Editing Nazi Party (section)

== Regional administration ==
{{See also|Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany|List of Gauleiters}}
[[File:NS administrative Gliederung 1944.png|thumb|upright=1.8|Administrative units of the Nazi Party in 1944]]

For the purpose of centralisation in the {{lang|de|[[Gleichschaltung]]}} process, a rigidly hierarchal structure was established in the Nazi Party, which it later carried through in the whole of Germany in order to consolidate total power under the person of [[Hitler]] ({{lang|de|Führerstaat}}). It was regionally sub-divided into a number of {{lang|de|[[Gau (country subdivision)|Gaue]]}} (singular: {{lang|de|Gau}}) headed by a {{lang|de|[[Gauleiter]]}}, who received their orders directly from Hitler. The name (originally a term for sub-regions of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] headed by a {{lang|de|Gaugraf}}) for these new provincial structures was deliberately chosen because of its [[Middle Ages|mediaeval]] connotations. The term is approximately equivalent to the English {{lang|de|[[shire]]}}.

While the Nazis maintained the nominal existence of state and regional governments in Germany itself, this policy was not extended to territories acquired after 1937. Even in German-speaking areas such as Austria, state and regional governments were formally disbanded as opposed to just being dis-empowered.

After the {{lang|de|[[Anschluss]]}} a new type of administrative unit was introduced called a {{lang|de|[[Reichsgau]]}}. In these territories the {{lang|de|Gauleiters}} also held the position of {{lang|de|[[Reichsstatthalter]]}} (Reich Governor) thereby formally combining the spheres of both party and state offices. The establishment of this type of district was subsequently carried out for any further territorial annexations of Germany both before and during [[World War II]]. Even the former territories of [[Prussia]] were never formally re-integrated into what was then Germany's largest state after being re-taken in the 1939 Polish campaign.

The {{lang|de|Gaue}} and {{lang|de|Reichsgaue}} (state or province) were further sub-divided into {{lang|de|[[Districts of Germany|Kreise]]}} (counties) headed by a {{lang|de|[[Kreisleiter]]}}, which were in turn sub-divided into {{lang|de|Zellen}} (cells) and {{lang|de|Blöcke}} (blocks), headed by a {{lang|de|[[Zellenleiter]]}} and {{lang|de|[[Blockleiter]]}} respectively.

A reorganisation of the ''Gaue'' was enacted on 1 October 1928. The given numbers were the official ordering numbers. The statistics are from 1941, for which the ''Gau'' organisation of that moment in time forms the basis. Their size and populations are not exact; for instance, according to the official party statistics the ''Gau'' Kurmark/Mark Brandenburg was the largest in the German Reich.{{sfn|Materna|Ribbe|1995|p=?}}{{Page needed|date=June 2020}} By 1941, there were 42 territorial ''Gaue'' for Greater Germany.{{efn|The 43rd ''Gau'' known as the [[NSDAP/AO|Auslandsorganisation]] was non-territorial.}} Of these, 10 were designated as Reichsgaue: 7 of them for Austria, one for the [[Sudetenland]] (annexed from [[Czechoslovakia]]) and two for the areas annexed from [[Poland]] and the [[Free City of Danzig]] after the joint [[invasion of Poland]] by [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] in 1939 at the onset of World War II.{{sfn|German Historical Institute|2008}} Getting the leadership of the individual ''Gaue'' to co-operate with one another proved difficult at times since there was constant administrative and financial jockeying for control going on between them.{{sfn|Broszat|1985|pp=44–47}}

