Joachim Meyer-Quade (22 November 1897 – 10 September 1939) was a German Nazi Party (NSDAP) official and Sturmabteilung (SA) Obergruppenführer.

[1] Returning to Germany, Meyer-Quade worked again as an agricultural apprentice and then as an estate manager in North Schleswig.

In March, he was named Bezirksleiter (District Leader) of Northeast Schleswig-Holstein, an area comprising three Kreise.

From 15 July to December 1932 he briefly served as Gauleiter of Gau Schleswig-Holstein, when Lohse was temporarily promoted to the new position of Landesinspekteur, overseeing several Gaue.

From 5 May 1933 he served as the Landrat (District Administrator) of the Schleswig Kreis, leaving in December 1933 at his own request.

In November 1933, 18 months after leaving the Reichstag, Meyer-Quade was again elected to the national parliament, this time remaining a member until his death.

On the evening of 9 November 1938 he ordered the launching of the Kristallnacht pogrom in Kiel, during which the Jewish synagogue was burned and 15 shops owned by Jews were destroyed along with several homes.

[5] At the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939, Meyer-Quade reentered military service as a volunteer officer of reserves with the rank of Leutnant.

He was eulogized in the Völkischer Beobachter by the SA Stabschef (Chief of Staff) Viktor Lutze who wrote: “Now he marches to immortality under the standard of Horst Wessel.” Piątek was renamed Quadenstädt in his honor.