District Court Hof (Saale)

The District Court of Hof is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of 73 district courts in Bavaria . It is housed in two buildings, the main building at Berliner Platz 1 and the branch at Kulmbacher Strasse 47 in Hof .

Area of ​​responsibility

The Office court district covers the city of Hof and the corresponding district court . About 155,000 people live here. In foreclosure , receivership and bankruptcy matters , as well as in trade and association register matters , the jurisdiction also extends to the district Wunsiedel .

In commercial criminal matters, the Hof District Court is also responsible for the districts of the Bamberg , Bayreuth , Coburg and Hof district courts .

Since January 1, 2013, the Hof District Court has also been the central enforcement court for the State of Bavaria.

Litigation volume

Annually

• 2,000 civil cases (first instance legal disputes),
• 900 family matters (divorce, maintenance matters, etc.),
• 1,650 first instance criminal cases (single judges),
• 150 proceedings before the lay judge's court ,
• 120 proceedings before the youth lay judge court ,
• 450 proceedings before the youth judge ,
• 1,850 administrative offense proceedings ,
• 1,450 penalty warrant proceedings ,
• 350 foreclosure and administrative proceedings (factory buildings, residential buildings, land, etc.),
• 570 corporate and consumer bankruptcies ,
• 3,100 seizure and transfer procedures

processed at the district court of Hof.

The bailiffs do, among other things:

• 15,500 enforcement orders ,
• 6,000 applications for the submission of the affidavit ,
• 6,600 delivery orders

per year.

Management and staff

The director of the local court is Wolfgang Kienlein, his permanent representative is Ulrike Hofmann-Beyer. Günter Gebhardt is the manager.

There are currently 16 judges , 26 judicial officers , 58 employees in the offices, 11 bailiffs and 6 trainees at the court. In addition, 64 lay judges take part in adjudication on a voluntary basis .

Superior courts

The district court Hof / Saale is superordinate to the district court Hof , which in turn is superordinate to the higher regional court Bamberg .

See also

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

Web links

• Official website
• Overview of the jurisprudence of the District Court Hof

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Justice portal of the federal government and the federal states: The central enforcement courts of the federal states (PDF), accessed on February 11, 2016.

Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 11 ° 54 ′ 16 ″  E