The first table below describes the organizational structure for the ''Gaue'' that existed before their dissolution in 1945.{{sfn| Miller| Schulz| 2012| pp=18–41}} Information on former ''Gaue'' (that were either renamed, or dissolved by being divided or merged with other ''Gaue'') is provided in the second table.{{sfn| Miller| Schulz| 2012| pp=41–50}}

=== Nazi Party ''Gaue'' ===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|-
! {{abbr|Nr.|Number}}
! Gau 
! Headquarters 
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) 
! Inhabitants (1941) 
! Gauleiter
|-
|01 || [[Gau Baden-Alsace|Baden-Alsace]] || [[Strasbourg]] || 23,350 || 2,502,023 || [[Robert Heinrich Wagner]] from 22 March 1941
|-
|02 || [[Gau Bayreuth|Bayreuth]], renaming of Gau Bayerische Ostmark 2 June 1942 || [[Bayreuth]] || 29,600 || 2,370,658 || [[Hans Schemm]] (1933–1935)<br />[[Fritz Wachtler]] (1935–1945)<br />[[Ludwig Ruckdeschel]] from 19 April 1945
|-
|03 || [[Gau Berlin|Berlin]] || [[Berlin]] || 884 || 4,338,756 || [[Joseph Goebbels]] from 1 October 1928
|-
|04 || [[Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia|Danzig-Westpreußen]] || [[Danzig]] || 26,057 || 2,287,394 || [[Albert Forster]] from 10 October 1939
|-
|05 || [[Gau Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]] || [[Düsseldorf]] || 2,672 || 2,261,909 || [[Friedrich Karl Florian]] from 1 August 1930
|-
|06 || [[Gau Essen|Essen]] || [[Essen]] || 2,825 || 1,921,326 || [[Josef Terboven]] from 1 August 1928
|-
|07 || [[Gau Franconia|Franken]], renaming of Gau Mittelfranken 21 April 1933 || [[Nuremberg]] || 7,618 || 1,077,216 || [[Julius Streicher]] (1929–1940)<br />[[Hans Zimmermann]] (1940–1942)<br />[[Karl Holz (Nazi)|Karl Holz]] from 19 March 1942
|-
|08 || [[Gau Halle-Merseburg|Halle-Merseburg]] || [[Halle an der Saale]] || 10,202 || 1,578,292 || [[Walter Ernst]] (1925–1926)<br />[[Paul Hinkler]] (1926–1931)<br />[[Rudolf Jordan (politician)|Rudolf Jordan]] (1931–1937)<br />[[Joachim Albrecht Eggeling]] from 20 April 1937
|-
|09 || [[Gau Hamburg|Hamburg]] || [[Hamburg]] || 747 || 1,711,877 || [[Josef Klant]] (1925–1926)<br />[[Albert Krebs]] (1926–1928)<br />[[Hinrich Lohse]] (1928–1929)<br />[[Karl Kaufmann]] from 15 April 1929
|-
|10 || [[Gau Hessen-Nassau|Hessen-Nassau]] || [[Frankfurt]] || 15,030 || 3,117,266 || [[Jakob Sprenger]] from 1 January 1933
|-
|11 || [[Reichsgau Kärnten|Kärnten]] || [[Klagenfurt]] || 11,554 || 449,713 || [[Hans Mazenauer]] (1926–1927)<br />[[Hugo Herzog]] (1927–1933)<br />[[Hans vom Kothen]] (1933)<br />[[Hubert Klausner]] (1933–1936)<br />[[Peter Feistritzer]] (1936–1938)<br />[[Hubert Klausner]] (1938–1939)<br />[[Franz Kutschera]] (1939–1941)<br />[[Friedrich Rainer]] from 27 November 1941
|-
|12 || [[Gau Köln-Aachen|Köln-Aachen]] || [[Köln]] || 8,162 || 2,432,095 || [[Joseph Grohé]] from 1 June 1931
|-
|13 || [[Gau Kurhessen|Kurhessen]], renaming of Gau Hessen-Nord 1934 || [[Kassel]] || 9,200 || 971,887 || [[Walter Schultz (Gauleiter)|Walter Schultz]] (1925–1928)<br />[[Karl Weinrich]] (1928–1943)<br />[[Karl Gerland]] from 6 November 1943
|-
