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 ...

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

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 Joseph Bürckel (30 March 1895 – 28 September 1944) was a German Nazi politician and a member of the German parliament (the Reichstag). He was an early member of the Nazi Party and was influential in the rise of the National Socialist movemen ...

, ''Reichskommissar'' and ''Gauleiter''. The "CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen" was in the southern part of

. 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 collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...

'' of

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

. 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 Est ...

. It comprised the subdistricts ("Kreise") of : # Boulay, ("Landkreis Bolchen") ; #

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. T ...

, ("Landkreis Salzburgen") ; #

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") ; #

, ("Landkreis Metz") ; #

, ("Stadtkreis Metz") ; #

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") ; #

Sarreguemines Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' , Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As of the ...

, ("Landkreis Saargemünd") ; #

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 ...

, ("Landkreis Sankt Avold") ; #

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 the ...

, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-Ost") ; #

, ("Landkreis Diedenhofen-West") ;

References

Sources

* ''Territoriale Veränderungen in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 - 1945'' o
territorial.de
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