A Gausturm (plural Gaustürme) was an organizational unit of the
SA in Nazi Germany.
They were the biggest unit until 1928. They were created by
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (19 February 1888 – 12 April 1968) during the Nazi regime known as Franz von Pfeffer, was the first Supreme Leader of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) after its re-establishment in 1925. Pfeffer resigned from his SA command ...
, and there were originally 19 of them. Their boundaries purposefully were built around regions of Germany rather than state boundaries, party districts, electoral districts, or military recruiting districts.
References
Sturmabteilung
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