Reichsgau Oberdonau

Reichsgau Upper Danube
Reichsgau of Nazi Germany
1938–1945
Flag of Reichsgau Upper Danube
Flag
Coat of arms of Reichsgau Upper Danube
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue)
CapitalLinz
Population 
• 1939
1,032,115
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1938–1945
August Eigruber
History 
• Anschluss
12 March 1938
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Upper Austria
Styria
Czechoslovakia
Upper Austria
Czechoslovakia
Today part ofAustria
Czech Republic

The Reichsgau Upper Danube (German: Reichsgau Oberdonau) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany, created after the Anschluss (annexation of Austria) in 1938 and dissolved in 1945. It consisted of what is today Upper Austria, parts of Southern Bohemia, and a small part of the Salzkammergut which was annexed from Styria.

The Gau had the honorary title of "Home Gau of the Führer" (German: Heimatgau des Führers),[1] since Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn and spent much of his early life in Linz. His home Berghof was located in neighboring Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria.


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