Waldkirch District Court
The Waldkirch District Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of ten District Courts (AG) in the district of the Freiburg Regional Court .
history
After the separation of administration and justice in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1857, the newly created district court was initially housed in the building of the district office on the market square and from 1865 in the notary's building below the Catholic rectory. In 1906 a new district court building with a detention center was completed on Freie Strasse, where the court is still housed today.
Seat and District of the Court
The seat of the court is Waldkirch . The judicial district includes the cities of Elzach and Waldkirch as well as the communities Gutach , Simonswald , Winden and Biederbach . This means that just over 39,000 people live in the judicial district.
Jurisdiction
The District Court of Waldkirch is the court of first instance in civil and criminal matters, as well as in matters of voluntary jurisdiction . However, the District Court of Emmendingen is responsible for family , lay judge and detention matters .
For Mahnsachen is Stuttgart District Court and agricultural matters , the District Court of Freiburg in charge.
Superior courts
The Freiburg Regional Court is directly superordinate to the Waldkirch District Court . The competent higher regional court is the higher regional court in Karlsruhe and in civil matters its external senate in Freiburg. The highest court is the Federal Court of Justice .
See also
Individual evidence
Web links
- Website of the Waldkirch District Court
- Overview of the jurisprudence of the Waldkirch District Court
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Breisach am Rhein | Emmendingen | Ettenheim | Freiburg im Breisgau | Kenzingen | Loerrach | Muellheim | Staufen im Breisgau | Titisee-Neustadt | Waldkirch
Former district courts: Schönau | Schopfheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 7 ° 57 ′ 40.3 ″ E