Greater Hamburg Act

Territorial expansion of Hamburg after the Greater Hamburg Act (1937):
     former City of Hamburg
     former City of Bergedorf (to Hamburg since 1868)
     areas previously belonging to Hamburg and remaining to Hamburg
     Incorporated City of Altona
     Incorporated City of Wandsbek
     Incorporated City of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg
     Incorporated rural communities
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The Greater Hamburg Act (German: Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz), in full the Law Regarding Greater Hamburg and Other Territorial Readjustments (German: Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen), was passed by the government of Nazi Germany on 26 January 1937, and mandated the exchange of territories between Hamburg and the Free State of Prussia. It became effective on 1 April 1937[1]

  1. ^ , with the exception of paragraph 2 (unifying Hamburg to a single Gemeinde) which, according to paragraph 15, had to be put into effect separately at a date determined by the minister of the interior no later than 1 April 1938, and with the exception of paragraph 10, which became effective immediately.