District court Witten

District court Witten, old building

District court Witten, new building

Witten is the seat of the Witten District Court , which is responsible for the city of Witten in the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr district . Around 100,000 people live in the 72 km² judicial district .

Superior courts

The regional court overriding the Witten District Court is the Bochum Regional Court , which in turn is subordinate to the Hamm Higher Regional Court .

history

The Witten District Court was founded in 1879.

management

The head of the local court in Witten is the local court director Barbara Monstadt. She replaced Bernd Grewer, who retired in autumn 2014 and was director of the local court for fifteen years.

See also

• List of German courts
• List of courts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Witten District Court  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• history
• Overview of the jurisprudence of the Witten District Court

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://d-nb.info/gnd/7782341-2. In: Common Authority File . German National Library , accessed on August 23, 2013 . 
2. ↑ A lot of work for the new court director. Report in the WAZ of November 24, 2014, accessed on February 21, 2016.
3. ↑ Bernd Grewer goes - judges with humor and an open ear. Report in the WAZ of August 29, 2014, accessed on February 21, 2016.

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 6 "  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 5.6"  E