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The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> were an attempt to resolve the administrative chaos resulting from the mutually overlapping jurisdictions and different boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/NSDAP" class="mw-redirect" title="NSDAP">NSDAP</a> Party <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gau_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gau (country subdivision)">Gaue</a></i></span>, placed under a Party <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gauleiter" title="Gauleiter">Gauleiter</a></i></span>, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_states_of_Germany#States_of_the_Weimar_Republic" title="List of historic states of Germany">federal states</a>, under a <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsstatthalter" title="Reichsstatthalter">Reichsstatthalter</a></i></span> responsible to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Interior (Germany)">Ministry of the Interior</a> (in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Prussia" title="Provinces of Prussia">Prussian provinces</a>, the equivalent post was that of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Oberpr%C3%A4sident" title="Oberpräsident">Oberpräsident</a></i></span>). Interior Minister <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Frick" title="Wilhelm Frick">Wilhelm Frick</a> had long desired to streamline the German administration, and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> were the result: the borders of party <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gaue</i></span> and those of the federal states were to be identical, and the party <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gauleiter</i></span> also occupied the post of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsstatthalter</i></span>. Rival interests and the influence the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gauleiter</i></span> wielded with Hitler prevented any reform from being undertaken in the "<a href="/wiki/Altreich_(pre-1938_Nazi_Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Altreich (pre-1938 Nazi Germany)">Old Reich</a>" (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Altreich</i>), which meant Germany in its borders of 1937 before the annexation of other territories like Austria, the <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a></span></span>, and Bohemia, and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgau</i></span> scheme was therefore implemented only in newly-acquired territories. </p><p>There were several <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span>: </p> <ul><li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Ostmark_(Austria)" title="Ostmark (Austria)">East March</a></i></span> (German: <i>Ostmark</i>) formed from the formerly independent <a href="/wiki/Federal_State_of_Austria" title="Federal State of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a></i></span>, formed from a substantial part of the German-speaking outer rim areas of the former <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> occupied in 1938</li> <li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Danzig-Westpreu%C3%9Fen" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzig-Westpreußen">Danzig-West Prussia</a></i></span> (German: <i>Danzig-Westpreußen</i>) and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Wartheland" class="mw-redirect" title="Wartheland">Wartheland</a></i></span>, formed from the <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a> and areas annexed from <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Poland</a></li></ul> <p>The East March was subsequently subdivided into seven smaller <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span>, generally coterminous with the former Austrian <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span> (federal provinces). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Reichsgaue">List of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of Reichsgaue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reichsgaue_in_Austria_and_parts_of_Czechoslovakia_established_in_1938"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> in Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia established in 1938</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reichsgaue in Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia established in 1938"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gau</i></span> name </th> <th scope="col">German name </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_K%C3%A4rnten" title="Reichsgau Kärnten">Carinthia</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kärnten</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <a href="/wiki/Carinthia_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carinthia (state)">Carinthia</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Tyrol" title="East Tyrol">Eastern Tyrol</a>, included from 1941 on parts of <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Niederdonau" title="Reichsgau Niederdonau">Lower Danube</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Niederdonau</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Krems_an_der_Donau" title="Krems an der Donau">Krems</a></span></span> (see note) </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Austria" title="Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a> and northern <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a></span></span>; included from 1939 on parts of southern <a href="/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia">Moravia</a>, southeastern <a href="/wiki/Bohemia_proper" class="mw-redirect" title="Bohemia proper">Bohemia</a> and the two <a href="/wiki/Bratislava" title="Bratislava">Bratislava</a> boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Dev%C3%ADn" title="Devín">Devín</a> and <a href="/wiki/Petr%C5%BEalka" title="Petržalka">Petržalka</a>. In 1943, Hitler toured <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgau Niederdonau</i></span> and assured <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gauleiter</i></span> <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Jury" title="Hugo Jury">Hugo Jury</a> that the capital would be <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Brünn</i></span> (<span title="Czech-language text"><span lang="cs" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Brno" title="Brno">Brno</a></span></span>) in the near future.