District Court Wetter (Hesse)

The district court Wetter (until 1867 Judicial Office Wetter ) was until 1945 a court of ordinary jurisdiction with its seat in Wetter (Hesse) in today's district of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Central Hesse .

history

The weather court has existed since the Middle Ages. The jurisdiction of the lower courts was in the Hesse-Kassel by the bailiff of the Office Weather perceived.

The reorganization of the judiciary in the Kingdom of Westphalia in 1807 led to the separation of jurisdiction and administration . The canton of Wetter was now responsible for the administration, the District Court of Wetter for the jurisdiction. The peace court was subordinate to the district court of Marburg , which was responsible for the district of Marburg .

With the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia in 1813, the separation of jurisdiction and administration was reversed and the Electorate of Hesse reintroduced the Wetter office in 1814.

By ordinance of June 29, 1821, administration and justice were separated in Kurhessen (Section 137). Now there were judicial authorities in charge of the first-instance jurisdiction, the administration was taken over by circles (here the district Marburg , country circle after 1930). The Wetter Judicial Office was set up in Wetter. The next higher instance was the Marburg Higher Court (since 1867 under the name Marburg Regional Court).

After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia , the judicial office became the Prussian district court of Wetter in 1867. Even with the entry into force of the Courts Constitution Act (GVG) in 1877, the district court remained in existence.

On June 14, 1943, the Wetter District Court had to cease its activities as an independent court. It was from June 15, 1943 at a branch of the district court of Marburg . On July 1, 1946, the branch was also closed. The district of the district court of Wetter merged with the district of the district court of Marburg.

Judge

The following judges worked at the court:

• Judicial officer Johann Konrad Theiß (1821–1828)
• Judicial officer Johann Heinrich Georg Theiß (1828–1847)
• Justice officer Georg Wolfram (1849-1853)
• Magistrate Georg Collmann (1853–1869) (from 1867: district judge)
• Magistrate Dorn (1869–1871)
• District judge von Hagen (1872–1876)
• District judge Ludwig von Dehn-Rotfelser (1876–1882)
• Magistrate Wodick (1882–1890)
• District Judge Born (1890–1895) (from 1893: District Court Councilor)
• District judge Steinhauss (1895–1903)
• Magistrate Schreiber (1803–1908)
• District judge Thormeyer (1908–1920)
• District Court Judge Ferdinand Lohrmann (1921–1929)
• District Court Judge Wilhelm Rabe (1929–1943)

building

At the Obertor and on the road to Goßfelden there were several state buildings in which, among other things, the justice office was housed. The official prison was in the gate tower.

In 1845 the justice administration rented rooms in the town hall and tore down the old buildings in order to build the new courthouse there. This was available in 1848. In addition to the official rooms, it contained the judge's official apartment, the prison and ancillary buildings (stables and sheds). The construction of the sandstone house cost 8,080 guilders. The courthouse was sold to a private citizen after the court was closed in 1976 and was then used for residential purposes.

literature

• Otfried Keller: The court organization of the Marburg area in the 19th and 20th centuries , a contribution to the legal history of the "Landschaft an der Lahn", Marburg city writings on history and culture 4, press office of the city of Marburg 1982, ISBN 3-9800490-5-1 , Pp. 208-209

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinance of June 29, 1821 on the restructuring of the previous state administration. In: Collection of laws, ordinances, notices and other general orders for Kurhessen from 1821 (Hof- und Waisenhaus-Druckerei, Cassel), kurhess GS 1821, pp. 29–62; also in: Wilhelm Möller and Karl Fuchs (eds.): Collection of the legal provisions still valid in the Electorate of Hesse from 1813 to 1860. Elwert'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Marburg and Leipzig 1866, pp. 311–351
2. ↑ Ordinance of August 30th, 1821, concerning the new division of the area , Annex: Overview of the new division of the Electorate of Hesse according to provinces, districts and judicial districts. Collection of laws etc. for the Electoral Hesse states. Year 1821 - No. XV. - August., ( Kurhess GS 1821) p. 69 (70-77)
3. ↑ Order of August 8, 1867, regarding the establishment of the according to the Most High Ordinance of June 26th J. in the former Electorate of Hesse and the formerly Royal Bavarian territorial parts, with the exclusion of the enclave Kaulsdorf, new courts to be formed (Num. 61 - K. 2575. O.74 -) of the [ Prussian ] Justice Minister in: Justiz-Ministerial -Blatt für die Prussian Legislation and Administration of Justice (JMBl.). Published in the Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, for the benefit of the Justice-Officiants-Widows-Fund. XXIX. Vintage. Berlin, Friday, August 9, 1867 No 31 p. 221 with effect from September 1, 1867 (Annex: Plan for the organization of the courts in the former Electorate of Hesse and the formerly Royal Bavarian territories, excluding the enclave Kaulsdorf. JMBl. 1867 P. 223, number of magistrates: 1 )