Court organization in the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
The court organization in the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt had been taken over from the predecessor states and was accordingly heterogeneous.
background
While the court organization of revolutionary France was introduced in the other Napoleonic states in Germany, the previous structure was "temporarily" retained in the Grand Duchy. The highest organizational patent of the constitution of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt from 1810 regulated in § 38: "The courts in civil and criminal matters are provisional, as before." This also included the patrimonial jurisdiction , which also remained. The principle of separating the judiciary from the administration was therefore also not implemented. After the Battle of Leipzig in 1814, the Grand Duchy ended without ever ending this provisional arrangement. Only the higher courts had been newly established.
List of dishes
At the head of the courts of the Grand Duchy was the Grand Ducal Court of Cassation in Frankfurt . This included the Aschaffenburg Higher Appeal Court .
Courts in the Frankfurt department
| First instance | Second instance | Courthouse |
|---|---|---|
| City Court of Frankfurt am Main | Schöffen-Appellationsgericht Frankfurt | town Frankfurt am Main |
| Landamt Frankfurt am Main | Schöffen-Appellationsgericht Frankfurt | Rural communities of the city of Frankfurt |
| Gräflich Solms-Rödelheim patrimonial court Niederursel | Schöffen-Appellationsgericht Frankfurt | Solms-Rödelheim half of Niederursel |
| Graeflich Ingelheim patrimonial court Ober-Erlenbach | Schöffen-Appellationsgericht Frankfurt | Ober-Erlenbach |
| Wetzlar City Office | Appeals Court Wetzlar (also Justice Senate) | Wetzlar sub-prefecture |
Courts in the Aschaffenburg department
The Aschaffenburg Higher Regional Court was the second instance for all offices (except for the civil servants) for sums in dispute of 101 guilders and more. For smaller amounts, the courts indicated were courts of second instance.
| First instance | Second instance | Courthouse |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Senate Aschaffenburg | Aschaffenburg Higher Regional Court | Privileged places of jurisdiction in the Aschaffenburg department |
| City Office Aschaffenburg | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | City of Aschaffenburg |
| Kaltenberg District Bailiwick | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Kaltenberg District Bailiwick |
| Kleinwallstadt District Bailiwick | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Kleinwallstadt District Bailiwick |
| City and district bailiwick of Obernburg | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | City and district bailiwick of Obernburg |
| District Bailiwick of Rothenbuch | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | District Bailiwick of Rothenbuch |
| District Bailiwick Schweinheim | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | District Bailiwick Schweinheim |
| Patrimonial office Krombach | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Graflich von Schönbornisches Patrimonialamt Krombach |
| Patrimonial office Niedersteinbach | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Freiherr von Forstmeisterisches Patrimonialamt Niedersteinbach |
| Patrimonial Office Sommerau | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Freiherr von Fechenbachisches Patrimonialamt Sommerau |
| Patrimonial office Unterhausen | Vice Cathedral Office Aschaffenburg | Count of Ingelheim Patrimonial Office Unterhausen |
| Klingenberg District Bailiwick | Oberamt Klingenberg | Klingenberg District Bailiwick |
| District Bailiwick of the City Process | Oberamt Klingenberg | District Bailiwick of the City Process |
| Office of Hobach | Oberamt Klingenberg | Office of Hobach |
| Patrimonial Office Fechenbach | Oberamt Klingenberg | Freiherr von Reigersbergisches Patrimonialamt Fechenbach |
| City and District Bailiwick of Orb | Oberamt Orb | City and District Bailiwick of Orb |
| Burgjos District Bailiwick | Oberamt Orb | Burgjos District Bailiwick |
| Ausenau office | Oberamt Orb | Ausenau office |
| City and district bailiwick Lohr | Justice Senate Aschaffenburg for the dissolved Oberamt Lohr | City and district bailiwick Lohr |
| District Bailiwick of Framersbach | Justice Senate Aschaffenburg for the dissolved Oberamt Lohr | District Bailiwick of Framersbach |
| Office Rieneck and Aura | Justice Senate Aschaffenburg for the dissolved Oberamt Lohr | Office Rieneck and Aura |
| Kreuzwertheim Justice Office | Law Office Kreuzwertheim (Princely and Countly Löwenstein-Wertheimsche and Countly Erbachsche Law Office Kreuzwertheim) | Justice Office Kreuzwertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim) |
| Kreuzwertheim Justice Office | Kreuzwertheim Law Office | Justice Office Kreuzwertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim) |
| Office Eschau or Wildenstein | Kreuzwertheim Law Office | Office Eschau or Wildenstein (Erbach) |
| Office Rothenfels | Kreuzwertheim Law Office | Office Rothenfels (Löwenstein) |
| Trisenstein Office | Kreuzwertheim Law Office | Trisenstein Office (Löwenstein) |
Dishes in the Fulda department
In the Fulda department, the Grand Ducal Government of Fulda formed the court of second instance. For this purpose, the Justice Department existed in the government. This was also the entry point for the privileged places of jurisdiction. The government's revision department was set up to deal with appeals. Below were the offices as sub-courts:
- Office Bieberstein in Bieberstein , with the seat of Mairie at Bieberstein Castle
- Office Brückenau in Brückenau
- Office Burghaun in Burghaun
- Centamt Fulda in Fulda
- Centamt Johannesberg in Johannesberg
- Office Eiterfeld in Eiterfeld
- Office Fischberg zu Dermbach
- Geisa Office in Geisa
- Grossenlüder office in Grossenlüder
- Hammelburg Office in Hammelburg
- Haselstein office in Haselstein
- Office Hünfeld in Hünfeld
- Neuhof office in Neuhof
- Office Salmünster in Salmünster
- City Office Fulda
- Weyhers office in Weyhers
Dishes in the Hanau department
The court court of Hanau served as the court of second instance . The courts of first instance were formed by the offices.
- Hanau Office in Hanau
- Altengronau Office in Altengronau
- Mountains
- Beaver
- Gelnhausen (with a judicial officer in Gelnhausen and one in Altenhaßlau )
- Castle Court Gelnhausen
- Schwarzenfels
- Steinau (with one judicial officer in Steinau and one in Schlüchtern )
- Wind corners
- Count of Degenfel's inheritance court at Ramholz
Community courts
- Joint Justice Office Vilbel in Vilbel (together with the Grand Duchy of Hesse )
- Joint Justice Office Praunheim in Praunheim (together with Solms-Rödelheim )
- Joint Justice Office Burggräfenrode in Burg-Graefenrode (together with the Grand Duchy of Hesse )
Others
In addition to the state courts, there were also church courts. With an ordinance of January 28, 1812, a general Lutheran and a Reformed consistory , each with its seat in Hanau, was created. These were responsible for disciplinary and spiritual matters for the entire Grand Duchy, but unlike before, they were not responsible for civil law matters of the clergy.
Reform 1813
On January 1, 1813, a judicial reform came into force, which reorganized the courts uniformly according to the French model. For cases below 75 guilders, justice of the peace were now responsible, for higher amounts in dispute, department courts. The patrimonial jurisdiction was severely restricted and now corresponded only to a police jurisdiction. With the end of the Grand Duchy in the same year, this judicial organization remained an episode.
literature
- State calendar of the Grand Ducal City and the Department of Frankfurt 1812, pp. 179–220, online
- Günther Christ: Lohr am Main, Historical Atlas of Franconia, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7696-6854-4 , pp. 359-360.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Bär: The Authorities Constitution of the Rhine Province, 1919, reprint 1965, pp. 426–427.