Courts in Austria during the National Socialism

In Austria during the National Socialist era , the court organization in Austria was brought into line with that in Germany.

General

After the annexation of Austria , only minor changes were made to the judicial organization, as the judicial organizations of both countries were similar. Most noticeable was the renaming of the district courts to local courts and the regional courts or district courts to regional courts . On February 9, 1939, Upper Austria and Salzburg were removed from the district of the Vienna Higher Regional Court and transferred to the newly created Linz Higher Regional Court. Special courts were set up at the higher regional courts.

The Federal Court of Justice continued to function as an administrative court. With Section 6 of the “Seventh Regulation on the Transfer of Duties and Powers to the Reich Governor in Austria (Austrian Provincial Government)” of January 11, 1940, it was renamed “Administrative Court in Vienna”. With the formation of the Reich Administrative Court , it became its Vienna branch.

The Youth Court was repealed in 1939 and merged with the Vienna Regional Court .

The People's Court was also responsible for Austria.

Hereditary health courts were also set up in 1939 based on the "model" of the Reich .

The SS and Police Court in Munich was responsible for Austria (see SS main offices # main office SS court ).

NSDAP party courts were set up at the district, Gau and Reich level.

There were also military courts, stand courts, Volkssturm courts and labor courts.

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The Supreme Court gave its function to the Reichsgericht .

The existing three higher regional courts remained, the OLG Linz was newly created:

The following regional courts were set up:

district Court	Seat	Higher Regional Court
Graz Regional Court	Graz	Higher Regional Court of Graz
District Court of Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Higher Regional Court of Graz
District Court Leoben	Leoben	Higher Regional Court of Graz
Feldkirch District Court	Feldkirch	Higher Regional Court Innsbruck
District Court Innsbruck	innsbruck	Higher Regional Court Innsbruck
Salzburg Regional Court	Salzburg	Higher Regional Court Innsbruck
District Court Linz	Linz	Higher Regional Court Linz
District Court Ried	reed	Higher Regional Court Linz
District Court of Steyr	Steyr	Higher Regional Court Linz
District Court Wels	catfish	Higher Regional Court Linz
Korneuburg District Court	Korneuburg	Higher Regional Court of Vienna
Regional Court of Krems	Krems	Higher Regional Court of Vienna
District Court of St. Pölten	St. Polten	Higher Regional Court of Vienna
District Court Vienna	Vienna	Higher Regional Court of Vienna
District Court Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	Higher Regional Court of Vienna
Znojmo District Court	Znojmo	Higher Regional Court of Vienna

The district court of Znojmo was part of the Sudetenland . After the formation of the Leitmeritz Higher Regional Court in 1939, it was not assigned to its district, but to that of the Vienna Higher Regional Court.

The following local courts were set up:

