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	Ostmark is a German term meaning either Eastern march when applied to territories or Eastern Mark when applied to currencies. Ostmark may refer to the following historical territories: Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.... in historical contexts, so the medieval March of Austria and its predecessors Bavarian eastern march and March of Pannonia in a post-19th century usage during the Anschluss Anschluss The *' , also known as the* ', was the 1938 unification of Austria into Gro?deutschland by Nazi Germany.Austria was merged into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.... period, the term was used 1938-1942 to determine the Austrian region within Nazi Germany the medieval Saxon Eastern March east of the Elbe River the eastern regions of the Prussia acquired in the partitions of Poland, mainly the Province of Posen Province of Posen The Province of Posen was a province of Kingdom of Prussia from 1848-1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918; the whole area is now part of Poland.... ; Ostmark(en) was used for these regions as a collectiv term during the early 20th century, not to be confused with East Prussia East Prussia East Prussia refers to the main part of the Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Sea from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772?1829 and 1878?1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the Germany state of Prussia.... Ostmark may refer to the following historical currencies: East German mark East German mark The East German mark commonly called the eastern mark , in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic .... or Mark of the German Democratic Republic, the East German currency before 1990 German ostmark German ostmark Ostmark is the name given to a currency denominated in mark which was issued by German Empire in 1918 for use in the eastern areas under German control at that time.... , short-lived currency used in eastern areas occupied by Germany in 1918 See also German Eastern Marches Society Army Group Ostmark Army Group Ostmark Army Group Ostmark was a German army group formed very late in World War II.Army Group Ostmark was formed on 2 April 1945 from the remnants of Army Group South ....