The Civil Administration Area of Lorraine (CdZ=Chef der Zivilverwaltung) () was an administrative division of the
Gau Westmark 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 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, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
, 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. It corresponds exactly to the current ''
département'' of
Moselle. The capital of ''CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen'' was
Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
. It comprised the subdistricts ("Kreise") of :
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Boulay, ("Landkreis Bolchen") ;
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Château-Salins
Château-Salins (; , from 1941 to 1944 ''Salzburgen'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Until 2015, Château-Salins was a Subprefectures ...
, ("Landkreis Salzburgen") ;
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Forbach, ("Landkreis Forbach") ;
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Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
, ("Landkreis Metz") ;
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Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
, ("Stadtkreis Metz") ;
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Sarrebourg, ("Landkreis Saarburg") ;
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Sarreguemines, ("Landkreis Saargemünd") ;
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Saint-Avold, ("Landkreis Sankt Avold") ;
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Thionville
Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionvi ...
, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-Ost") ;
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Thionville
Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionvi ...
, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-West") ;
References
Sources
* ''Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 - 1945'' o
territorial.de
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Military history of Moselle (department)
1940 establishments in Germany
1945 disestablishments in Germany
German occupation of France during World War II
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