District Court	Seat	district Court
Arnfels District Court	Arnfels	Graz Regional Court
District court Birkfeld	Birkfeld	Graz Regional Court
Deutschlandsberg District Court	Deutschlandsberg	Graz Regional Court
District court Eibiswald	Eibiswald	Graz Regional Court
Fehring District Court	Fehring	Graz Regional Court
Feldbach District Court	Feldbach	Graz Regional Court
District court Friedberg	Friedberg	Graz Regional Court
District court Frohnleiten	Frohnleiten	Graz Regional Court
Fürstenfeld District Court	Fürstenfeld	Graz Regional Court
District Court Gleisdorf	Gleisdorf	Graz Regional Court
Graz District Court	Graz	Graz Regional Court
District court Güssing	Gussing	Graz Regional Court
Hartberg District Court	Hartberg	Graz Regional Court
Jennersdorf District Court	Jennersdorf	Graz Regional Court
Kirchbach District Court	Kirchbach	Graz Regional Court
Leibnitz District Court	Leibnitz	Graz Regional Court
District court Mureck	Mureck	Graz Regional Court
Oberwart District Court	Oberwart	Graz Regional Court
District court Pöllau	Pöllau	Graz Regional Court
Radkersburg District Court	Radkersburg	Graz Regional Court
District court of Stainz	Stainz	Graz Regional Court
District court Voitsberg	Voitsberg	Graz Regional Court
District court Vorau	Advance	Graz Regional Court
Weiz District Court	Wheat	Graz Regional Court
Wildon District Court	Wildon	Graz Regional Court
District court Althofen	Althofen	District Court of Klagenfurt
Bleiburg District Court	Bleiburg	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Eberndorf	Eberndorf	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Eberstein	Eberstein	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Eisenkappel	Eisenkappel	District Court of Klagenfurt
Feldkirchen District Court	Feldkirchen in Carinthia	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Ferlach	Ferlach	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Friesach	Friesach	District Court of Klagenfurt
District Court of Gmünd	Gmünd in Carinthia	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Greifenburg	Greifenburg	District Court of Klagenfurt
Gurk District Court	Cucumber	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Hermagor	Hermagor	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Kötschach	Kötschach	District Court of Klagenfurt
Lienz District Court	Lienz	District Court of Klagenfurt
Matrei District Court	Matrei in East Tyrol	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Millstatt	Millstatt	District Court of Klagenfurt
Obervellach District Court	Obervellach	District Court of Klagenfurt
District Court Paternion	Paternion	District Court of Klagenfurt
District Court of Rosegg	Rosegg	District Court of Klagenfurt
Bad St. Leonhardt District Court	Bad St. Leonhard in Lavanttal	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court St. Veit	Sankt Veit an der Glan	District Court of Klagenfurt
District Court Sillian	Sillian	District Court of Klagenfurt
Spanheim District Court	Sankt Paul im Lavanttal	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Spittal	Spittal an der Drau	District Court of Klagenfurt
Villach District Court	Villach	District Court of Klagenfurt
Local court Völkermarkt	Völkermarkt	District Court of Klagenfurt
District Court of Winklern	Winklern	District Court of Klagenfurt
Wolfsberg District Court	Wolfsberg	District Court of Klagenfurt
District court Bruck (Mur)	Bruck an der Mur	District Court Leoben
Eisenerz District Court	Iron ore	District Court Leoben
District court Gröbming	Grobming	District Court Leoben
District court Irdning	Irdning	District Court Leoben
Judenburg District Court	Judenburg	District Court Leoben
Kindberg District Court	Kindberg	District Court Leoben
District court Knittelfeld	Knittelfeld	District Court Leoben
District court Leoben	Leoben	District Court Leoben
Liezen District Court	Liezen	District Court Leoben
District Court of Mariazell	Mariazell	District Court Leoben
District court Mürzzuschlag	Mürzzuschlag	District Court Leoben
District court Murau	Murau	District Court Leoben
Neumarkt District Court	Neumarkt in Styria	District Court Leoben
District court Oberwölz	Oberwölz	District Court Leoben
District court Oberzeiring	Oberzeiring	District Court Leoben
Rottenmann District Court	Rottenmann	District Court Leoben
District Court of St. Gallen	St. Gallen	District Court Leoben
District court Schladming	Schladming	District Court Leoben
Bezau District Court	Bezau	Feldkirch District Court
District court Bludenz	Bludenz	Feldkirch District Court
District court Bregenz	Bregenz	Feldkirch District Court
Dornbirn District Court	Dornbirn	Feldkirch District Court
Feldkirch District Court	Feldkirch	Feldkirch District Court
District court Schruns	Schruns	Feldkirch District Court
District court Hall / Tyrol	Hall in Tirol	District Court Innsbruck
District court Hopfgarten	Hopfgarten in Brixental	District Court Innsbruck
District court Imst	Imst	District Court Innsbruck
Innsbruck District Court	innsbruck	District Court Innsbruck
Kitzbühel District Court	Kitzbühel	District Court Innsbruck
