Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt

Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
Gau of Nazi Germany
1926–1945
Flag of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
Coat of arms

CapitalDessau
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1926–1927
Gustav Hermann Schmischke
• 1927–1935
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper
• 1935–1937
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (acting)
• 1937–1945
Rudolf Jordan
History 
1 September 1926
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Free State of Anhalt
Province of Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt (1945-1952)
Today part ofGermany

The Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Formed in 1926 as Gau Anhalt-North Saxony Province by the merger of three smaller Gaue (Anhalt, Elbe-Havel and Magdeburg) it comprised the German state of Anhalt and part of the Prussian province of Saxony. It was renamed Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt on 1 October 1928. From 1926 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.