Civil Administration Area of Lorraine
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The Civil Administration Area of Lorraine (German: CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen), also translated as the Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Lorraine, was an administrative division of Gau Westmark from 1940 to 1945.
History
[edit | edit source]After the outbreak of the Second World War and the defeat of France in 1940, the department of Moselle, renamed CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen, was added to Gau Westmark on 30 November 1940.[1] In Nazi Germany, a CdZ-Gebiet was the name for a new German territory, under civil administration. This territory was under the authority of Josef Bürckel, Reichskommissar and Gauleiter.
CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen was located in the southern part of Gau Westmark. It corresponds exactly to the current department of Moselle in France. The capital of CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen was Metz. It comprised the subdistricts (Kreise) of:
- Boulay, (Landkreis Bolchen);
- Château-Salins, (Landkreis Salzburgen);
- Forbach, (Landkreis Forbach);
- Metz, (Landkreis Metz);
- Metz, (Stadtkreis Metz);
- Sarrebourg, (Landkreis Saarburg);
- Sarreguemines, (Landkreis Saargemünd);
- Saint-Avold, (Landkreis Sankt Avold);
- Thionville, (Landkreis Diedenhofen-Ost);
- Thionville, (Landkreis Diedenhofen-West);
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Jacques Lorraine (Edmond Huntzbuchler): Les Allemands en France. Origines, Bretagne, Zone interdite Est, Bourgogne, Alsace et Lorraine, editions du Désert, Alger-Oran, 1945, p. 121-124.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 - 1945 on territorial.de
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