Dishes in Reuss younger line
The organization of courts in the historical Principality of Reuss Younger Line reflects the fact that the country is divided into small parts. The country consisted of four principalities in the east of what is now Thuringia , which grew together into a common small state in the course of the first half of the 19th century.
1802 died with Heinrich XXX. the last count from the Reuss-Gera younger line. The younger lines Reuss-Schleiz, Reuss-Lobenstein and Reuss-Ebersdorf jointly took over the reign of Gera. Already in 1824, however, became extinct with the death of Heinrich LIV. the Reuss-Lobenstein line, the territory of which fell on the Reuss-Ebersdorf line. This line renounced in 1848 with the resignation of Prince Heinrich LXXII. in favor of the Reuss-Schleiz line, which resulted in the unified principality of Reuss younger line.
Before 1836
Entrance courts were the judicial offices, the city councils, the patrimonial courts and some courts for individual groups (clergy, military, etc.). Above that stood the Supreme State Judicial College of the Reuss Younger Line government in Gera. The Jena Higher Appeal Court formed the final instance .
Justice offices:
- Schleiz Justice Office ( Schleiz )
- Justice Office Lobenstein with Ebersdorf ( Lobenstein )
- Justice Office Gera ( Gera )
- Justice Office Hirschberg ( Hirschberg )
- Justice Office Reichenfels zu Hohenleuben
- Justice Office Saalburg ( Saalburg )
- City and regional court Gera ( Gera ), (criminal court)
City Councils:
- Gera
- Hirschberg
- Praise stone
- Saalburg
- Schleiz
- Tanna
Other:
- Princely consistory at Gera
- Princely Mining Authority Lobenstein
- Princely Mining Authority Schleiz
- Hofmarschallamt zu Gera
- Military court of Gera
- Schleiz Military Court
- Forestry offices in Lobenstein, Gera and Schleiz
- Spiritual inspection offices for Saalburg, Schleiz and Lobenstein
The following 65 patrimonial courts existed:
1836
In 1836 the judicial organization of the ordinary jurisdiction was changed. The separate jurisdiction of the cities and offices was abolished. Now there were seven judicial offices as the entry point. The criminal court was renamed the Gera City and Regional Court. In 1839 the Lobenstein Criminal Court was added, and the Schleiz Criminal Court in 1842 .
1848
In Reuss younger line, until the March Revolution of 1848, the Supreme State Judicial College of the joint Reuss younger line government in Gera was the middle court of the principalities of Reuss younger line. Even if this had been the Supreme State Judicial College in judicial matters since 1838 , there was no real separation of the judiciary from the administration . In 1848, the Supreme State Judicial College was separated from the state government in terms of organization and personnel and was therefore solely responsible for the administration of justice. In 1855 it was renamed the Gera Court of Appeal.
At the level of the entrance courts, the administration (the districts) and the judiciary (the judicial offices) were separated in 1852. The Gera appellate court was now subordinated to seven judicial offices and three criminal courts. The joint Higher Appeal Court in Jena also formed the final instance.
Subordinate courts were:
- Justice Office Gera-Stadt
- Justice Office Gera-Land
- Hirschberg Justice Office
- Hohenleuben Justice Office
- Justice Office Lobenstein
- Justice Office Saalburg
- Schleiz Justice Office
- Gera criminal court
- Lobenstein Criminal Court
- Schleiz Criminal Court
In 1855 the patrimonial jurisdiction was also abolished step by step.
1863
In 1863 the Gera appellate court was repealed and the (joint) Eisenach appellate court took its place. The criminal courts were overturned. There were now eight judicial offices:
- Justice Office Gera I
- Justice Office Gera II
- Hohenleuben Justice Office
- Justice Office Schleiz I
- Justice Office Schleiz II
- Justice Office Lobenstein I
- Justice Office Lobenstein I
- Hirschberg Justice Office
Two district courts were set up in Gera and Schleiz for more significant cases and for complaints against decisions by the judicial authorities.
1879
As part of the introduction of the Reich Justice Laws , the Eisenach Appellate Court was dissolved in 1879 and its tasks were distributed among various regional courts. For Reuss jL this was the district court of Gera . Five local courts were now subordinate to this. These were
- District court Gera
- Hohenleuben District Court
- Lobenstein District Court
- District court Hirschberg (Saale)
- Schleiz District Court
The regional court of Gera was subordinate to the higher regional court of Jena .
The Hohenleuben District Court was closed on July 15, 1919. The Schleiz and Lobenstein district courts received parts of the district of the Burgk district court that was repealed on the same date . Otherwise there were no changes until the reorganization of the judiciary in Thuringia on October 1, 1923.