrender

| 8 May 1945

Preceded by | Succeeded by

|

|  | Lower Austria

|

| Burgenland
| Czechoslovakia
| Lower Austria |

|

Burgenland |
Czechoslovakia |
Today part of| Austria
Czech Republic
Slovakia

The Reichsgau Lower Danube (German: Reichsgau Niederdonau) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany consisting of areas in Lower Austria, Burgenland, southeastern parts of Bohemia, southern parts of Moravia, later expanded with Devín and Petržalka. It existed between 1938 and 1945.

## History

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The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in a party conference on 22 May 1926, in order to improve administration of the party structure. From 1933 onwards, after the Nazi seizure of power, the Gaue increasingly replaced the German states as administrative subdivisions in Germany.[1] On 12 March 1938 Nazi Germany annexed Austria and on 24 May the Austrian provinces were reorganized and replaced by seven Nazi party Gaue.[2] Under the Ostmarkgesetz law of 14 April 1939 with effect of 1 May, the Austrian Gaue were raised to the status of Reichsgaue and their Gauleiters were subsequently also named Reichsstatthalters.[3]

At the head of each Gau stood a Gauleiter, a position which became increasingly more powerful, especially after the outbreak of the Second World War. Local Gauleiters were in charge of propaganda and surveillance and, from September 1944 onwards, the Volkssturm and the defence of the Gau.[1][4]

The position of Gauleiter in Lower Danube was held by Hugo Jury for the duration of the existence of the Gau.[5][6]

## Administrative divisions

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The administrative divisions of the Gau:[6]

### Urban districts / Stadtkreise

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1. City of Krems
2. City of Sankt Pölten
3. City of Wiener Neustadt

### Rural districts / Landkreise

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1. Landkreis Amstetten
2. Landkreis Baden
3. Landkreis Bruck an der Leitha
4. Landkreis Eisenstadt
5. Landkreis Gänserndorf
6. Landkreis Gmünd
7. Landkreis Hollabrunn
8. Landkreis Horn
9. Landkreis Korneuburg
10. Landkreis Krems
11. Landkreis Lilienfeld
12. Landkreis Melk
13. Landkreis Mistelbach an der Zaya
14. Landkreis Neubistritz
15. Landkreis Neunkirchen in Niederdonau
16. Landkreis Nikolsburg
17. Landkreis Oberpullendorf
18. Landkreis Sankt Pölten
19. Landkreis Scheibbs
20. Landkreis Tulln
21. Landkreis Waidhofen an der Thaya
22. Landkreis Wiener Neustadt
23. Landkreis Znaim
24. Landkreis Zwettl

## References

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1. ^ a b "Die NS-Gaue" [The Nazi Gaue]. dhm.de (in German). Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
2. ^ "Administration of Austria," The Times (London) 25 May 1938, page 15.
3. ^ "Der "Anschluss" Österreichs 1938" [The annexation of Austria 1938]. dhm.de (in German). Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
4. ^ "The Organization of the Nazi Party & State". nizkor.org. The Nizkor Project. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
5. ^ "Übersicht der NSDAP-Gaue, der Gauleiter und der Stellvertretenden Gauleiter zwischen 1933 und 1945" [Overview of Nazi Gaue, the Gauleiter and assistant Gauleiter from 1933 to 1945]. zukunft-braucht-erinnerung.de (in German). Zukunft braucht Erinnerung. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
6. ^ a b "Reichsgau Niederdonau". verwaltungsgeschichte.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2016.

## External links

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* Illustrated list of Gauleiter

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Administrative divisions in Nazi Germany and German occupations

Administrative
divisions of
Nazi Germany|

| Gaue (Altreich)|

| Founded|

* Baden
* Bayreuth
* Berlin
* Cologne–Aachen
* Düsseldorf
* Eastern Hanover
* East Prussia
* Electoral Hesse
* Essen
* Franconia
* Halle-Merseburg
* Hamburg
* Hesse-Nassau
* Lower Silesia
* Magdeburg-Anhalt
* Main Franconia
* Brandenburg
* Mecklenburg
* Moselland
* Munich–Upper Bavaria
* NSDAP/AO
* Pomerania
* Saxony
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Silesia
* Swabia
* Southern Hanover–Brunswick
* Thuringia
* Upper Silesia
* Weser-Ems
* Westphalia-North
* Westphalia-South
* Westmark
* Württemberg-Hohenzollern

|

Proposed|

* Prinz-Eugen (Reichsfestung Belgrad)
* Holland

Reichsgaue|

| Founded|

* Danzig–West Prussia
* Sudetenland
* Wartheland

| Austria|

* Carinthia
* Lower Danube
* Upper Danube
* Salzburg
* Styria
* Tyrol–Vorarlberg
* Vienna

|

Proposed|

* Banat
* Beskidland
* Brabant
* Burgundy
* Flanders
* Galicia
* Gothland
* Nordmark
* Vandalland
* Venice
* Vistulaland
* Wallonia

| Westland|

* Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe
* Gelderland and Overijssel
* North Holland and Utrecht
* South Holland and Zeeland
* North Brabant and Limburg

|

Partial annexations|

| Founded|

* Bohemia and Moravia

| General Government|

* Galicia
* Kraków
* Lublin
* Radom
* Warsaw

|

Proposed|

* Burgundy (SS)
* Holland (SS)
* Lombardy

German
occupations|

| Civil Administration Areas|

* Alsace
* Carinthia and Carniola
* Gebiet Bialystok
* Lorraine
* Lower Styria
* Luxembourg
* Posen
* Sudetenland
* West Prussia
* Zichenau

|

Districts|

| Founded|

* Bialystok

|

Proposed|

* Brussels

Military administrations|

* Army Group Rear Area Command
* Belgium and Northern France
* Croatia
* France (Atlantic Wall ‧ zone réservée)
* Slovakia
* Greece
* Luxembourg
* Poland
* Serbia
* Banat

Operational Zones|

* Adriatic Littoral
* Ljubljana
* Alpine Foothills

Puppet states|

| Founded|

* Albania
* Asch
* Austria
* Belarus
* Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Flanders
* France
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Lepel
* Lokot
* Netherlands
* Nias
* Norway (Quisling I)
* Norway (Administrative Council)
* Norway (Quisling II)
* Macedonia
* Montenegro
* Serbia (Commissioner Government)
* Serbia (Council of Ministers)
* Slovakia
* Ukraine
* Wallonia
* Zuyev Republic

|

Exiled|

* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Cossackia
* France
* Greece
* Hungary
* Montenegro
* Romania
* Russia (ODNR)
* Russia (KONR)
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Turkestan
* Ukraine
* Wallonia

Proposed|

* Brittany

Reichskommissariate|

| Founded|

* Belgium and Northern France
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Ostland
* Ukraine

|

Proposed|

* Caucasia
* Don-Volga
* Muscovy
* Turkestan
* Ural

Other occupations|

* Finland
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Tunisia

Other|

| Founded|

* New Swabia
* Weather Station Kurt
* Schatzgräber
* Holzauge
* Bassgeiger
* Edelweiss

|

Proposed|

* Nordstern
* Strength Through Joy holiday resorts

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International|

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