District court Mettmann

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Former courthouse

The district court of Mettmann is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of five district courts in the district of the district court of Wuppertal . Furthermore, the district court of Mettmann is the responsible agricultural court for the district court districts of Düsseldorf , Langenfeld (Rhld.), Mettmann, Ratingen , Remscheid , Solingen , Velbert and Wuppertal .

Seat and District of the Court

The seat of the court is Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia . The judicial district includes the municipalities of Erkrath , Haan , Mettmann and Wülfrath .

Superior courts

The district court of Wuppertal is superordinate to the district court of Mettmann . The competent higher regional court is the higher regional court in Düsseldorf .

history

With the reorganization of the courts in the Grand Duchy of Berg , the Mettmann Peace Court was established as the court of first instance at the end of 1811 . It was subordinate to the Tribunal of First Instance in Düsseldorf . Prussia took over the Bergisch courts in 1814. The previous peace courts remained, the first instance tribunals were renamed district courts . The Mettmann Peace Court was now assigned to the Düsseldorf District Court . In 1820 the organization of the courts was changed. The district courts have now become regional courts. The Mettmann Peace Court was subordinated to the Elberfeld Regional Court . As part of the Reich Justice Laws , it was converted into the Mettmann District Court in 1879.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 1 ″  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 15.8 ″  E