District court Kufstein	Kufstein	District Court Innsbruck
Landeck District Court	Landeck	District Court Innsbruck
District court Rattenberg	Rattenberg	District Court Innsbruck
District court Reutte	Reutte	District Court Innsbruck
District court Ried / Tyrol	Ried in the Upper Inn Valley	District Court Innsbruck
District Court Schwaz (Tyrol)	black	District Court Innsbruck
District court of Silz	Silz	District Court Innsbruck
District court Steinach	Steinach am Brenner	District Court Innsbruck
Telfs District Court	Telfs	District Court Innsbruck
District court Zell am Ziller	Zell am Ziller	District Court Innsbruck
Abtenau District Court	Abtenau	Salzburg Regional Court
Gastein District Court	Gastein	Salzburg Regional Court
Hallein District Court	Hallein	Salzburg Regional Court
Local court of Markt Pongau	Pongau	Salzburg Regional Court
Mittersill District Court	Mittersill	Salzburg Regional Court
District court Neumarkt bei Salzburg	Neumarkt am Wallersee	Salzburg Regional Court
District court Oberndorf near Salzburg	Oberndorf near Salzburg	Salzburg Regional Court
District Court of Radstadt	Radstadt	Salzburg Regional Court
District court Saalfelden	Saalfelden	Salzburg Regional Court
Salzburg District Court	Salzburg	Salzburg Regional Court
District court St. Gilgen	St. Gilgen	Salzburg Regional Court
St. Michael District Court	Sankt Michael im Lungau	Salzburg Regional Court
Tamsweg District Court	Tamsweg	Salzburg Regional Court
Taxenbach District Court	Taxenbach	Salzburg Regional Court
District court Thalgau	Thalgau	Salzburg Regional Court
Werfe District Court	Throw	Salzburg Regional Court
District Court of Zell am See	Zell am See	Salzburg Regional Court
District court Aigen	Aigen in the Mühlkreis	District Court Linz
District Court of Freistadt	Free City	District Court Linz
District Court	Gatzen	District Court Linz
Grein District Court	Grein	District Court Linz
Hohenfurth District Court	Hohenfurth	District Court Linz
Kalsching District Court	Kalsching	District Court Linz
Kaplitz District Court	Kaplitz	District Court Linz
District court Krummau	Krummau	District Court Linz
Lembach District Court	Lembach in the Mühlkreis	District Court Linz
District court Leonfelden	Leonfelden	District Court Linz
Linz District Court	Linz	District Court Linz
District court Markt St. Florian	St. Florian	District Court Linz
Mauthausen District Court	Mauthausen	District Court Linz
Neufelden District Court	Neufelden	District Court Linz
District Court Oberplan	Top plan	District Court Linz
District Court Perg	Perg	District Court Linz
Pregarten District Court	Pregarten	District Court Linz
District court Rohrbach	Rohrbach	District Court Linz
Unterweißbach District Court	Unterweißbach	District Court Linz
Urfahr District Court	Urfahr	District Court Linz
Braunau District Court	Braunau am Inn	District Court Ried
Engelhartszell District Court	Engelhartszell	District Court Ried
District Court Mattighofen	Mattighofen	District Court Ried
District Court Mauerkirchen	Wall churches	District Court Ried
District court Obernberg	Obernberg	District Court Ried
District court Raab	Raab	District Court Ried
District court Ried	Ried im Innkreis	District Court Ried
District court Schärding	Schärding	District Court Ried
Wildshut District Court	Wild hat	District Court Ried
District court Enns	Enns	District Court of Steyr
District court Grünburg	Grünburg	District Court of Steyr
Kirchdorf District Court	Kirchdorf an der Krems	District Court of Steyr
District court Kremsmünster	Kremsmünster	District Court of Steyr
District court Neuhofen	Neuhofen an der Krems	District Court of Steyr
District Court of Steyr	Steyr	District Court of Steyr
Weyer District Court	Weyer	District Court of Steyr
District Court Windischgarsten	Windischgarsten	District Court of Steyr
Bad Aussee District Court	Bad Aussee	District Court Wels
District court Eferding	Eferding	District Court Wels
Frankenmarkt District Court	Frankenmarkt	District Court Wels
District court Gmunden	Gmunden	District Court Wels
District court Grieskirchen	Grieskirchen	District Court Wels
District court Haag am Hausruck	Haag am Hausruck	District Court Wels
Bad Ischl District Court	Bad Ischl	District Court Wels
Lambach District Court	Lambach	District Court Wels
Mondsee District Court	Mondsee	District Court Wels
Peuerbach District Court	Peuerbach	District Court Wels
Schwanenstadt District Court	Schwanenstadt	District Court Wels
District court Vöcklabruck	Vöcklabruck	District Court Wels
District court Wels	catfish	District Court Wels
District court Geras	Geras	Korneuburg District Court
Haugsdorf District Court	Haugsdorf	Korneuburg District Court
Hollabrunn District Court	Hollabrunn	Korneuburg District Court
Korneuburg District Court	Korneuburg	Korneuburg District Court
District court Laa	Laa an der Thaya	Korneuburg District Court
Marchegg District Court	Marchegg	Korneuburg District Court
District court Matzen	Matzo	Korneuburg District Court
Mistelbach District Court	Mistelbach	Korneuburg District Court
Poysdorf District Court	Poysdorf	Korneuburg District Court
District court Retz	Retz	Korneuburg District Court
