Lemgo District Court

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Courthouse Am Lindenhaus 2

The Lemgo District Court has its seat in Lemgo . It is responsible for the cities of Bad Salzuflen and Lemgo as well as for the communities Dörentrup , Extertal , Kalletal and Leopoldshöhe in the western and northern part of the Lippe district. Around 150,000 people live in the 493 km² judicial district . In addition, the Lemgo District Court is responsible for agricultural matters in the Detmold and Lemgo district courts.

Superior courts

The regional court above the Lemgo District Court is the Detmold Regional Court , which in turn is subordinate to the Hamm Higher Regional Court .

history

In the Principality of Lippe in Lemgo, the ruling judiciary in Lemgo was entrusted with the judiciary of the first instance. In addition, the city magistrate Lemgo was court of first instance. The then mayor Honerla and the mayor of justice Pothmann were the last to rule here. For the higher courts see the list of courts in the Principality of Lippe .

After the Courts Constitution Act came into force on October 1, 1879, the judiciary in the Principality of Lippe was also reorganized. As a Court of Appeal the Prussian was now Celle Court jurisdiction as district court the Princely Lippe district court Detmold . The Lemgo District Court was created in Lemgo.

In the early 1940s, the Hohenhausen and Alverdissen district courts were closed and the Lemgo district court took over their tasks. After the war, the courts were re-established.

Former courts, for whose districts the Lemgo District Court is now responsible

Former courts, for whose districts the Lemgo District Court is now responsible, were:

Courthouse

1879 to 1922

After the establishment of the court, it was initially located in the town hall. The city administration used the basement rooms and four service rooms in the town hall, the other office rooms including the meeting room were used by the court.

1922 to 1963

The growth of the city led to additional space requirements in both the administration and the court. In 1920, the Hotel Wegener in Bismarckstrasse was acquired by the city and converted into a court building. On April 20, 1922, the court was able to move into its new premises and vacate the town hall for the city administration.

1963 to 1978

Primkerstrasse 5

After the Second World War, these rooms had also become too small. Since 1958 there were plans to expand the courthouse. However, these plans were not implemented. Instead, the city made the building of the former secondary school for girls, the Marianne Weber School at Primkerstraße 5 available. On April 16, 1963, the court moved into the new building. The building, built in 1911, is now a listed building (see also the list of architectural monuments in Lemgo ).

Since 1978

In the 1970s, a number of local courts were merged. The Lemgo District Court was retained, but the courthouse was again too small. A more modern courthouse with a total floor space of around 5,000 m² was built at Brake Castle between 1975 and 1978. This building is still in use today.

Judge

  • Supervisor Pothmann (from 1879)
  • Supervisor Bernhard Kuhlmann
  • District judge Taschen (was also a member of the Lippe state parliament)
  • Rolf Schrader, Director of the District Court from 1997 to 2015
  • Petra Borgschulte, director of the district court since 2015

See also

Web links

Commons : Amtsgericht Lemgo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 23.6 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 58.3 ″  E