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Salzburg" title="Reichsgau Salzburg">Salzburg</a></span></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Salzburg</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Salzburg_(state)" title="Salzburg (state)">Salzburg</a></span></span>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Steiermark" title="Reichsgau Steiermark">Styria</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Steiermark</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a> and southern part of <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a></span></span>; included from 1941 on parts of <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Sudetenland" title="Reichsgau Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a></span></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Sudetenland</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Liberec" title="Liberec">Reichenberg</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the predominantly German-speaking parts of <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> that were ceded to Germany after the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Tirol-Vorarlberg" title="Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg">Tirol-Vorarlberg</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Tirol-Vorarlberg</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg</a></span></span> and the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Tyrol_(state)" title="Tyrol (state)">Tyrol</a>; <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kleinwalsertal" title="Kleinwalsertal">Kleinwalsertal</a></span></span> became part of the <a href="/wiki/Gau_Swabia" title="Gau Swabia">Gau Swabia</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Oberdonau" title="Reichsgau Oberdonau">Upper Danube</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Oberdonau</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></span></span> </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Austria" title="Upper Austria">Upper Austria</a> and <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Ausseerland</span></span>, a part of Styria; included from 1939 on parts of southern Bohemia. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wien" title="Reichsgau Wien">Vienna</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wien</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> (<i>Wien</i>) </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Formed from the former Austrian federal state of <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> and surrounding parts of former <a href="/wiki/Lower_Austria" title="Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a>. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reichsgaue_established_during_the_Second_World_War"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> established during the Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reichsgaue established during the Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gau</i></span> name </th> <th scope="col">German name </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Established </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Danzig-West_Prussia" title="Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia">Danzig-West Prussia</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Danzig-Westpreußen</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Danzig" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzig">Danzig</a></span></span> </td> <td>1939 </td> <td>Formed in the <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a> and the Polish region of the <a href="/wiki/Pomeranian_Voivodeship_(1919-1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919-1939)">Pomeranian Voivodeship</a>, which were both occupied by Germany in 1939. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Flandern" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsgau Flandern">Flanders</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Flandern</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> (<i>Antwerpen</i>) </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>Formed in the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, comprising the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>-speaking <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Antwerp_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antwerp (province)">Antwerp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Belgium)" title="Limburg (Belgium)">Limburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a>, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement" title="Arrondissement">arrondissement</a></i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> (except the city of <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> itself), and the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement" title="Arrondissement">arrondissement</a></i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a> in the then-<a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brabant_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brabant (province)">Brabant</a> (the present-day province of <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant" title="Flemish Brabant">Flemish Brabant</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wallonien" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsgau Wallonien">Wallonia</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wallonien</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> (<i>Lüttich</i>) </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>Formed in the <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, comprising the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">Francophone</a> <a href="/wiki/Provinces" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces">provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liège (province)">Liège</a> except the cantons of <a href="/wiki/Eupen" title="Eupen">Eupen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malmedy" title="Malmedy">Malmedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sankt_Vith" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankt Vith">Sankt Vith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(province_of_Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg (province of Belgium)">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namur_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namur (province)">Namur</a>, and the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement" title="Arrondissement">arrondissement</a></i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Nivelles" title="Nivelles">Nivelles</a> in the contemporary province of <a href="/wiki/Brabant_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brabant (province)">Brabant</a> (now part of the separate province of <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland" title="Reichsgau Wartheland">Wartheland</a></span></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wartheland</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a></span></span> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Posen</i></span>) </td> <td>1939 </td> <td>Formed primarily in the Polish region of the <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_Voivodeship_(1921-1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Poznań Voivodeship (1921-1939)">Poznań Voivodeship</a> as well as southern areas of <a href="/wiki/Pomeranian_Voivodeship_(1919%E2%80%9339)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–39)">Pomeranian</a> and the western half of <a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_Voivodeship_(1919%E2%80%9339)" class="mw-redirect" title="Łódź Voivodeship (1919–39)">Łódź Voivodeship</a> after the German occupation of Poland. