Gau is a German term (its perfect parallel in Dutch is gouw) for a region within a country, often a (former or actual) province. It can be seen as roughly corresponding to the English term shire or county. This article is about political regions. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For information on the fictional Shire of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, see Shire (Middle-earth) A shire is an administrative area of Great Britain. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ...

Origin

Historically, Gau (plural Gaue) was an old Frankish term for the politico-geographical division of a nation. The word is the German equivalent?form of the Latin pagus, and thus has the same origin as the French word pays. The closest English parallel would be shire. Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... For information on the fictional Shire of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, see Shire (Middle-earth) A shire is an administrative area of Great Britain. ...

It formed the unit of administration in the Carolingian political organization in the ninth to tenth centuries, many of which became organized and known as Grafschaft, the territory of a count (first an appointed governor, soon a feudal -hereditary- vassal prince). The Carolingians (also known as the Carlovingians) were a dynasty of rulers that eventually controlled the Frankish realm and its successors from the 8th to the 10th century, officially taking over the kingdoms from the Merovingian dynasty in 751. ... A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ...

Nazi Period

The term was later appropriated by the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party), to describe Nazi Party administrative regions, each headed by a Gauleiter. They were created after the re-establishment of the Party in 1925 by a statute dated 22nd May 1926 in furtherance of its aim to expand beyond Bavaria. In 1938 there were 32 Gaue or Reichsgaue "Imperial Shires" and by 1943 these had increased to 43, including the Auslandsorganisation (OA) which comprised Party members living outside the frontiers of 'Greater Germany' and which had the status of a Gau. The increase was due to the Anschluss with Austria, and the inclusion of those parts of Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia into 'Greater Germany". These were, however, much larger than the historical Gaue. It should be noted that Gaue were Party admistrative regions only, the Reich nominally remained administratively divided into Länder. It was only in the annexed territories, that Reichsgaue were used as regions of civil administration. Due to its connection with the Nazis the term, sometimes has a negative connotation. The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... A Gauleiter was a leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau. ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... A Reichsgau was a province within the Greater Germany of 1938 to 1945 (from the start of territorial annexation to the fall of the Third Reich). ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...   Reich? (), is the German word for realm or empire, cognate with Scandinavian rike, Scots rik, and Dutch rijk. ... Bundesland (plural Bundesländer), also known as Land (plural Länder) is the German language name for the federal states of Austria and Germany. ... A Reichsgau was a province within the Greater Germany of 1938 to 1945 (from the start of territorial annexation to the fall of the Third Reich). ... Look up Nazi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Gau was at first an administrative entity within the Nazi party, but after 1933 the Gauleiters took over the regional administration as well, making them the most powerful men in their district, though officially the state governments (Länder) continued to exist even after the Gleichschaltung. 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The German word Gleichschaltung   listen? (literally synchronising, synchronization) is used in a political sense to describe the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control over the individual, and tight coordination over all aspects of society and commerce. ...

The Gaue, as they existed in 1939, were: 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• Upper Bavaria
• Bavarian Eastern March, after 1942 called Bayreuth, comprising the Bavarian districts Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia
• Franconia
• Main Franconia
• Swabia
• Saar-Palatinate, after 1942 called Westmark, comprising the Bavarian district Palatinate and the Prussian Saar territory
• Thuringia, comprising the state of Thuringia and adjacent Prussian territories
• Saxony
• Württemberg-Hohenzollern, comprising the state of Württemberg and the Prussian district Hohenzollern
• Baden
• Mecklenburg, comprising the states Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Hamburg

in the state of Prussia

• Berlin
• Kurmark
• Silesia
• Pommerania
• East Prussia
• Schleswig-Holstein

in the Prussian Province of Saxony:

• Magdeburg-Anhalt, also including the state of Anhalt
• Halle-Merseburg

in the Prussian province of Hanover

• Southern Hanover-Brunswick, also including the state of Brunswick
• Eastern Hanover
• Weser-Ems, also including the states of Oldenburg and Bremen

in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau:

• Hessen Nassau, also including the state of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Kur-Hesse

in the Prussian province of Westphalia:

• Westphalia-South
• Westphalia-North, also including the state of Lippe.

