Reichsgau Kärnten
| Reichsgau Carinthia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Reichsgau of Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1945 | |||||||||||||||||
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue) | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Klagenfurt | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1939 | 451,028 | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||||
| Gauleiter | |||||||||||||||||
• 1938–1939 | Hubert Klausner | ||||||||||||||||
• 1939–1941 | Franz Kutschera (acting) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1941–1945 | Friedrich Rainer | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 March 1938 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 May 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||
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The Reichsgau Carinthia (German: Reichsgau Kärnten) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Carinthia and East Tyrol (both in Austria) and Upper Carniola in Slovenia. It existed from 1938 to 1945.
It was responsible for the administration of the de facto annexed Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK).