English Translation

E Copy of Rk. 2032 E Decree of the Führer on the formation of the provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau. From 1 April 1944. In order to adapt the administrative districts in the area of the province of Hesse-Nassou to the Reichsdefense districts, I determine: T § From the province Hesse-Nassau the two provinces Kurhesen and NaSsau are formed. § 2 (1) The province of Kurhessen consists of the administrative district Kassel. (3) The office of the President of the Government in Kassel is attached to the Office of the High President in Kassel. The duties of the General Representative of the Supreme President in the State Administration are performed by the General Representatives of the Upper President under the authority of the "President of the government in Kassel". § 3 (1) The province of Nassau consists of the administrative district of Wiesbaden. (2) The head office of the head office is Wiesbaden. (3) The head president of the province of Nassau uses the authority of the government president in Wiesbaden to carry out his state tasks. The head of the administration is therefore the general representative of the chief president. § 4 The tasks and powers of the Supreme President in the area of the Kassel district remain with the Supreme Chairman in Kassel for the entire scope of the district of the Eichdirektion Kassel. § 5 (l) The Hanau municipal district and the Iandkreise Hanau, Gelnhausen and Schlüchtern are divided into the administrative district of Kassel and the province of Kur- hessen into the government district Wiesbaden and the Province of Nassau. (2) The Iand district Schmalkalden is divided from the administrative area Kassel and Kurhessen to the administrative region Erfurt and the provinces Saxony. § 6 (l) The provincial association Hessen-Nassau is dissolved. His rights, his rights and his obligations are transferred to the district associations Kassel and Wiesbaden with the dissolution. (2)