in the Prussian Rhine Province:

• Essen
• Düsseldorf
• Cologne-Aachen
• Koblenz-Trier, after 1942 called Moselland

There also was an overseas Gau, centred in Berlin. Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city Munich. ... Mark or march (or various plural forms of these words) are derived from the Frankish word marka (boundary) and refer to an area along a border, e. ... This article is about the year. ... Lower Bavaria (German Niederbayern) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions), Germany (32 regions). ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south-west of Bavaria. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... Saarland is one of the 16 states of Germany. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... Aerial view of the castle, Hohenzollern, Germany. ... Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany. ... Mecklenburg is a geographical area located in Northern Germany. ... Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Duchy (from 1815 a Grand Duchy) in northeastern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. ... Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany, roughly consisting of the present day district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (the historical Stargarder Land), bordering areas of modern-day Brandenburg with the town of Fürstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein. ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and...   Berlin[?], IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Silesia (-Latin, Polish ÅšlÄ…sk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... The Province of Saxony (German Provinz Sachsen) was a Prussian province between the Napoleonic Wars of 1815 and 1947. ... Anhalt is a historical region of Germany, which is now included in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. ... -1... Brunswick-Lüneburg was an historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Oldenburg is a historical state in todays Germany named for its capital, Oldenburg. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is one of Germanys 16 states (Bundesländer). ... The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (German Hessen-Nassau) was created in 1868 as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria... The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt came into existence in 1568, as the portion of George, youngest of the four sons of Landgrave Philipp of Hesse. ... Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ... This article is about the district Lippe. ... The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ...   Berlin[?], IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ...

The Reichsgaue were formed in the territories annexed to Germany after 1938 and officially combined the spheres of state and party administration. The Gauleiters in occupied territories took orders directly from Adolf Hitler and the Gau adminsitrations operated as virtual dictatorships.   Adolf Hitler[?] (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ...

In Austria there were seven Reichsgaue, roughly identitical to the former states of Austria: Vienna, Lower Danube, Upper Danube, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ... Styria (die Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south east of Austria. ... Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian Koroška) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south of Austria. ... Robotech anime series, please see Tirol (planet). ...

After the Sudeten German territories had been annexed, the southern parts were incorporated into the bordering Austrian Reichsgaue, while the western and northern parts were turned into the Reichsgau Sudetenland. Sudetenland (-German; Czech: Sudety) was the name used from 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci) in the various places of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia. ... Sudetenland (-German; Czech: Sudety) was the name used from 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci) in the various places of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia. ...

After the attack on Poland, Germany annexed the provinces lost after World War I and founded the Reichsgaue Danzig-Westpreussen and Wartheland, roughly identical to the former Prussian provinces West Prussia and Posen, respectively. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... The Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (Danzig-Westpreussen) was a German administrative unit created in 1939 from Freie Stadt Danzig and Polish Pomerania. ... Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen) was the name given by Nazis to the territory of Greater Poland which was occupied, annexed and directly incorporated into the German Reich after defeating the Polish army in 1939 (as opposed to the General Government, GG). ... One of four districts of East Prussia in 1920 - 1938. ... The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen, Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of Prussia ( 1846- 1918). ...

After the attack on France, the territories annexed by Germany were incorporated into the adjacent Gaue:

• Alsace into the Gau Baden
• Lorraine into the Gau Saar-Palatinate
• Luxemburg into the Gau Koblenz-Trier
• Eupen and Malmedy into the Gau Köln-Aachen

Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany. ... Lorraine coat of arms Lorraine (French: Lorraine; German: Lothringen) is a historical area in present-day northeast France. ... Luxembourg - a small country in west Europe Luxembourg (city) - the capital city of the country Luxembourg (district) - a district in the country Luxembourg, province of Belgium Luxemburg, Iowa - a city in the USA Luxemburg, Wisconsin - a village in the USA Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France Luxemburg Township, Minnesota - a township in... Eupen (French: Néau) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège, 10 miles from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the nature reservation Hohes Venn (Ardennes). ... Malmedy Cathedral build in 1777 Malmedy is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. ...

