Vest (judicial district)

In the Middle Ages, the term vest denoted a court ( Gogericht ) with the associated judicial district. From its origin, the word vest or firmly means something like “lawful” or “legal”.

Examples of vests are

• Vest Bornefeld
• Vest Gummersbach
• Vest Limburg
• Vest Lüdenscheid
• Vest Lützinghausen
• Vest Recklinghausen

Of these, only the latter has survived in linguistic usage, although it was replaced in 1816 by the geographically somewhat differently demarcated district of Recklinghausen .