English name German name Headquarters Established Notes Carinthia Kärnten Klagenfurt 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Carinthia and Eastern Tyrol, included from 1941 was Upper Carniola (German: Oberkrain), Slovenia Lower Danube Niederdonau Krems *However, in 1943 Hitler toured the Gau and assured Gauleiter Hugo Jury that the capital would be Brünn (Brno) in the near future.[4] 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Niederösterreich and northern Burgenland; included from 1939 were parts of southern Moravia Upper Danube Oberdonau Linz 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Oberösterreich and Ausseerland, a part of Styria; included from 1939 were parts of southern Bohemia Salzburg Salzburg Salzburg 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Salzburg Sudetenland Sudetenland Reichenberg 1938 Formed from the predominantly German speaking parts of Czechoslovakia which were ceded to Germany after the Munich Agreement Styria Steiermark Graz 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Styria and southern part of Burgenland; included from 1941 was Lower Styria, Slovenia. Tyrol-Vorarlberg Tirol-Vorarlberg Innsbruck 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg and the northern part of Tyrol Vienna Wien Vienna 1938 Formed from the former Austrian federal state of Vienna and surrounding parts of former Niederösterreich