Civil Administration of Luxembourg

Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg
Zivill Administratiouns Gebitt vu Lëtzebuerg
Zivilverwaltung von Luxemburg
Administration civile du Luxembourg
1940–1942
Flag of Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg
Flag
Coat of arms of Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg
Coat of arms
Location of Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg
StatusCivil administration under German occupation
CapitalLuxembourg City
Common languagesGerman
(official language from 6 August 1940 onwards)
Luxembourgish
French
(banned from 6 August 1940 onwards)
GovernmentCivil administration
Chief of the Civil Administration 
• 1940–1942
Gustav Simon
Historical eraWorld War II
• Established
29 July 1940
• Disestablished
30 August 1942
Population
• 1940
290,000
CurrencyReichsmark
(declared legal currency on 26 August 1940 and declared the only legal currency on 20 January 1941)
Luxembourgish franc
(no longer legal currency on 20 January 1941 and after)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Military Administration of Luxembourg
Gau Moselland
Today part ofLuxembourg

The Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg was a German civil administration in German-occupied Luxembourg that existed from 29 July 1940 to 30 August 1942, when Luxembourg was annexed into Gau Moselland.


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