District court Olpe

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The District Court of Olpe , a court of ordinary jurisdiction , is one of four district courts in the district of the District Court of Siegen .

Seat and District of the Court

The seat of the court is the district town of Olpe in the Sauerland . Around 83,700 people live in the 283 km² judicial district , which includes the area of ​​the cities of Olpe, Attendorn and Drolshagen as well as that of the municipality of Wenden .

The AG Olpe is responsible for jury , detention and fines from the entire district of Olpe .

For insolvency proceedings is Siegen District Court jurisdiction, which is also the trade , the association and the register of cooperative societies leads. The partnership register is kept by the Essen District Court . Dunning procedures are handled by the Hagen District Court as the central dunning court . The agricultural court is the Lennestadt District Court .

building

The court is located in the Bruchstrasse 32 building. The old district court building on Westfälische Strasse now houses part of the district administration. It is a listed building. The lettering "Kreishaus" was only hung in front of the lettering "Amtsgericht", which was registered as a historical monument.

history

From the existing since 1818 Justice Office Olpe was 1849, the district court Olpe apparent from the coming into force of the Judicature Act , the 1879 district court Olpe was.

Superior courts

The District Court of Siegen is superordinate to the District Court of Olpe . The competent higher regional court is the higher regional court Hamm .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '27.7 "  N , 7 ° 50' 37.1"  E