District court Augsburg

Parts of the Augsburg District Court are located in the Palace of Justice.

The Augsburg District Court is one of 73 district courts in Bavaria and is a court of ordinary jurisdiction . The court rooms are located both in the Palace of Justice and in buildings on Fugger- and Gögginger Straße. The Schwabmünchen district court branch was closed on January 31, 2017.

history

On the occasion of the introduction of the Courts Constitution Act on October 1, 1879, the Augsburg District Court was established and its district was made up

• the previous municipal court district of Augsburg , consisting of the city of Augsburg,
• the previous regional court district of Augsburg, consisting of the localities Achsheim , Anhausen , Aystetten , Batzenhofen , Bergheim , Deuringen , Diedorf , Döpshofen , Edenbergen , Gablingen , Gersthofen , Gessertshausen , Göggingen , Hainhofen , Hammel , Haunstetten , Hirblingen , Inningen , Kriegshaber (since 1916 district from Augsburg), Langweid am Lech , Leitershofen , Lützelburg , Margertshausen , Neusäß , Oberhausen (since 1911 part of Augsburg), Ottmarshausen , Pfersee (since 1911 part of Augsburg), Reinhartshausen , Rettenbergen , Schlipsheim , Stadtbergen , Steppach , Stettenhofen , Täfertingen , Waldberg and Westheim
• and the communities Biburg , Deubach , Willishausen and Wollishausen from the previous district of Zusmarshausen

was formed.

With the incorporation of Meringerau on July 1, 1910 and of Hochzoll and Lechhausen on January 1, 1913 into the city of Augsburg, the Augsburg judicial district also expanded.

When the district court of Zusmarshausen was downgraded to a branch of the Augsburg district court during the Second World War , the communities of Adelsried , Agawang , Altenmünster , Anried , Aretsried , Auerbach , Baiershofen , Bonstetten , Breitenbronn , Buch , Dinkelscherben , Eppishofen , Ettelried , Fischach , Fleinhausen , Gabelbach came into being , Gabelbachergreut , Grünenbaindt , Häder , Hennhofen , Horgau , Horgauergreut , Kutzenhausen , Lindach , Neumünster , Oberschöneberg , Riding Book , Reutern , Ried , Rommelsried , Schönebach , Steinekirch , Streitheim , Unterschöneberg , Ustersbach , Uttenhofen , Vallried , Welden , Willmatshofen , Wollbach , Wollmetshofen , Wörleschwang and Zusmarshausen were added. After the establishment of the Zusmarshausen branch was confirmed in 1956, it was closed again on July 1, 1959.

Currently (2018) the district of the Augsburg District Court includes the area of ​​the city of Augsburg and the district of Augsburg.

In 2010, a business audit by the Higher Regional Court revealed considerable grievances: "Significant backlogs in the criminal justice department" and "deficiencies in the organization of the business process", as the Bavarian Ministry of Justice announced at the beginning of 2011.

See also

• List of German courts
• List of courts in the Free State of Bavaria

Web links

• Information on the Augsburg District Court
• Overview of the case law of the Augsburg District Court

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schwabmünchen District Court . In: Wikipedia . July 8, 2018 ( bayern.de [accessed March 25, 2019]).
2. ↑ Royal Highest Ordinance of April 2, 1879, concerning the determination of the court seats and the formation of the court districts ( GVBl. P. 387 f. )
3. ↑ Regional Court of Augsburg. In: Royal. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1877, col. 1381-1386.
4. ↑ Announcement of June 21, 1910, union of the municipalities of Meringerau, Oberhausen and Pfersee with the municipality of Augsburg regarding ( GVBl. P. 297 )
5. ↑ Announcement of December 16, 1912, concerning the incorporation of Lechhausen and Hochzoll to Augsburg ( GVBl. P. 1270 )
6. ↑ 8. The Higher Regional Court, Regional Court and District Court districts of Bavaria . In: Bayerisches Statistisches Landesamt (publisher): Official place directory for Bavaria, edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Munich 1952, p. 111 * -120 *.
7. ↑ Ordinance on the establishment of local court branches of November 30, 1956 (GVBl. P. 294)
8. ^ Ordinance on the district court branches of June 9, 1959 (GVBl. P. 178)
9. ^ Judicial district on the homepage of AG Augsburg , accessed on October 26, 2018
10. ↑ Legal Tribune Online from January 16, 2011: "Ministry of Justice Bavaria: Abuses at the Augsburg District Court"
11. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine of January 14, 2011: “Chaostage am Augsburger Amtsgericht”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 8.5 "  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 32.4"  E