Reichsgau Wien
| Reichsgau Vienna | |||||||||||||
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| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1938–1945 | |||||||||||||
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue) | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Vienna | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1939 | 1,920,390 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||||||
• 1938–1939 | Odilo Globočnik | ||||||||||||
• 1939–1940 | Joseph Bürckel | ||||||||||||
• 1940–1945 | Baldur von Schirach | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 12 March 1938 | |||||||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria | ||||||||||||
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The Reichsgau Vienna (German: Reichsgau Wien) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany based in Vienna, Austria. It existed between 1938 and 1945. Parts of Lower Austria were annexed to establish Greater Vienna, which then became the biggest city of Nazi Germany by area.