Stockerau District Court	Stockerau	Korneuburg District Court
Wolkersdorf District Court	Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel	Korneuburg District Court
District court Zistersdorf	Zistersdorf	Korneuburg District Court
Allentsteig District Court	Allentsteig	District Court Krems
District court Eggenburg	Eggenburg	District Court Krems
District court Gföhl	Gföhl	District Court Krems
District Court Gmünd (Niederdonau)	Gmünd (Lower Austria)	District Court Krems
District Court of Groß-Miter	Great Gerungs	District Court Krems
District Court Horn (Niederdonau)	Horn (Lower Austria)	District Court Krems
District Court Kirchberg (Wagram)	Kirchberg am Wagram	District Court Krems
District court Krems	Krems	District Court Krems
Langenlois District Court	Langenlois	District Court Krems
Litschau District Court	Litschau	District Court Krems
District court Ottenschlag	Ottenschlag	District Court Krems
District court Raabs	Raabs	District Court Krems
Ravelsbach District Court	Ravelsbach	District Court Krems
District Court of Schrems	Schrems	District Court Krems
District Court Spitz (Danube)	Spitz (Lower Austria)	District Court Krems
District court Waidhofen an der Thaya	Waidhofen	District Court Krems
Weitra District Court	Weitra	District Court Krems
District court Zwettl	Zwettl	District Court Krems
Amstetten District Court	Amstetten	District Court of St. Pölten
District Court Gaming	Gaming	District Court of St. Pölten
Hague District Court	Hague	District Court of St. Pölten
District court Hainfeld	Hainfeld	District Court of St. Pölten
Herzogenburg District Court	Herzogenburg	District Court of St. Pölten
District Court Kirchberg (Pielach)	Kirchberg an der Pielach	District Court of St. Pölten
Lilienfeld District Court	Lily field	District Court of St. Pölten
District Court Mank	Deficiency	District Court of St. Pölten
Melk District Court	Melk	District Court of St. Pölten
Neulengbach District Court	Neulengbach	District Court of St. Pölten
Persenbeug District Court	Persenbeug	District Court of St. Pölten
District court Pöggstall	Pöggstall	District Court of St. Pölten
District court St. Peter in der Au	St. Peter in the Au	District Court of St. Pölten
District Court of St. Pölte	St. Polten	District Court of St. Pölten
Scheibbs District Court	Scheibbs	District Court of St. Pölten
Tulln District Court	Tulln	District Court of St. Pölten
District court Waidhofen an der Ybbs	Waidhofen an der Ybbs	District Court of St. Pölten
District Court of Ybbs	Ybbs	District Court of St. Pölten
District court Bruck	Bruck	District Court Vienna
District court Döbling	Dobling	District Court Vienna
District Court of Favoriten	Favorites	District Court Vienna
Floridsdorf District Court	Floridsdorf	District Court Vienna
Five House District Court	Five house	District Court Vienna
Groß-Enzersdorf District Court	Groß-Enzersdorf	District Court Vienna
District court Hainburg	Hainburg	District Court Vienna
Hernals District Court	Hernals	District Court Vienna
District court Hietzing	Hietzing	District Court Vienna
District court Klosterneuburg	Klosterneuburg	District Court Vienna
Liesing District Court	Liesing	District Court Vienna
District court Mödling	Mödling	District Court Vienna
Neusiedl District Court	Neusiedl am See	District Court Vienna
Purkersdorf District Court	Purkersdorf	District Court Vienna
Schwechat District Court	Schwechat	District Court Vienna
District Court of Vienna	Vienna	District Court Vienna
Aspang District Court	Aspang	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District Court Baden (near Vienna)	Baden (Lower Austria)	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District court Ebreichsdorf	Ebreichsdorf	District Court Wiener Neustadt
Eisenstadt District Court	Eisenstadt	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District court Gloggnitz	Gloggnitz	District Court Wiener Neustadt
Gutenstein District Court	Gutenstein	District Court Wiener Neustadt
Kirchschlag District Court	Kirchschlag	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District Court Mattersburg	Mattersburg	District Court Wiener Neustadt
Neunkirchen District Court (Niederdonau)	Neunkirchen (Lower Austria)	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District Court Oberpullendorf	Oberpullendorf	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District court Pottenstein	Pottenstein	District Court Wiener Neustadt
District court Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	District Court Wiener Neustadt
Auspitz District Court	Auspitz	Znojmo District Court
District Court of Frain	Frain	Znojmo District Court
Joslowitz District Court	Joslowitz	Znojmo District Court
Lundenburg District Court	Lundenburg	Znojmo District Court
District court Mährisch Kromau	Moravian Kromau	Znojmo District Court
District court Neubistritz	Neubistritz	Znojmo District Court
Nikolsburg District Court	Nikolsburg	Znojmo District Court
District court Pohrlitz	Pohrlitz	Znojmo District Court
District court Zlabings	Zlabings	Znojmo District Court
Znojmo District Court	Znojmo	Znojmo District Court

