Gau Cologne-Aachen
Administrative division of Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Gau Cologne-Aachen | |||||||||
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Gau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||
1931–1945 | |||||||||
Capital | Cologne | ||||||||
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• | 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 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany Belgium |
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