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Gau Westfalen-Nord
Gau Westphalia-North
Gau of Nazi Germany
1933–1945
Flag of Gau Westfalen-Nord
Flag
Coat of arms of Gau Westfalen-Nord
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue).
CapitalMünster
Government
Gauleiter 
• 1933–1945
Alfred Meyer
History 
12 March 1933
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Free State of Prussia (1933–1935)
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
Free State of Lippe
North Rhine-Westphalia

The Gau Westphalia-North (German: Gau Westfalen-Nord) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany encompassing the Free State of Lippe, Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe and the northern half of the Prussian province of Westphalia between 1933 and 1945. From 1926 to 1933, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party for these areas.

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