| Gau Westphalia-North | |||||||||||||
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| Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
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.svg) Flag
 Coat of arms
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 Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue) | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Münster | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1931–1945 | Alfred Meyer | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 1 January 1931 | |||||||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||
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The Gau Westphalia-North (German: Gau Westfalen-Nord) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany encompassing the Free State of Lippe, the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe and the northern half of the Prussian province of Westphalia between 1933 and 1945. From 1931 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for these areas.