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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 medieval March of Austria and its predecessors Bavarian eastern march and March of Pannonia in a post-19th century usage
- 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
- Ostmark (Austria), Austria's name when it was part of Nazi Germany
- Ostmark was a Gau of the Nazi Party, composed of the Prussian province Posen-West Prussia and eastern parts of Brandenburg
Ostmark may refer to the following historical currencies:
- East German mark or Mark of the German Democratic Republic, the East German currency before 1990
- German ostmark, short-lived currency used in eastern areas occupied by Germany in 1918
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