|14 || [[Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt|Magdeburg-Anhalt]], renaming of Gau Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord 1 October 1928  || [[Dessau]] || 13,910 || 1,820,416 || [[Gustav Hermann Schmischke]] (1926–1927) <br />[[Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper]] (1927–1935) with a short replacement by [[Paul Hofmann (Gauleiter)|Paul Hofmann]] from August to December 1932<br />[[Joachim Albrecht Eggeling]] (1935–1937)<br />[[Rudolf Jordan (politician)|Rudolf Jordan]] from 20 April 1937
|-
|15 || [[Gau Mainfranken|Mainfranken]], renaming of Gau Unterfranken 30 July 1935 || [[Würzburg]] || 8,432 || 840,663 || [[Otto Hellmuth]] from 1 October 1928
|-
|16 || [[Gau March of Brandenburg|Mark Brandenburg]], renaming of<br />Gau Kurmark 1 January 1939 || [[Berlin]] || 38,278 || 3,007,933 || [[Wilhelm Kube]] (1933–1936)<br />[[Emil Stürtz]] from 7 August 1936
|-
|17 || [[Gau Mecklenburg|Mecklenburg]], renaming of<br />Gau Mecklenburg-Lübeck 1 April 1937 || [[Schwerin]] || 15,722 || 900,427 || [[Friedrich Hildebrandt]] from 1925 with a short replacement by [[Herbert Albrecht]] (July 1930 – January 1931)
|-
|18 || [[Gau Moselland|Moselland]] || [[Koblenz]] || 11,876 || 1,367,354 || [[Gustav Simon]] from 24 January 1941
|-
|19 || [[Gau München-Oberbayern|München-Oberbayern]] || [[Munich]] || 16,411 || 1,938,447 || [[Adolf Wagner]] (1930–1944)<br  />[[Paul Giesler]] from 12 April 1944
|-
|20 || [[Reichsgau Niederdonau|Niederdonau]], renaming of<br />Gau Niederösterreich 21 May 1938 || Nominal capital: [[Krems an der Donau|Krems]], District Headquarters: [[Vienna]] || 23,502 || 1,697,676 || [[Leopold Eder]] (1926–1927)<br  />[[Josef Leopold]] (1927–1938)<br / >[[Hugo Jury]] from 21 May 1938 
|-
|21 || [[Gau Lower Silesia|Niederschlesien]] || [[Breslau]] || 26,985 || 3,286,539 || [[Karl Hanke]] from 27 January 1941
|-
|22 || [[Reichsgau Oberdonau|Oberdonau]], renaming of<br />Gau Oberösterreich 22 May 1938  || [[Linz]] || 14,216 || 1,034,871 || [[Alfred Proksch (politician)|Alfred Proksch]] (1926–1927) <br  />[[Andreas Bolek]] (1927–1934)<br  />[[Rudolf Lengauer]] (1934–1935)<br  />[[Oscar Hinterleitner]] (1935)<br  />[[August Eigruber]] from 22 May 1938
|-
|23 || [[Gau Upper Silesia|Oberschlesien]] || [[Kattowitz]] || 20,636 || 4,341,084 || [[Fritz Bracht]] from 27 January 1941
|-
|24 || [[Gau Eastern Hanover|Ost-Hannover]], renaming of<br />Gau Lüneburg-Stade 1 October 1928 || [[Buchholz in der Nordheide|Buchholz]], after 1 April 1937 [[Lüneburg]] || 18,006 || 1,060,509 || [[Otto Telschow]] from 27 March 1925
|-
|25 || [[Gau East Prussia|Ostpreußen]] || [[Königsberg]] || 52,731 || 3,336,777 || [[Wilhelm Stich (Gauleiter)|Wilhelm Stich]] (1925–1926)<br />[[Bruno Gustav Scherwitz]] (1926–1927)<br />[[Hans Albert Hohnfeldt]] (1927–1928)<br />[[Erich Koch]] from 1 October 1928
|-
|26 || [[Gau Pomerania|Pommern]] || [[Stettin]] || 38,409 || 2,393,844 || [[Theodor Vahlen]] (1925–1927)<br />[[Walther von Corswant]] (1927–1931)<br />[[Wilhelm Karpenstein]] (1931–1934)<br />[[Franz Schwede-Coburg]] from 21 July 1934
|-
|27 || [[Gau Saxony|Sachsen]] || [[Dresden]] || 14,995 || 5,231,739 || [[Martin Mutschmann]] from 27 March 1925
|-
|28 || [[Reichsgau Salzburg|Salzburg]] || [[Salzburg]] || 7,153 || 257,226 || [[Karl Scharizer]] (1932–1934)<br />[[Anton Wintersteiger]] (1934–1938)<br />[[Friedrich Rainer]] (1938–1941)<br />[[Gustav Adolf Scheel]] from 27 November 1941
|-
|29 || [[Gau Schleswig-Holstein|Schleswig-Holstein]] || [[Kiel]] || 15,687 || 1,589,267 || [[Hinrich Lohse]] from 27 March 1925
|-
|30 || [[Gau Swabia|Schwaben]] || [[Augsburg]] || 10,231 || 946,212 || [[Karl Wahl]] from 1 October 1928
