Reichsgau Kärnten
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The Reichsgau Carinthia (German: Reichsgau Kärnten) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Carinthia and East Tyrol (both in Austria) and Upper Carniola in Slovenia. It existed from 1938 to 1945.
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Reichsgau Carinthia | |||||||||||||||||
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Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||||
1938–1945 | |||||||||||||||||
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue) | |||||||||||||||||
Capital | Klagenfurt | ||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1939 | 451,028 | ||||||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||||||
Gauleiter | |||||||||||||||||
• 1938–1939 | Hubert Klausner | ||||||||||||||||
• 1939–1941 | Franz Kutschera (acting) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1941–1945 | Friedrich Rainer | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
12 March 1938 | |||||||||||||||||
8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Austria Slovenia |
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It was responsible for the administration of the de facto annexed Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK).[1]