Gau Essen

Gau Essen
Gau of Nazi Germany
1928–1945
Flag of Gau Essen
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Essen
Coat of arms

Gau Essen on the left, bordering The Netherlands
CapitalEssen
Area 
• 
1,900 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population 
• 
2,800,000
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1928–1945
Josef Terboven
History 
• Established
1 August 1928
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Rhine Province
North Rhine-Westphalia
Today part ofGermany

The Gau Essen was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the northern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province. Before that, from 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.