|-
|31 || [[Reichsgau Steiermark|Steiermark]] || [[Graz]] || 17,384 || 1,116,407 || [[Walther Oberhaidacher]] (1928–1934)<br />[[Georg Bilgeri]] (1934–1935)<br />[[Sepp Helfrich]] (1936–1938)<br />[[Siegfried Uiberreither]] from 25 May 1938
|-
|32 || [[Reichsgau Sudetenland|Sudetenland]] (also known as Sudetengau) || [[Liberec|Reichenberg]] || 22,608 || 2,943,187 || [[Konrad Henlein]] from 1 October 1938
|-
|33 || [[Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick|Südhannover-Braunschweig]] || [[Hanover|Hannover]] || 14,553 || 2,136,961 || [[Bernhard Rust]] (1928–1940)<br />[[Hartmann Lauterbacher]] from 8 December 1940
|-
|34 || [[Gau Thuringia|Thüringen]] || [[Weimar]] || 15,763 || 2,446,182 || [[Artur Dinter]] (1925–1927)<br />[[Fritz Sauckel]] from 30 September 1927
|-
|35 || [[Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg|Tirol-Vorarlberg]] || [[Innsbruck]] || 13,126 || 486,400 || [[Franz Hofer]] from 25 May 1938
|-
|36 || [[Reichsgau Wartheland|Wartheland]] (also known as Warthegau), renaming of Gau Posen (29 January 1940) || [[Poznań|Posen]] || 43,905 || 4,693,722 || [[Arthur Karl Greiser]] from 21 October 1939
|-
|37 || [[Gau Weser-Ems|Weser-Ems]] || [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]] || 15,044 || 1,839,302 || [[Carl Röver]] (1928–1942)<br />[[Paul Wegener (Gauleiter)|Paul Wegener]] from 26 May 1942
|-
|38 || [[Gau Westphalia-North|Westfalen-Nord]] || [[Münster]] || 14,559 || 2,822,603 || [[Alfred Meyer]] from 31 January 1931
|-
|39 || [[Gau Westphalia-South|Westfalen-Süd]] || [[Bochum]] || 7,656 || 2,678,026 || [[Josef Wagner (Nazi)|Josef Wagner]] (1931–1941)<br />[[Paul Giesler]] (1941–1943)<br />[[Albert Hoffmann (Nazi)|Albert Hoffmann]] from 26 January 1943
|-
|40 || [[Gau Westmark|Westmark]]|| [[Saarbrücken]] || 14,713 || 1,892,240 || [[Josef Bürckel]] (1940–1944)<br />[[Willi Stöhr]] from 29 September 1944
|-
|41 || [[Reichsgau Wien|Wien]] || [[Vienna]] || 1,216 || 1,929,976 || [[Walter Rentmeister]] (1926–1928)<br />[[Eugen Werkowitsch]] (1928–1929)<br />[[Robert Derda]] (1929) <br />[[Alfred Frauenfeld]] (1930–1933)<br />[[Leopold Tavs]] (1937–1938)<br /> [[Odilo Globocnik]] (1938–1939)<br />[[Josef Bürckel]] (1939–1940)<br />[[Baldur von Schirach]] from 8 August 1940
|-
|42 || [[Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern|Württemberg-Hohenzollern]] || [[Stuttgart]] || 20,657 || 2,974,373 || [[Eugen Munder]] (1925–1928)<br />[[Wilhelm Murr]] from 1 February 1928
|-
|43 || [[NSDAP/AO|Auslandsorganisation]] (also known as NSDAP/AO) || [[Berlin]] || || || [[Hans Nieland]] (1932–1933)<br />[[Ernst Wilhelm Bohle]] from 17 February 1934
|}

Later Gaue:
:* [[Reichsgau Flandern|Flanders]], existed from 15 December 1944 (''Gauleiter'' in German exile: [[Jef van de Wiele]])
:* [[Reichsgau Wallonien|Wallonia]], existed from 8 December 1944 (''Gauleiter'' in German exile: [[Léon Degrelle]])

=== ''Gaue'' dissolved before 1945 ===
The numbering is not based on any official former ranking, but merely listed alphabetically. {{lang|de|Gaue}} that were simply renamed without territorial changes bear the designation '''''RN''''' in the column "later became." {{lang|de|Gaue}} that were divided into more than one {{lang|de|Gau}} bear the designation '''''D''''' in the column "later became." {{lang|de|Gaue}} that were merged with other {{lang|de|Gaue}} (or occupied territory) bear the designation '''''M''''' in the column "together with."

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|-
! {{abbr|Nr.|Number}}
! Gau
! in existence
! later became
! together with
! Gauleiter
|-
|01 || Anhalt || 1925–1926 || Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord<br />(1 September 1926) || Magdeburg & Elbe-Havel '''''M''''' || from 17 July 1925 to 1 September 1926 [[Gustav Hermann Schmischke]]
|-
|02 || Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord || 1926–1928 || Magdeburg-Anhalt<br />(1 October 1928) '''''RN''''' || ||see above table
|-
|03 || Baden || 1925–1941 || Baden-Elsaß<br />(22 March 1941) || [[Alsace-Lorraine#World War II|Alsace]] '''''M''''' || from 25 March 1925 to 22 March 1941 [[Robert Heinrich Wagner]]

|- 
|04 || Bayerische Ostmark || 1933–1942 || Bayreuth<br />(2 June 1942) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|05 || Berlin-Brandenburg || 1926–1928 || Berlin &<br />Brandenburg (II)<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D'''''  || || from 26 October 1926 to 1 October 1928 [[Joseph Goebbels]]
|-
|06 || Brandenburg (I) || 1925–1926 || Potsdam<br />(February 1926) '''''RN''''' || || from 5 November 1925 to February 1926 [[Walter Klaunig]]
|-
|07 || Brandenburg (II) || 1928–1933 || Kurmark<br />(6 March 1933) || Ostmark '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1930 [[Emil Holtz]], then from 18 October 1930 to 16 March 1933 [[Ernst Schlange]]
|-
|08 || Burgenland || 1935–1938 || Niederdonau & Steiermark<br />(1 October 1938) '''''D''''' || || from May 1935 to 1 October 1938 [[Tobias Portschy]]
|-
|09 || Danzig || 1926–1939 || Danzig-Westpreußen<br />(10 October 1939) || [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Westpreußen]] '''''M''''' || from 11 March 1926 to 20 June 1928 [[Hans Albert Hohnfeldt]], then from 20 August 1928 to 1 March 1929 [[Walter Maass]], then from 1 March 1929 to 30 September 1930 [[Erich Koch]], then from 15 October 1930 to 10 October 1939 [[Albert Forster]]
|-
|10 || Elbe-Havel || 1925–1926 || Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord<br />(1 September 1926) || Anhalt & Magdeburg '''''M''''' || from 25 November 1925 to 1 September 1926 [[Alois Bachschmid]]
|-	
|11 || Göttingen || 1925  || Hannover-Süd<br />(December 1925) '''''RN''''' || || from 27 March 1925 to December 1925 [[Ludolf Haase]] 
|-
|12 ||  Groß-Berlin || 1925–1926 ||Berlin-Brandenburg<br />(26 October 1926) || Potsdam '''''M''''' || from 27 March 1925 to 20 June 1926 [[Ernst Schlange]], then from 20 June 1926 to 26 October 1926 [[Erich Schmiedicke]]
|-
|13 || Groß-München ("Traditionsgau") || 1929–1930 || München-Oberbayern<br />(15 November 1930) || Oberbayern '''''M''''' || from 1 November 1929 to 15 November 1930 [[Adolf Wagner]]
|-
|14 || Hannover-Braunschweig ||1925 || Hannover-Nord<br />(December 1925) '''''RN''''' || || from 22 March 1925 to December 1925 [[Bernhard Rust]] 
|-
|15 || Hannover-Nord ||1925–1928 || Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig &<br /> Weser Ems<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D'''''   || || from December 1925 to 30 September 1928 [[Bernhard Rust]] 
|-
|16 || Hannover-Süd || 1925–1928 || Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig<br />(1 October 1928) || Hannover-Nord '''''M''''' || from December 1925 to 30 September 1928 [[Ludolf Haase]] 
|-
