| Reichsgau Upper Danube | |||||||||||||||
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| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||
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| Capital | Linz | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1939 | 1,032,115 | ||||||||||||||
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• 1938–1945 | August Eigruber | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 March 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria 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.