District court Werl

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Werl District Court, front view

The Werl District Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of ten district courts in the district of the Arnsberg District Court .

Seat and District of the Court

The court is based in Werl in the Soest district . The 152.5 km² judicial district includes the municipal area of ​​Werl and the municipal area of Ense and Wickede (Ruhr) . More than 57,000 people live in it.

The trade , the cooperative and the association register for the district of the local court (AG) Werl be the district court Arnsberg out that for the insolvency proceedings jurisdiction is. The District Court of Soest is responsible for jury cases from the district of the AG Werl .

building

The court is housed in the building at Walburgisstrasse 45 , which was built in 1846 . The nine-axis, classical building was expanded in 1910 by an annex and has been a listed building since 1984 .

history

The Werl Justice Office, founded in 1812, was followed by the Werl District and City Court in 1838. On January 2, 1849, the Werl District Court Commission was set up. The Werl District Court was established on October 1, 1879.

In the time of National Socialism there was a so-called Inheritance Court in the Werl District Court under the Reichserbhofgesetz .

Superior courts

The Arnsberg Regional Court is directly superordinate to the Werl District Court . The competent higher regional court is the higher regional court Hamm .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werl City Archives, Dep. Erbsälzer archive file Sc VI 143

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 11.1 "  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 52.6"  E