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Ostmark

Official name of Austria as part of Nazi Germany between 1938–1942

Placeadministrative territorial entity ReichsgauQ1457322

Country: Nazi Germany
Located in: Nazi Germany
Founded: 1938

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Ostmark was a name that referred historically to the Margraviate of Austria, a medieval frontier march. It was also used in Nazi propaganda from 1938 to 1942 to refer to the formerly independent Federal State of Austria after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany. From the Anschluss until 1939, the official name used was Land Österreich.

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Replaces: Federal State of Austria
Contains the administrative territorial entity: Reichsgau Oberdonau
Reichsgau Niederdonau
Reichsgau Steiermark
Reichsgau Salzburg
Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg
Reichsgau Kärnten
Reichsgau Wien
Official name: Ostmark(1938–1939)
Alpen- und Donau-Reichsgaue(1942–1945)
Reichsgaue der Ostmark(1940–1942)
Dissolved: 1939
Replaced by: Allied-occupied Austria
Said to be the same as: Austria in Nazi Germany

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48.2083, 16.3725OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Ostmark (Q1457322). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/ostmark-Q1457322