{{Italic title|reason=Non-English word}} [[File:ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1940 6. Auflage Politische Leiter Uniformen Tafel 08 Dienstmantel Haupt-Gemeinschaftsleiter Kreisleitung fuer grossen Dienstanzug Abscnittsleiter Gauleitung Nazi Party No copyright Brighter dark scan.jpg|thumb|Dress coat of an ''Abschnittsleiter'', 1940 (right)]] [[File:NSDAP-Abschnittsleiter.svg|thumb|Gorget patch of an ''Abschnittsleiter'']] {{No footnotes|date=March 2023}} '''''Abschnittsleiter''''', German for "Section Leader," was also a [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi Party political rank]] of [[Nazi Germany]] which existed between 1939 and 1945. Divided into three levels (''Abschnittsleiter'', ''Oberabschnittsleiter'', and ''Hauptabschnittsleiter'') the rank replaced the older rank of ''[[Ortsgruppenleiter]]'' and was further used as a middle level administrative rank on the Kreis (County), ''Gau'' (Region), and ''Reich'' (National) Party Levels.
==Sources== * Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing
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