|17 || Harzgau || 1925–1926 || Magdeburg<br />(April 1926) '''''RN''''' || || from August 1925 to April 1926 [[Ludwig Viereck]]
|-
|18 || Hessen-Darmstadt || 1927–1933 || Hessen-Nassau<br />(1 January 1933) || Hessen-Nassau-Süd '''''M''''' || from 1 March 1927 to 9 January 1931 [[Friedrich Ringshausen]], then [[Peter Gemeinder]] to 30 August 1931, then [[Karl Lenz]] to 15 December 1932
|-
|19 || Hessen-Nassau-Nord || 1925–1934 || Kurhessen<br />(1934) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|20 || Hessen-Nassau-Süd || 1925–1932 || Hessen-Nassau<br />(1 January 1933) || Hessen-Darmstadt '''''M''''' || from 1 April 1925 to 22 September 1926 [[Anton Haselmayer]], then from 1 October 1926 to 1 April 1927 [[Karl Linder]], then from 1 April 1927 to 1 January 1933 [[Jakob Sprenger]] with a short replacement by Karl Linder (August 1932 – December 1932)
|-
|21 || Koblenz-Trier || 1931–1941 || Moselland<br />(24 January 1941) ||[[Luxembourg in World War II|Luxembourg]] '''''M''''' || from 1 June 1931 to 24 January 1941 [[Gustav Simon]]
|-
|22 || Köln || 1925 || Rhineland-Süd<br />(27 March 1925) '''''RN''''' || || from 22 February 1925 to 27 March 1925 [[Heinrich Haake]]
|-
|23 || Kurmark || 1933–1939 || Mark Brandenburg<br />(1 January 1939) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|24 || Lüneburg-Stade || 1925–1928 || Ost-Hannover<br />(1 October 1928) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|25 || Magdeburg || 1926 || Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord<br />(1 September 1926) || Anhalt &<br />Elbe-Havel '''''M''''' || from April 1926 to 1 September 1926 [[Ludwig Viereck]]
|-
|26 || Mecklenburg-Lübeck || 1925– 1937 || Mecklenburg<br />(1 April 1937) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|27 || Mittelfranken || 1929–1933 || Franken<br />(21 April 1933) '''''RN''''' ||  || see above table
|-
|28 || Mittelfranken-West || 1928–1929 || Mittelfranken<br />(1 March 1929) || Nürnburg-Fürth-Erlangen '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1 March 1929 [[Wilhelm Grimm (Nazi politician)|Wilhelm Grimm]]
|-
|29 || Niederbayern (I) || 1925–1926 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)<br />(December 1926) || Oberpfalz (I) '''''M''''' || from February 1925 to December 1926 [[Gregor Strasser]]
|-
|30 || Niederbayern (II) || 1928–1932 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II)<br />(1 April 1932) || Oberpfalz (II) '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1 March 1929 [[Gregor Strasser]], then from 1 March 1929 to 1 April 1932 [[Otto Erbersdobler]], then from 1 April 1932 to 17 August 1932 [[Franz Maierhofer]]
|-
|31 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I) || 1926–1928 || Oberpfalz (II) & Niederbayern (II)<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D''''' || || from December 1926 to 1 October 1928 [[Gregor Strasser]]
|-
||32 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) || 1932–1933 || Bayerische Ostmark<br />(19 January 1933) || Oberfranken '''''M''''' || from 17 August 1932 to 13 January 1933 [[Franz Maierhofer]]
|-
|33 || Niederösterreich || 1926–1938 || Niederdonau<br />(21 May 1938) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|34 || Nordbayern || 1925–1928 || Mittelfranken-West,<br />Nürnburg-Fürth, Oberfranken & Unterfranken<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D''''' || ||from 2 April 1925 to 1 October 1928 [[Julius Streicher]]