List of the Gaue with their Headquarters

• Baden - Karlsruhe (included annexed Alsace)
• Bayreuth - Bayreuth (until 1943 called Bayrische Ostmark)
• Berlin - Berlin
• Cologne-Aachen - Cologne
• Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
• East Hanover - Lüneburg
• East Prussia - Königsberg (included annexed parts of Poland and White Russia)
• Essen - Essen
• Franconia - Nuremberg
• Halle-Merseburg - Halle
• Hamburg - Hamburg
• Hesse-Kassel - Kassel
• Hesse-Nassau - Frankfurt (Main)
• Lower Silesia - Breslau
• Magdeburg-Anhalt - Dessau
• Main-Franconia - Würzburg
• Mark Brandenburg - Berlin
• Mecklenburg - Schwerin
• Moselland - Koblenz (included annexed Luxembourg, until 1942 called Koblenz-Trier)
• Pomerania - Stettin
• Saxony - Dresden
• Schleswig-Holstein - Kiel
• South Hanover-Brunswick - Hanover
• Swabia - Augsburg
• Thuringia - Weimar
• Upper Bavaria - Munich
• Upper Silesia - Kattowitz
• Weser-Ems - Oldenburg
• Westmark - Neustadt an der Weinstraße (included annexed Lorraine, until 1942 call Saarpfalz)
• Westphalia North - Münster
• Westphalia South - Dortmund
• Württemberg-Hohenzollern - Stuttgart

• Overseas - Berlin

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Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... East Hanover is the name of the following places in the United States of America: East Hanover, New Jersey East Hanover Township, New Jersey East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Map of Germany showing Lüneburg Coat of arms Lüneburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 50km southeast of Hamburg. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius) is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania with access to the Baltic Sea. ... The banner of White Ruthenia White Russia is a name that was historically applied to different regions in Eastern Europe, most often to the region that roughly corresponds to the present-day Belarus. ... [Essen], german for Meal [essen], german for eat Essen is the name of the following places: Essen, Germany, one of the major cities of the Ruhr area Essen, Belgium Essen, Netherlands, a village in the province of Groningen German: to eat, eating, food This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... [Essen], german for Meal [essen], german for eat Essen is the name of the following places: Essen, Germany, one of the major cities of the Ruhr area Essen, Belgium Essen, Netherlands, a village in the province of Groningen German: to eat, eating, food This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... The Franconian Rake is the symbol and unofficial coat of arms of Franconia, also appearing in emblems of many Franconian cities Franconia (German: Franken), a historic region in Germany, now forms three administrative districts of the state of Bavaria: Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). ... Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... Map of Germany showing Halle Halle (also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest town in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip of Hesse and his eldest son Wilhelm IV inherited the northern portion and established his capital in Kassel. ... Map of Germany showing Kassel Watershed of the river Weser Kassel [ˈkaslÌ©] (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River, one of the two sources of the Weser river, in northern Hesse in west-central Germany. ... The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (German Hessen-Nassau) was created in 1868 as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish: Dolny ÅšlÄ…sk, Latin: Silesia Inferior, German: Niederschlesien) is the north-western part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Odra River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnoÅ›lÄ…skie) with... Wrocław. ... Map of Germany showing Dessau Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. ... 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Motto: none Voivodship West Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Szczecina Mayor Marian Jurczyk Area 301,3 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 413 600 1372/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1243 Latitude Longitude 14°34E 53°26N Area code +48 91 Car plates ZS Twin towns Berlin-Kreuzberg... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Brühls Terrace Brühlsche Terrasse and the Frauenkirche   Dresden[?] IPA: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Statistics State: Schleswig-Holstein District: Independent city Area: 113. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is both a historic and linguistic region in Germany. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... 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List of the Gaue created in Austria after the Anschluss

• Carinthia - Klagenfurt (included East Tyrol and annexed parts of Yugoslavia)
• Lower Danube - Vienna (included Lower Austria, northern Burgenland and southern Moravia, but excluded border towns which were incorporated into Vienna)
• Salzburg - Salzburg
• Styria - Graz (included annexed parts of Yugoslavia (Lower Styria))
• Tyrol-Vorarlberg - Innsbruck (included North Tyrol and Vorarlberg)
• Upper Danube - Linz (included Upper Austria and southern Bohemia)
• Vienna - Vienna (included some border municipalities of Lower Austria)

