Gau Swabia | |||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||
1928–1945 | |||||||||
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue). | |||||||||
Capital | Augsburg | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 17 May 1939[1] | 934,311 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||
• 1928–1945 | Karl Wahl | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
1 October 1928 | |||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
Gau Swabia (German: Gau Schwaben), formed on 1 October 1928, was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Swabia, Bavaria, from 1933 to 1945. From 1928 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area.