Gau Bayreuth

Gau Bayreuth Gau Bayerische Ostmark
Gau of Nazi Germany
1933–1945
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue).
Capital	Bayreuth
Area
• 17 May 1939[1]	29,600 km2 (11,400 sq mi)
Population
• 17 May 1939[1]	2,220,873
Government
Gauleiter
• 1933–1935	Hans Schemm
• 1935–1945	Fritz Wächtler
• 1945	Ludwig Ruckdeschel
History
• Establishment	19 January 1933
• Disestablishment	8 May 1945
Preceded by Succeeded by Bavaria Czechoslovakia Bavaria Czechoslovakia
Today part of	Germany Czech Republic

Gau Bayreuth (until June 1942, Gau Bayerische Ostmark, 'Bavarian Eastern March') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany formed by the 19 January 1933 merger of Gaue in Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Upper Franconia, Bavaria. It was in existence from 1933 to 1945.