Editing Nazi Party (section)

=== ''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]]
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|02 || Anhalt-Provinz Sachsen Nord || 1926–1928 || Magdeburg-Anhalt<br />(1 October 1928) '''''RN''''' || ||see above table
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|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]]

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|04 || Bayerische Ostmark || 1933–1942 || Bayreuth<br />(2 June 1942) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|05 || Berlin-Brandenburg || 1926–1928 || Berlin &<br />Brandenburg (II)<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D'''''  || || from 26 October 1926 to 1 October 1928 [[Joseph Goebbels]]
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|06 || Brandenburg (I) || 1925–1926 || Potsdam<br />(February 1926) '''''RN''''' || || from 5 November 1925 to February 1926 [[Walter Klaunig]]
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|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]]
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|08 || Burgenland || 1935–1938 || Niederdonau & Steiermark<br />(1 October 1938) '''''D''''' || || from May 1935 to 1 October 1938 [[Tobias Portschy]]
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|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]]
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|11 || Göttingen || 1925  || Hannover-Süd<br />(December 1925) '''''RN''''' || || from 27 March 1925 to December 1925 [[Ludolf Haase]] 
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|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]]
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|13 || Groß-München ("Traditionsgau") || 1929–1930 || München-Oberbayern<br />(15 November 1930) || Oberbayern '''''M''''' || from 1 November 1929 to 15 November 1930 [[Adolf Wagner]]
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|14 || Hannover-Braunschweig ||1925 || Hannover-Nord<br />(December 1925) '''''RN''''' || || from 22 March 1925 to December 1925 [[Bernhard Rust]] 
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|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]] 
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|16 || Hannover-Süd || 1925–1928 || Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig<br />(1 October 1928) || Hannover-Nord '''''M''''' || from December 1925 to 30 September 1928 [[Ludolf Haase]] 
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|17 || Harzgau || 1925–1926 || Magdeburg<br />(April 1926) '''''RN''''' || || from August 1925 to April 1926 [[Ludwig Viereck]]
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|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
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|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]]
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|23 || Kurmark || 1933–1939 || Mark Brandenburg<br />(1 January 1939) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|24 || Lüneburg-Stade || 1925–1928 || Ost-Hannover<br />(1 October 1928) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|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]]
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|26 || Mecklenburg-Lübeck || 1925– 1937 || Mecklenburg<br />(1 April 1937) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|27 || Mittelfranken || 1929–1933 || Franken<br />(21 April 1933) '''''RN''''' ||  || see above table
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|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]]
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|29 || Niederbayern (I) || 1925–1926 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)<br />(December 1926) || Oberpfalz (I) '''''M''''' || from February 1925 to December 1926 [[Gregor Strasser]]
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|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]]
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|31 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I) || 1926–1928 || Oberpfalz (II) & Niederbayern (II)<br />(1 October 1928) '''''D''''' || || from December 1926 to 1 October 1928 [[Gregor Strasser]]
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||32 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) || 1932–1933 || Bayerische Ostmark<br />(19 January 1933) || Oberfranken '''''M''''' || from 17 August 1932 to 13 January 1933 [[Franz Maierhofer]]
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|33 || Niederösterreich || 1926–1938 || Niederdonau<br />(21 May 1938) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|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]]
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|35 ||  Nürnburg-Fürth-Erlangen || 1925–1929 || Mittelfranken<br />(1 March 1929) || Mittelfranken-West '''''M''''' || from 2 April 1925 to 1 March 1929 [[Julius Streicher]]
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|36 || Oberbayern || 1928–1930 || München-Oberbayern<br />(15 November 1930) || Groß-München '''''M''''' || from 1 October 1928 to 1 November 1930 [[Fritz Reinhardt]]
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|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]]
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|38 || Oberfranken || 1929–1933 || Bayerische Ostmark<br />(19 January 1933) || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (II) '''''M''''' || from 1 March 1929 to 19 January 1933 [[Hans Schemm]]
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|39 || Oberösterreich ||1926–1938 || Oberdonau<br />(22 May 1938) '''''RN''''' || || see above table
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|40 || Oberpfalz (I) || 1925–1926 || Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (I)<br />(December 1926) || Niederbayern (I) '''''M''''' || unknown
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|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]]
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|43 || Ostsachsen || 1925–1926 || Sachsen<br />( 16 May 1926) || Sachsen '''''M'''''  || from 22 May 1925 to 16 May 1926 [[Anton Goss]]
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|44 || Pfalz-Saar || 1935–1936|| Saarpfalz<br />(13 January 1936) '''''RN''''' || || from 1 March 1935 to 13 January 1936 [[Josef Bürckel]] 
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|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]]
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|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]]
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|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]]
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| 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]]
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|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]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|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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