Gauliga Pommern
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| Country |
 Nazi Germany
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|---|---|
| Province |
 Pomerania
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| Gau (from 1934) | Gau Pomerania |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Folded | 1945 |
| Replaced by |
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| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Tschammerpokal |
| Last champions |
LSV Pütnitz (1943-44) |
The Gauliga Pommern was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Pomerania (German:Pommern) from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Pomerania replaced the province of Pomerania.
The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. It replaced the Bezirksligas and Oberligas as the highest level of play in German football competitions.
The Gauliga Pommern was established with fourteen clubs, all from the province of Pomerania.
The clubs from the region had, until the introduction of the Gauliga, no highest, province-wide league. The Pomeranian champion (German: Pommern Meister) played in a finals round with the league winners of the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
In its first season, the league had fourteen clubs in two groups of seven, playing each other within their group once at home and once away. The league winners played a home-and-away final and the Pomeranian champion then qualified for the German championship. The bottom team in each group was relegated. The two groups were organised geographically, meaning, there was a western and an eastern group. The league remained unchanged until 1937, when it was reorganised in a single division of ten clubs with the bottom two clubs being relegated. This system was in place for the 1937-38 and the 1938-39 season.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, league football in Pomerania was severely restricted due to the region bordering Poland, then a war zone. Only nine clubs took part in the Gauliga season of 1939-40, which was staged in two groups, one of five and one of four teams. After 1940, the league was mostly dominated by military teams, like LSV Pütnitz, LSV standing for Luftwaffen Sport Verein (Air Force Sports Club).
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