The Civil Administration Area of Lorraine (CdZ=Chef der Zivilverwaltung) () was an administrative division of the
Gau Westmark
The Gau Westmark (English: ''Western March'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. From 1925 to 1933, it was a regional subdivision of the Nazi Party.
History
The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was established at a part ...
from 1940 to 1945.
History
After the outbreak of the Second World War and the defeat of France in 1940, the ''département'' of Moselle, renamed "CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen", was added to the
Gau Westmark
The Gau Westmark (English: ''Western March'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. From 1925 to 1933, it was a regional subdivision of the Nazi Party.
History
The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was established at a part ...
on 30 November 1940.
[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.] In
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
, 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''.
The "CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen" was in the southern part of
Gau Westmark
The Gau Westmark (English: ''Western March'') was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. From 1925 to 1933, it was a regional subdivision of the Nazi Party.
History
The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was established at a part ...
. It corresponds exactly to the current ''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' of
Moselle. The capital of ''CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen'' was
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
. It comprised the subdistricts ("Kreise") of :
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Boulay Boulay is a surname, and may refer to:
* Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe (1761–1840), French politician and magistrate
* Diana Boulay (born 1946), Canadian artist
* Étienne Boulay (born 1983), Canadian footballer
* F ...
, ("Landkreis Bolchen") ;
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Château-Salins
Château-Salins (; , from 1941–44 ''Salzburgen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Until 2015, Château-Salins was a subprefecture of the Moselle department.
History
The town is relatively recent. ...
, ("Landkreis Salzburgen") ;
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Forbach
Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it co ...
, ("Landkreis Forbach") ;
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Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
, ("Landkreis Metz") ;
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Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
, ("Stadtkreis Metz") ;
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Sarrebourg
Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older la, Pons Saravi) is a commune of northeastern France.
In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains.
Geography
Sarrebourg is ...
, ("Landkreis Saarburg") ;
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Sarreguemines, ("Landkreis Saargemünd") ;
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Saint-Avold
Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz, France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest o ...
, ("Landkreis Sankt Avold") ;
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Thionville
Thionville (; ; german: Diedenhofen ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionville was settled as early as the time of th ...
, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-Ost") ;
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Thionville
Thionville (; ; german: Diedenhofen ) is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionville was settled as early as the time of th ...
, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-West") ;
References
Sources
* ''Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 - 1945'' o
territorial.de
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History of Lorraine
1940 establishments in Germany
1945 disestablishments in Germany