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reichsgaue_(partly)_formed_out_of_pre-existing_Gaue"><span id="Reichsgaue_.28partly.29_formed_out_of_pre-existing_Gaue"></span><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> (partly) formed out of pre-existing <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gaue</i></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reichsgaue (partly) formed out of pre-existing Gaue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gau</i></span> name </th> <th scope="col">German name </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gau_Baden" title="Gau Baden">Baden</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Baden</i></span> </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a></span></span> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Straßburg</i></span>) </td> <td>Formed out of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gaue</i></span> of <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Baden" title="Baden">Baden</a></span></span> and <a href="/wiki/Alsace" title="Alsace">Alsace</a>, formerly part of <a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gau_Moselland" title="Gau Moselland">Moselland</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Moselland</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Koblenz" title="Koblenz">Koblenz</a></span></span> </td> <td>Formed out of the pre-war <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gau Koblenz-Trier</i></span> and <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gau_Westmark" title="Gau Westmark">West March</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Westmark</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a></span></span> </td> <td>Formed out of the Bavarian <a href="/wiki/Rhine_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine Palatinate">Rhine Palatinate</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Saar_(League_of_Nations)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saar (League of Nations)">Territory of the Saar Basin</a>, and parts of <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorraine (region)">Lorraine</a> that were a component of <a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a>. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Planned_Reichsgaue_that_were_never_established">Planned <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgaue</i></span> that were never established</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Planned Reichsgaue that were never established"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gau</i></span> name </th> <th scope="col">German name </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banat_(1941-1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Banat (1941-1944)">Banat</a>/<a href="/wiki/Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy" title="Prince Eugene of Savoy">Prince-Eugene-Land</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Banat / Prinz-Eugen-Land</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Belgrad</i></span>, or to be renamed to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz-Eugen-Stadt</i></span>) </td> <td>To be formed out of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavian</a> territories of <span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%8Dka" title="Bačka">Bačka</a></span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Syrmia" title="Syrmia">Syrmia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Banat" title="Banat">Banat</a>, parts of <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Siebenbürgen</i></span>) and <a href="/wiki/Baranya_(county)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baranya (county)">Baranya</a>. To be named for <a href="/wiki/Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy" title="Prince Eugene of Savoy">Prince Eugene of Savoy</a> (1663–1736), Austrian general who had a famous victory at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1688)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1688)">Siege of Belgrade (1688)</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Beskidland </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Beskidenland</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></span></span> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Krakau</i></span>) </td> <td>To be formed out of the southern parts of conquered Poland between the area west of <span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></i></span> to the <a href="/wiki/San_(river)" title="San (river)">San river</a> in the east. It was to substantially correspond to the upper <a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> river basin. It was to be almost identical in size to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Weichselland</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Galicia" title="District of Galicia">Galizien</a></i></span>. Named for the <a href="/wiki/Beskids" title="Beskids">Beskids</a> mountain range. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant" title="Flemish Brabant">Brabant</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Brabant</i></span> </td> <td>Not specified. </td> <td>To be formed out of central parts of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Burgundy_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundy (region)">Burgundy</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Burgund</i></span> </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a></span></span> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Nanzig</i></span>) or <br /><a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Genf</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <br /><a href="/wiki/Dijon" title="Dijon">Dijon</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>To be formed out of the territories of eastern <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (excluding <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a></span></span> and <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nord-Pas-de-Calais" title="Nord-Pas-de-Calais">Nord-Pas-de-Calais</a></span></span>) that were to be annexed into Germany after the war. Also to be included to the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsgau</i></span> were parts of <a href="/wiki/Romandy" title="Romandy">Western Switzerland</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Galicia" title="District of Galicia">Galicia</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Galizien</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Lemberg</i></span>) </td> <td>Corresponding to the Podolian plain. It was to be almost identical in size to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Beskidenland</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Weichselland</i></span>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gothland </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gotenland</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a> (to be renamed to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gotenburg</i></span>) </td> <td>To be formed out of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean peninsula">Crimean peninsula</a> and large parts of mainland <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. Named for the <a href="/wiki/Goths" title="Goths">Goths</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Denmark">North March</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Nordmark</i></span> </td> <td>Not specified. </td> <td>To be formed out of <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vandalland </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Vandalenland</i></span> </td> <td>Not specified, probably <a href="/wiki/Litzmannstadt" class="mw-redirect" title="Litzmannstadt">Litzmannstadt</a> (Łódź). </td> <td>To be formed out of part or all of the area of the <a href="/wiki/General_Government" title="General Government">General Government</a>. Named for the <a href="/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistulaland</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Weichselland</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Warschau</i></span>) </td> <td>To be formed out of the middle <a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> river basin. It was to be almost identical in size to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Beskidenland</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Galizien</i></span>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">Westland</a>/<a href="/wiki/Holland" title="Holland">Holland</a> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Westland / Holland</i></span> </td> <td>Not specified. </td> <td>To be formed out of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> after its intended annexation into Germany. