Gau Westmark

Summary

Gau Westmark is a Gau^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of gau entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (195 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gau Westmark is located in Weimar Republic^[3].
• Gau Westmark is located in Nazi Germany^[4].
• Gau Westmark is in the country of German Reich^[5].
• Gau Westmark's instance of is recorded as Gau^[6].
• Gau Westmark's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[7].
• Gau Westmark's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity^[8].
• Gau Westmark's instance of is recorded as political territorial entity^[9].
• Gau Westmark's head of state is recorded as Friedrich Wambsganß^[10].
• Gau Westmark's head of state is recorded as Josef Bürckel^[11].
• Gau Westmark's head of state is recorded as Willi Stöhr^[12].
• Gau Westmark's capital is recorded as Neustadt an der Weinstraße^[13].
• Gau Westmark's capital is recorded as Saarbrücken^[14].
• Gau Westmark's official language is recorded as German^[15].
• Gau Westmark's currency is recorded as Reichsmark^[16].
• Gau Westmark's flag image is recorded as Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg^[17].
• Gau Westmark's coat of arms image is recorded as Reichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935–1945).svg^[18].
• Gau Westmark's basic form of government is recorded as dictatorship^[19].
• Gau Westmark's basic form of government is recorded as semi-presidential system^[20].
• Gau Westmark's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen^[21].
• Gau Westmark's follows is recorded as Bavaria^[22].
• Gau Westmark's follows is recorded as Free State of Oldenburg^[23].
• Gau Westmark's follows is recorded as Territory of the Saar Basin^[24].
• Gau Westmark's follows is recorded as French Third Republic^[25].
• Gau Westmark's follows is recorded as Moselle^[26].
• Gau Westmark's followed by is recorded as Provisional Government of the French Republic^[27].

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Founding

+1925-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gau Westmark^[28].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gau Westmark'}^[29], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gau Saarpfalz'}^[30], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gau Pfalz'}^[31]. Predecessors include Bavaria^[22], Free State of Oldenburg^[23], Territory of the Saar Basin^[24], French Third Republic^[25], and Moselle^[26]. Successors include Provisional Government of the French Republic^[27], Moselle^[32], and French occupation zone in Germany^[33]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Westmark'}^[34].

Dissolution

Gau Westmark was dissolved in +1945-05-08T00:00:00Z^[35].

Why It Matters

Gau Westmark ranks in the top 7% of gau entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (195 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]