Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
< Gauliga Südwest
| Founded | 1933 |
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| Folded | 1945 |
| Replaced by | |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| States and Regions |
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| Gau (from 1934) |
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| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Tschammerpokal |
| Last champions | Gauliga Hessen-Nassau: Kickers Offenbach Gauliga Westmark: KSG Saarbrücken (1943-44) |
The Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse, the Bavarian province of Palatinate, the Saarland and some parts of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1941. From 1941, it also included parts of the occupied French region of Lorraine. Additionally, the league was from then on divided in the Gauligas Hessen-Nassau and Westmark.
Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Hesse Nassau and Saar-Palatinate (later: Westmark) replaced the old states and provinces.