Civil Administration Area of Lorraine

The Civil Administration Area of Lorraine (CdZ=Chef der Zivilverwaltung) (English: Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Lorraine) was an administrative division of the Gau Westmark from 1940 to 1945.

History[edit]

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.^[1] In Nazi Germany, 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. It comprised the subdistricts ("Kreise") of :

Boulay, ("Landkreis Bolchen") ;
Château-Salins, ("Landkreis Salzburgen") ;
Forbach, ("Landkreis Forbach") ;
Metz, ("Landkreis Metz") ;
Metz, ("Stadtkreis Metz") ;
Sarrebourg, ("Landkreis Saarburg") ;
Sarreguemines, ("Landkreis Saargemünd") ;
Saint-Avold, ("Landkreis Sankt Avold") ;
Thionville, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-Ost") ;
Thionville, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-West") ;

References[edit]

^ 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.

Sources[edit]

Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 - 1945 on territorial.de

49°02′N 6°39′E / 49.033°N 6.650°E / 49.033; 6.650

[1] 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.

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