|-
|35 ||  Nürnburg-Fürth-Erlangen || 1925–1929 || Mittelfranken<br />(1 March 1929) || Mittelfranken-West '''''M''''' || from 2 April 1925 to 1 March 1929 [[Julius Streicher]]
|-
|36 || Oberbayern || 1928–1930 || München-Oberbayern<br />(15 November 1930) || Groß-München '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1 November 1930 [[Fritz Reinhardt]]
|-
|37 || Oberbayern-Schwaben || 1926–1928 || Oberbayern & Schwaben<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D''''' || || from 16 September 1926 to May 1927 [[Hermann Esser]], then from 1 June 1928 to 1 October 1928 [[Fritz Reinhardt]]
|-
|38 || Oberfranken || 1929–1933 || Bayerische Ostmark<br />(19 January 1933) || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) '''''M''''' || from 1 March 1929 to 19 January 1933 [[Hans Schemm]]
|-
|39 || Oberösterreich ||1926–1938 || Oberdonau<br />(22 May 1938) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|40 || Oberpfalz (I) || 1925–1926 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)<br />(December 1926) || Niederbayern (I) '''''M''''' || unknown
|-
|41 || Oberpfalz (II) || 1928–1932 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II)<br />(17 August 1932) || Niederbayern (II) '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1 November 1929 [[Adolf Wagner]], then from 1 November 1929 to June 1930 [[Franz Maierhofer]], then from June 1930 to November 1930 [[Edmund Heines]], then from 15 November 1930 to 17 August 1932 Franz Maierhofer
|-
|42 || Ostmark || 1928–1933 || Kurmark<br />(6 March 1933) || Brandenburg (II) '''''M''''' || from 2 January 1928 to 6 March 1933 [[Wilhelm Kube]]
|-
|43 || Ostsachsen || 1925–1926 || Sachsen<br />( 16 May 1926) || Sachsen '''''M'''''  || from 22 May 1925 to 16 May 1926 [[Anton Goss]]
|-
|44 || Pfalz-Saar || 1935–1936|| Saarpfalz<br />(13 January 1936) '''''RN''''' || || from 1 March 1935 to 13 January 1936 [[Josef Bürckel]] 
|-
|45 || Posen || 1939–1940 || Wartheland<br />(29 January 1940) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
|-
|46 || Potsdam || 1926 || Berlin-Brandenburg<br />(26 October 1926) || Groß-Berlin '''''M''''' || from February to June 1926 [[Walter Klaunig]]
|-
|47 || Rheinland || 1926–1931 || Köln-Aachen & <br />Koblenz-Trier<br />(1 June 1931) '''''D''''' || || from July 1926 to 1 June 1931 [[Robert Ley]]
|-
|48 || Rheinland-Nord || 1925–1926 || Ruhr<br />(7 March 1926) || Westfalen (I) '''''M''''' || from March 1925 to July 1925 [[Axel Ripke]], then from July 1925 to 7 March 1926 [[Karl Kaufmann]]
|-
|49 || Rheinland-Süd || 1925–1926 || Rhineland<br />(July 1926) '''''RN''''' || || 27 March 1925 to 1 June 1925 [[Heinrich Haake]], then from July 1925 to July 1926 [[Robert Ley]]
|-
|50 || Rheinpfalz || 1925–1935 || Pfalz-Saar<br />(1 March 1935) || Saar '''''M''''' || from February 1925 to 13 March 1926 [[Friedrich Wambsganss]], then from February 1926 to 1 March 1935 [[Josef Bürckel]]
|-
| 51 || Rhein-Ruhr || 1926 || Ruhr<br />(July 1926) '''''RN''''' || || from 7 March 1926 to 20 June 1926 [[Karl Kaufmann]]
|-
|52 || Ruhr<br />("Großgau Ruhr") || 1926–1928 || Düsseldorf,<br /> Essen &<br />Westfalen (II)<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D''''' || || from 20 June 1926 to 1 October 1928 [[Karl Kaufmann]]
 |-
