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Reichsgau Sudetenland

Reichsgau Sudetenland
Gau of Nazi Germany
1939–1945
Flag of Reichsgau Sudetenland
Flag
Coat of arms of Reichsgau Sudetenland
Coat of arms

Map of the Gaue of Germany in 1944. The Reichsgau Sudetenland is in blue.
CapitalReichenberg
Area 
• 1939
22,608.23 km2 (8,729.09 sq mi)
Population 
• 17 May 1939
2,943,187
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1938–1945
Konrad Henlein
History 
30 September 1938
• Reichsgau established
1 May 1939
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First Czechoslovak Republic
Third Czechoslovak Republic
Today part ofCzech Republic

The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the Sudetenland territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. The Reichsgau was headed by the former Sudeten German Party leader, now Nazi Party functionary Konrad Henlein as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter.[1] From October 1938 to May 1939, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area, also under Henlein's leadership. The administrative capital was Reichenberg (Liberec).

  1. ^ .Michael D. Miller and Andreas Schulz. Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925-1945, Vol. 1. R. James Bender Publishing. p. 474. ISBN 1-932970-21-5.

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