Varel District Court

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Courthouse on Schloßplatz

The Varel District Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of eleven district courts in the district of the Oldenburg District Court .

The seat of the court is Varel in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony , the judicial district comprises the southern part of the district of Friesland with the city of Varel and the communities of Bockhorn and Zetel . The parent of the District Court Varel is the Oldenburg Regional Court , competent higher regional court is the Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg .

The courthouse

The district court, opposite the castle church on the site of the former pleasure garden, is one of the oldest buildings in Varel.

The building was planned in 1869 in the neo-Gothic style by Hofrat Ernst Klingenberg , as a representative building was needed for the upper court. The Oldenburg State Parliament supported the construction with 32,000 thalers . The building was completed two years later in August 1871. Higher courts were abolished in 1879 when the Reich was founded and the district court moved into the vacant building. Today the facade is listed and only the interior has been renovated. Despite vehement resistance from the population, the large, historic meeting room inside the district court was reduced in size.

See also

literature

  • Alfred Renze: The Varel District Court . In: Jörgen Welp (Red.): "Jurisdiction is exercised by local courts, ...". 150 years of local courts in the Oldenburger Land (= publications of the Oldenburg landscape . Vol. 13). Published by the Oldenburg landscape , Isensee, Oldenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89995-513-2 , pp. 207 ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 150 years of local courts in the Oldenburger Land. Publisher: Oldenburg Landscape, 2008.


Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ′ 48.5 ″  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 8.5 ″  E