|53 || Saar || 1926–1935 || Pfalz-Saar<br />(1 March 1935) || Rheinpfalz '''''M''''' || from 30 May 1926 to 8 December 1926 [[Walter Jung (Gauleiter)|Walter Jung]], then from 8 December 1926 to 21 April 1929 [[Jakob Jung]], then from 21 April 1929 to 30 July 1929 [[Gustav Staebe]] (acting), then from 30 July 1929 to 1 September 1931 [[Adolf Ehrecke]], then from 15 September 1931 to 6 May 1933 [[Karl Brück]], then from 6 May 1933 to 1 March 1935 [[Josef Bürckel]] 
|-
|54 || Saarpfalz || 1936–1940 || Westmark<br />(7 December 1940) || [[Alsace-Lorraine#World War II|Lorraine]] '''''M''''' || from 13 January 1936 to 7 December 1940 [[Josef Bürckel]]
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|55 || Schlesien || 1935–1941 || Niederschlesien &<br /> Oberschlesien<br />(27 January 1941) '''''D''''' || || from 15 March 1925 to 4 December 1934 [[Helmuth Brückner]], then from 12 December 1934 to 9 January 1941 [[Josef Wagner (Gauleiter)|Josef Wagner]]
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|56 || Tirol || 1932–1938 || Tirol-Vorarlberg<br />(22 May 1938) || Vorarlberg '''''M''''' || from 1 November 1932 to July 1934 [[Franz Hofer]], then from 28 July 1934 to 1 February 1935 [[Friedrich Plattner]], then from 15 August 1935 to 11 March 1938 [[Edmund Christoph]]
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|57 || Unterfranken || 1928–1935 || Mainfranken<br />(30 July 1935) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|58 || Vorarlberg || 1932–1938 || Tirol-Vorarlberg<br />(22 May 1938) || Tirol '''''M''''' || from 12 March 1938 to 22 May 1938 [[Anton Plankensteiner]]
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|59 || Westfalen (I) || 1925–1926 || Ruhr<br />(7 March 1926) || Rheinland-Nord '''''M''''' || from 27 March 1925 to 7 March 1926 [[Franz Pfeffer von Salomon]]
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|60 || Westfalen (II) || 1928–1931 || Westfalen-Nord &<br /> Westfalen-Süd<br />(1 January 1931) '''''D''''' || || from 1 October 1928 to 1 January 1931 [[Josef Wagner (Nazi)|Josef Wagner]]
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|61 || Westgau || 1928–1932 || Salzburg,<br />Tirol &<br />Vorarlberg<br />(1 July 1932) '''''D''''' || || from 1 October 1928 to 1931 [[Heinrich Suske]], then from 1931 to 1 July 1932 [[Rudolf Riedel (Gauleiter)|Rudolf Riedel]]

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=== Associated organisations abroad ===
{{See also|NSDAP/AO}}

==== ''Gaue'' in Switzerland ====
The irregular Swiss branch of the Nazi Party also established a number of Party {{lang|de|Gaue}} in that country, most of them named after their regional capitals. These included {{lang|de|Gau [[Canton of Basel|Basel]]-[[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]]}}, {{lang|de|Gau [[Canton of Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]]}}, {{lang|de|Gau [[Canton of Luzern|Luzern]]}}, {{lang|de|Gau [[Canton of Bern|Bern]]}} and {{lang|de|Gau [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]]}}.{{sfn|Wolf|1969|pp=121, 253, 283}}{{sfn|Schom|1998}}{{sfn|Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern|1973|p=150}} The {{lang|de|Gau Ostschweiz}} (East Switzerland) combined the territories of three cantons: [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]], [[Canton of Thurgau|Thurgau]] and [[Canton of Appenzell|Appenzell]].{{sfn|Glaus|1969|p=147}}