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany">Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_areas_annexed_by_Nazi_Germany" title="Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany">Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bryant, C.C. (2007). Prague in black: Nazi rule and Czech nationalism, Harvard University Press, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-02451-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-02451-6">0-674-02451-6</a>, p. 125</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHans_Rudolf_Fuhrer1982" class="citation book cs1">Hans Rudolf Fuhrer (1982). <i>Spionage gegen die Schweiz</i>. Huber. p. 68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-274-00003-5" title="Special:BookSources/3-274-00003-5"><bdi>3-274-00003-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Spionage+gegen+die+Schweiz&rft.pages=68&rft.pub=Huber&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=3-274-00003-5&rft.au=Hans+Rudolf+Fuhrer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReichsgau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJeremy_NoakesGeoffrey_Pridham1995" class="citation book cs1">Jeremy Noakes; Geoffrey Pridham (1995). <i>Nazism, 1919-1945: Foreign policy, war and racial extermination</i>. University of Exeter Press. p. 882. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85989-474-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-85989-474-6"><bdi>0-85989-474-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nazism%2C+1919-1945%3A+Foreign+policy%2C+war+and+racial+extermination&rft.pages=882&rft.pub=University+of+Exeter+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-85989-474-6&rft.au=Jeremy+Noakes&rft.au=Geoffrey+Pridham&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReichsgau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Altreich_(pre-1938_Nazi_Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Altreich (pre-1938 Nazi Germany)">Altreich</a></i></span>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Founded" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Baden" title="Gau Baden">Baden-Alsace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Bayreuth" title="Gau Bayreuth">Bayreuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Berlin" title="Gau Berlin">Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Cologne-Aachen" title="Gau Cologne-Aachen">Cologne–Aachen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Gau Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Eastern_Hanover" title="Gau Eastern Hanover">Eastern Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_East_Prussia" title="Gau East Prussia">East Prussia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Electoral_Hesse" title="Gau Electoral Hesse">Electoral Hesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Essen" title="Gau Essen">Essen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Franconia" title="Gau Franconia">Franconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Halle-Merseburg" title="Gau Halle-Merseburg">Halle-Merseburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Hamburg" title="Gau Hamburg">Hamburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Hesse-Nassau" title="Gau Hesse-Nassau">Hesse-Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Lower_Silesia" title="Gau Lower Silesia">Lower Silesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Magdeburg-Anhalt" title="Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt">Magdeburg-Anhalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Main_Franconia" title="Gau Main Franconia">Main Franconia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_March_of_Brandenburg" title="Gau March of Brandenburg">March of Brandenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Mecklenburg" title="Gau Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Moselland" title="Gau Moselland">Moselland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Munich-Upper_Bavaria" title="Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria">Munich–Upper Bavaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSDAP/AO" class="mw-redirect" title="NSDAP/AO">NSDAP/AO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Pomerania" title="Gau Pomerania">Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Saxony" title="Gau Saxony">Saxony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Gau Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Silesia" title="Gau Silesia">Silesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Swabia" title="Gau Swabia">Swabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Southern_Hanover-Brunswick" title="Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick">Southern Hanover–Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Thuringia" title="Gau Thuringia">Thuringia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau_Upper_Silesia" title="Gau Upper Silesia">Upper 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Belgrad">Reichsfestung Belgrad</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gau_Holland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gau Holland (page does not exist)">Holland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Reichsgaus</a></i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Founded" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Danzig-West_Prussia" title="Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia">Danzig–West Prussia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Sudetenland" title="Reichsgau Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wartheland" title="Reichsgau Wartheland">Wartheland</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Austria_within_Nazi_Germany" title="Austria within Nazi Germany">Austria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_K%C3%A4rnten" title="Reichsgau Kärnten">Carinthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Niederdonau" title="Reichsgau Niederdonau">Lower Danube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Oberdonau" title="Reichsgau Oberdonau">Upper Danube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Salzburg" title="Reichsgau Salzburg">Salzburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Steiermark" title="Reichsgau Steiermark">Styria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Tirol-Vorarlberg" title="Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg">Tyrol–Vorarlberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wien" title="Reichsgau Wien">Vienna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Banat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Banat (page does not exist)">Banat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Beskidenland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Beskidenland (page does not exist)">Beskidland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Brabant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Brabant (page does not exist)">Brabant</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Burgund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Burgund (page does not exist)">Burgundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Flandern" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsgau Flandern">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Galizien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Galizien (page does not exist)">Galicia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Gotenland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Gotenland (page does not exist)">Gothland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Nordmark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Nordmark (page does not exist)">Nordmark</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Vandalenland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Vandalenland (page does not exist)">Vandalland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Germanic_Reich#Role_of_Northern_Italy" title="Greater Germanic Reich">Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsgau_Weichselland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsgau Weichselland (page does not exist)">Vistulaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Wallonien" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsgau Wallonien">Wallonia</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">Westland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">Gelderland and Overijssel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">North Holland and Utrecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">South Holland and Zeeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_(Nazi_propaganda)" title="Westland (Nazi propaganda)">North Brabant and Limburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Areas_annexed_by_Nazi_Germany" title="Areas annexed by Nazi Germany">Partial annexations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Founded" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Bohemia and Moravia</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="General_Government" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/General_Government" title="General Government">General Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Galicia" title="District of Galicia">Galicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_District" title="Kraków District">Kraków</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lublin_District" title="Lublin District">Lublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radom_District" title="Radom District">Radom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_District" title="Warsaw District">Warsaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Order_(Nazism)#SS_State_of_Burgundy" title="New Order (Nazism)">Burgundy (SS)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Province_of_Holland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Province of Holland (page does not exist)">Holland (SS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Germanic_Reich#Role_of_Northern_Italy" title="Greater Germanic Reich">Lombardy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/German-occupied_Europe" title="German-occupied Europe">German<br />occupations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Civil_Administration" title="Chief of Civil Administration">Civil Administration Areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Alsace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Alsace (page does not exist)">Alsace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Carinthia_and_Carniola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Carinthia and Carniola (page does not exist)">Carinthia and Carniola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Gebiet_Bialystok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Gebiet Bialystok (page does not exist)">Gebiet Bialystok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Administration_Area_of_Lorraine" title="Civil Administration Area of Lorraine">Lorraine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Lower_Styria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Lower Styria (page does not exist)">Lower Styria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Administration_Area_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Posen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Posen (page does not exist)">Posen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_the_Sudetenland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of the Sudetenland (page does not exist)">Sudetenland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_West_Prussia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of West Prussia (page does not exist)">West Prussia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Administration_Area_of_Zichenau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Administration Area of Zichenau (page does not exist)">Zichenau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bezirk" title="Bezirk">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Founded" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bialystok_District" title="Bialystok District">Bialystok</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Brussels" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Brussels">Brussels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_(Nazi_Germany)" title="Military Administration (Nazi Germany)">Military administrations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Rear_Area_Command" title="Army Group Rear Area Command">Army Group Rear Area Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_in_Belgium_and_Northern_France" title="Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France">Belgium and Northern France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia#Zones_of_influence" title="Independent State of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II" title="German military administration in occupied France during World War II">France</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zone_interdite#Coastal_military_zone" title="Zone interdite">Atlantic Wall</a> ‧ <a href="/wiki/Zone_interdite#Zone_of_intended_German_settlement" title="Zone interdite">zone réservée</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Zone_of_Protection_in_Slovakia" title="German Zone of Protection in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece#The_German_occupation_zone" title="Axis occupation of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_of_Luxembourg" title="Military Administration of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_in_Poland" title="Military Administration in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Military_Commander_in_Serbia" title="Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia">Serbia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banat_(1941%E2%80%931944)" title="Banat (1941–1944)">Banat</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational Zones</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operational_Zone_of_the_Adriatic_Littoral" title="Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral">Adriatic Littoral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Ljubljana#The_German_period_(1943–1945)" title="Province of Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_Zone_of_the_Alpine_Foothills" title="Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills">Alpine