Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg Zivill Administratiouns Gebitt vu Lëtzebuerg Zivilverwaltung von Luxemburg Administration civile du Luxembourg | |||||||||
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1940–1942 | |||||||||
Status | Civil administration under German occupation | ||||||||
Capital | Luxembourg City | ||||||||
Common languages | German (official language from 6 August 1940 onwards) Luxembourgish French (banned from 6 August 1940 onwards) | ||||||||
Government | Civil administration | ||||||||
Chief of the Civil Administration | |||||||||
• 1940–1942 | Gustav Simon | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Established | 29 July 1940 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 30 August 1942 | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1940 | 290,000 | ||||||||
Currency | Reichsmark (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) | ||||||||
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Today part of | Luxembourg |
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.