As a reward for Streicher's dedication, when the Nazi Party was again legalized and re-organized in 1925, on 2 April Streicher was appointed "Gauleiter" of "Nordbayern" the Bavarian region that included Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia. He established his capital in his home town of Nuremberg. His jurisdiction would undergo several changes in the coming years. On 1 October 1928, it was significantly reduced to the area around Nuremberg-Fürth. On 1 March 1929, it again expanded, absorbing a neighboring Gau. Now encompassing all of Middle Franconia, it was renamed "Gau Mitttelfranken". Finally, in April 1933, the districts were consolidated and became simply Gau Franken. In the early years of the party’s rise, "Gauleiter" were essentially party functionaries without real power; but in the final years of the Weimar Republic, as the Nazi Party grew, so did their power. "Gauleiters" such as Streicher wielded immense power and authority under the Nazi state.