After the outbreak of the Second World War and the
defeat of France in 1940, the
department of Moselle, renamed , was added to on 30 November 1940. In
Nazi Germany, a was the name for a new German territory, under civil administration. This territory was under the authority of
Josef Bürckel, and . was located in the southern part of . It corresponds exactly to the current
department of Moselle in France. The capital of was
Metz. It comprised the subdistricts () of: •
Boulay, (); •
Château-Salins, (); •
Forbach, (); •
Metz, (); • Metz, (); •
Sarrebourg, (); •
Sarreguemines, (); •
Saint-Avold, (); •
Thionville, (); • Thionville, (); ==References==