Foothills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Puppet administrations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Albania" title="German occupation of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%A1#19th–20th_centuries" title="Aš">Asch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyss-Inquart_government" title="Seyss-Inquart government">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Central_Council" title="Belarusian Central Council">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Czechoslovak_Republic" title="Second Czechoslovak Republic">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II" title="Denmark in World War II">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flemish_Liberation_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flemish Liberation Committee (page does not exist)">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_State_(1941%E2%80%931944)" title="Hellenic State (1941–1944)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_National_Unity_(Hungary)" title="Government of National Unity (Hungary)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lepel_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lepel Republic (page does not exist)">Lepel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokot_Autonomy" title="Lokot Autonomy">Lokot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Mussert" title="Anton Mussert">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nias#World_War_II" title="Nias">Nias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quisling_regime#1940_coup" title="Quisling regime">Norway (Quisling I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_Council_(Norway)" title="Administrative Council (Norway)">Norway (Administrative Council)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quisling_regime" title="Quisling regime">Norway (Quisling II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent State of Macedonia">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupied_territory_of_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupied territory of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_Government" title="Commissioner Government">Serbia (Commissioner Government)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_National_Salvation" title="Government of National Salvation">Serbia (Council of Ministers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_national_government_(1941)" title="Ukrainian national government (1941)">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walloon_Liberation_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walloon Liberation Committee (page does not exist)">Wallonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuyev_Republic" title="Zuyev Republic">Zuyev Republic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Exiled</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Central_Council#Exile" title="Belarusian Central Council">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_government-in-exile" title="Bulgarian government-in-exile">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cossack_Central_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cossack Central Office (page does not exist)">Cossackia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigmaringen_enclave" title="Sigmaringen enclave">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_State_(1941%E2%80%931944)#Exile_and_trial" title="Hellenic State (1941–1944)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_National_Unity_(Hungary)" title="Government of National Unity (Hungary)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German-occupied_territory_of_Montenegro" title="German-occupied territory of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horia_Sima#Exile" title="Horia Sima">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Liberation_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Liberation Movement">Russia (ODNR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_the_Peoples_of_Russia" title="Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia">Russia (KONR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_National_Salvation#After_the_war" title="Government of National Salvation">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)#End" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkiesta%C5%84ski_Komitet_Narodowy" class="extiw" title="pl:Turkiestański Komitet Narodowy">Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_National_Committee" title="Ukrainian National Committee">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaamsche_Landsleiding" class="extiw" title="nl:Vlaamsche Landsleiding">Wallonia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breton_nationalism_and_World_War_II" title="Breton nationalism and World War II">Brittany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat" title="Reichskommissariat">Reichskommissariats</a></i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_of_Belgium_and_Northern_France" title="Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France">Belgium and Northern France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Niederlande" title="Reichskommissariat Niederlande">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Norwegen" title="Reichskommissariat Norwegen">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Ostland" title="Reichskommissariat Ostland">Ostland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Ukraine" title="Reichskommissariat Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Kaukasien" title="Reichskommissariat Kaukasien">Caucasia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichskommissariat_Don-Wolga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichskommissariat Don-Wolga (page does not exist)">Don-Volga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Moskowien" title="Reichskommissariat Moskowien">Muscovy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Turkestan" title="Reichskommissariat Turkestan">Turkestan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichskommissariat_Ural&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichskommissariat Ural (page does not exist)">Ural</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other occupations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_and_occupation_of_Monaco_during_World_War_II#The_German_occupation_(September_9,_1943_-_September_3,_1944)" title="Invasion and occupation of Monaco during World War II">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marino" title="Battle of San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_campaign" title="Tunisian campaign">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e5e5e5;;width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Swabia" title="New Swabia">New Swabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt" title="Weather Station Kurt">Weather Station Kurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schatzgr%C3%A4ber_(weather_station)" title="Schatzgräber (weather station)">Schatzgräber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holzauge" title="Holzauge">Holzauge</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassgeiger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bassgeiger (page does not exist)">Bassgeiger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edelweiss_base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edelweiss base (page does not exist)">Edelweiss</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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