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List of the Gaue created in the annexed areas of Czechoslovakia and Poland

• Danzig-West Prussia - Danzig
• Sudetenland - Reichenberg
• Wartheland - Posen

The Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (Danzig-Westpreussen) was a German administrative unit created in 1939 from Freie Stadt Danzig and Polish Pomerania. ... Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta GdaÅ„ska Mayor PaweÅ‚ Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 460 524 (2004) Ranked 6th 1 100 000 1761/km² Founded City rights 997 1263 Latitude Longitude 54°40N 18°60E... Sudetenland (-German; Czech: Sudety) was the name used from 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: SudetÅ¡tí NÄ›mci) in the various places of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia. ... Liberec - the town hall Liberec (German: Reichenberg) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Liberec Region of Bohemia. ... Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen) was the name given by Nazis to the territory of Greater Poland which was occupied, annexed and directly incorporated into the German Reich after defeating the Polish army in 1939 (as opposed to the General Government, GG). ... Posen (Polish: Poznań): is the German name of the city of Poznań, Poland. ...

Proposed Gaue in Belgium

After the German invasion in 1940, Belgium was placed under "temporary" military rule until July 1944 when civil rule was imposed, a step towards the complete integration into "Greater Germany". In December 1944 Belgium was divided into the District of Brussels, covering the city, which remained under the direct authority of the German Reichskommissar and two Reichsgaue. Except for the period between December 1944 and January 1945, when parts of Belgium were re-occupied during the Battle of the Bulge these Reichsgaue existed on paper only. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Reichskommissar (Commissionary of the Empire) was an official title of authorized representative of the Deutsches Reich (after 1871) who was appointed to a special task, e. ... A Reichsgau was a province within the Greater Germany of 1938 to 1945 (from the start of territorial annexation to the fall of the Third Reich). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ardennes Offensive, also known as Second Battle of the Ardennes and popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge, started in late December 1944 and was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II. The German army had intended to split the Allied line...

• Flanders - Antwerp (included the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, East Flanders, West Flanders, the arrondissement of Brussels (except the city of Brussels) and the arrondissement of Leuven in the province of Brabant).
• Wallonia - Liège (included the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur and the arrondissement of Nivelles in the province of Brabant).

Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), (flamand, flamand), German: Flandern, (flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a constituent community of the federal Belgian state through its social and political organisations, and through the institutions of the Flemish Community (with its own Flemish government and Flemish... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ... This article is about political regions. ... Antwerp is the northernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and is located west of the Meuse river. ... East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries: // France Municipal arrondissement Main article: Municipal arrondissement in France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries: // France Municipal arrondissement Main article: Municipal arrondissement in France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements. ... Leuven Town Hall in 2004 Leuven is the capital town of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. ... This article is about political regions. ... Brabant is a former duchy in the Low Countries. ... National motto: Walon todi ! (Walloon forever!) Official languages French, German Capital Namur Minister-President Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe Area  - Total 16,844 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 3,358,560 inhabitants 199. ... Liège (Dutch: Luik, German: Lüttich; before 1946, the citys name was written Liége, with the acute accent) is a major city located in the Belgian province of Liège, of which it is the capital. ... Province is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries. ... Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen; Ger. ... Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries: // France Municipal arrondissement Main article: Municipal arrondissement in France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements. ... Nivelles is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. ... This article is about political regions. ... Brabant is a former duchy in the Low Countries. ...

Legacy in Topography

The term Gau (sometimes Gäu; gouw in Dutch) has survived as (second, more generic) component of the names of certain regions -some named after a river- in Germany, Austria, Alsace, Switzerland and Belgium, e.g. in Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ...

• Aargau
• Allgäu
• Breisgau
• Buchsgau
• Chiemgau
• Elsgau
• Flachgau
• Haspengouw
• Hegau
• Hennegau/ (dutch) Henegouwen (french: Hainaut)
• Kraichgau
• Linzgau
• Lungau
• Pinzgau
• Pongau
• Rheingau
• Prättigau
• Tennengau
• Thurgau
• Sisgau
• Sundgau
• Wasgau