Gau Cologne-Aachen

Gau Cologne-Aachen
Gau of Nazi Germany
1931–1945
Flag of Gau Cologne-Aachen
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Cologne-Aachen
Coat of arms

CapitalCologne
Area 
• 
7,100 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population 
• 
2,300,000
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1931–1945
Josef Grohé
History 
• Established
1 June 1931
• Disestablished
8 April 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gau Rhineland
North Rhine-Westphalia
Today part ofGermany
Belgium

The Gau Cologne-Aachen (German: Gau Köln-Aachen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the north-central part of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from 1931 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.