!!!Reichsstatthalter

Reichsstatthalter: 1) From March 15, 1938 what had until then been 
called the Austrian Federal Government was known as the 
"Oesterreichische Landesregierung", the Federal Chancellor 
(A. Seyss-Inquart) was given the title of 
"Reichsstatthalter". His function ended on May 1, 1939 when 
the "Ostmarkgesetz" ( Anschluss) came into force; J.  
Buerckel was appointed "Reichskommissar fuer die 
Wiedervereinigung Oesterreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich" (Reich 
commissioner for the re-unification of Austria with the German Reich) 
and became his superior.

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2) From May 1, 1939 term used for the head of the national 
administration of a Reichsgau, directly subordinate to the minister 
for the interior. He was at the same time gauleiter of the NSDAP and 
had absolute power in his gau. The Reichsstatthalter were appointed on 
the basis of the "Gesetz ueber den Aufbau der Verwaltung in der 
Ostmark" (Ostmark Administration Act; also called Ostmarkgesetz) 
of April 14, 1939, effective from May 1, 1939.

!Literature
H. Pfeifer, Die Ostmark. Eingliederung und Neugestaltung, 
1941; G. Botz, Die Eingliederung Oesterreichs in das Deutsche Reich. 
Planung und Verwirklichung des politisch-administrativen Anschlusses, 
1972.


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