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The Greater Hamburg Act (
Free State of Prussia. It became effective on 1 April 1937[1]
Greater Hamburg
Hamburg lost most of its
Schleswig-Holstein, while Harburg-Wilhelmsburg had been a part of the Prussian province of Hanover
. This represented the formal merger of what had previously been referred to as the "Four-City Region".
Lübeck
Besides the regulations for Hamburg, the law incorporated most of the
Schleswig-Holstein, though some smaller villages were included in the State of Mecklenburg. This constituted a victory for the Gauleiter (regional party leader) of Schleswig-Holstein, who had competed with the neighbouring Gauleiter of Mecklenburg
for control of the city ever since 1933.
Until the Greater Hamburg Act, Lübeck had been a separate member state of the Reich. Two reasons for ending this status are cited: Adolf Hitler had a distaste for Lübeck ever since the city council prohibited him to campaign there in 1932,[2] and Lübeck formed part of the compensation given to Prussia for its losses to Hamburg (besides Lübeck, Prussia also gained Hamburg's territories of Geesthacht, which was also incorporated into the province of Schleswig-Holstein, and Ritzebüttel (including Cuxhaven), which went to the Province of Hanover).
See also
Notes and references
- ^ , with the exception of paragraph 2 (unifying Hamburg to a single Gemeinde) which, according to paragraph 15, had to be put into effect separately at a date determined by the minister of the interior no later than 1 April 1938, and with the exception of paragraph 10, which became effective immediately.
- ^ Heffer, Simon (2 June 2009). "Lübeck: The town that said no to Hitler". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
Further reading
- Dr William Boehart: "Das Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz — Ein Rückblick 70 Jahre danach". In Lichtwark-Heft Nr. 71, November 2006. Verlag HB-Werbung, Bergedorf. ISSN 1862-3549.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greater Hamburg Act.
- Text of the law (in German)
- German website on history of Lübeck