The district courts of Dornbirn, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Judenburg, Graz, Linz, Steyr, Wels, Vienna and Salzburg were also commercial courts, while the regional courts of Graz, Klagenfurt, Leoben, Salzburg, Steyr, Vienna and Innsbruck were also mining courts.

After 1945

With the law to restore the Austrian judicial organization (Judicial Organization Act 1945 - GOG 1945), the organization of courts, public prosecutor's offices and other prisons in Austria that existed on March 13, 1938 was restored.

Legal sources

Ordinance on the administration of justice in Austria of March 22, 1938, German RGBl. I p. 301 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 20/1938)
The decree on the transition of the administration of justice in Austria to the Reich of April 23, 1938, German RGBl. I p. 413 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 101/1938)
Ordinance on changing the designation of courts in Austria from August 2, 1938, German RGBl. I p. 998 (G.Bl. fd L. Ö. No. 350/1938)
Ordinance on the jurisdiction of the courts in commercial matters in Austria of February 9, 1939, German RGBl. I p. 195 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 240/1939), online
Ordinance on the further transition of the administration of justice in Austria and in the Sudeten German areas of February 28, 1939, German RGBl. I p. 358 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 307/1939)
Ordinance amending the structure of courts in Austria of April 13, 1939, German RGBl. I p. 751 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 522/1939), online
Fourth section of the ordinance on measures in the field of judicial constitution and the administration of justice of September 1, 1939, German RGBl. I p. 1658 (G. Bl. Fd L. Ö. No. 1244/1939)
Ordinance to supplement the ordinance on measures in the field of judicial constitution and the administration of justice of December 20, 1939, German RGBl. I p. 2459
Ordinance on the jurisdiction of the criminal courts in the Reichsgauen der Ostmark of March 20, 1941, German RGBl. I p. 164

literature

Norbert Klatt: On the relationship between Austrian and German criminal law in the time of National Socialism, 2009, ISBN 978-3-928312-27-1 , pp. 70-80, online
The judicial organization of the German Reich of January 1, 1944, Beamtenpresse publishing house, Berlin, 1944

Individual evidence

^ "Regulation on the change in the designation of courts in Austria" of August 2, 1938 (RGBl. I, p. 998 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 350/1938)
↑ RGBl. I, p. 55
↑ Leader's Decree of April 3, 1941 [RGBl. I 1941, 201]
↑ "Regulation to change the structure of courts in Austria" of April 13, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 751–752 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 522/1939)
↑ "Regulation on the introduction of the law to prevent hereditary offspring and the law to protect the hereditary health of the German people in the Ostmark" of November 14, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2230–2232 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 1438/1939)
↑ “Regulation on special jurisdiction in criminal matters for members of the SS and for members of the police associations in the case of special use” of October 17, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2107–2108) and “First Regulation for the implementation of the regulation on special jurisdiction in Criminal cases for members of the SS and for members of the police units in the case of special operations "from November 1, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2293-2296)
^ "Law to ensure the unity of party and state" of December 1, 1933 (RGBl. I, p. 1016)
↑ StGBl. No. 47/1945 , of July 9, 1945, pp. 67-70

[1] "Regulation on the change in the designation of courts in Austria" of August 2, 1938 (RGBl. I, p. 998 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 350/1938)

[2] RGBl. I, p. 55

[3] Leader's Decree of April 3, 1941 [RGBl. I 1941, 201]

[4] "Regulation to change the structure of courts in Austria" of April 13, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 751–752 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 522/1939)

[5] "Regulation on the introduction of the law to prevent hereditary offspring and the law to protect the hereditary health of the German people in the Ostmark" of November 14, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2230–2232 / GBlfdLÖ. No. 1438/1939)

[6] “Regulation on special jurisdiction in criminal matters for members of the SS and for members of the police associations in the case of special use” of October 17, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2107–2108) and “First Regulation for the implementation of the regulation on special jurisdiction in Criminal cases for members of the SS and for members of the police units in the case of special operations "from November 1, 1939 (RGBl. I, pp. 2293-2296)

[7] "Law to ensure the unity of party and state" of December 1, 1933 (RGBl. I, p. 1016)

[8] StGBl. No. 47/1945 , of July 9, 1945, pp. 67-70