Court Court Dillenburg

The court court Dillenburg (from 1821 court and appeal court Dillenburg ) was a court of the second instance in the Duchy of Nassau with seat in Dillenburg .

history

The reorganization of the court system by the administrative edict of 9 and 11 September 1815 - the two data result from the fact that the edict on 9 in the Biebrich residence of Duke Friedrich August and 11 in Weilburg by Prince Friedrich Wilhelm signed is - led to the establishment of a court court in Dillenburg. This was now the only court court in Nassau, the Wiesbaden court court ended its work on December 20, 1815.

The court court in Dillenburg was responsible for civil matters of the privileged classes of the 1st and for all others of the 2nd instance as well as for divorce suits of the Protestant residents of the country.

The offices as well as the landlords in patrimonial courts were responsible for the jurisdiction in the first instance. If the minimum value in dispute of 50 guilders was exceeded, an appeal could be made to the court court against the judgments of these courts . The Court of First Instance was the court of first instance for certain privileged classes. This included the gentlemen, civil servants and others. The court court was also not responsible for military jurisdiction.

In criminal cases, the distribution of tasks was prescribed as follows: The offices had the task of arresting the suspects and handing them over to the criminal court. The Dillenburg Criminal Court and the Wiesbaden Criminal Court passed . These acted as an investigative authority and then submitted their findings to the Dillenburg court for decision. The following offices were assigned to the Dillenburg Criminal Court:

• Weilburg Office
• Office Runkel
• Limburg Office
• Office Diez
• Montabaur Office
• Office Herschbach
• Office Hachenburg
• Amt Meudt (later Wallmerod)
• Hadamar Office
• Office Rennerod
• Office Herborn
• Office Dillenburg
• Marienberg Office
• Reichelsheim Office
• Amt Atzbach (later Prussian)
• Office of Burbach (later Prussian)
• Neunkirchen Office (later Prussian)
• Office Irmgarteichen (prov. Office)
• Office Netphen (prov. Office)

The superior court for the Dillenburg court was the Wiesbaden Higher Appeal Court as the third and final court.

Due to the edict of December 31, 1821, the Dillenburg Court Court was dissolved on April 1, 1822 and replaced by the newly created Court and Appeal Courts of Dillenburg and Wiesbaden . The following offices were assigned to the Court and Appeal Courts of Dillenburg:

• Weilburg Office
• Office Runkel
• Limburg Office
• Office Diez
• Montabaur Office
• Office Herschbach
• Office Hachenburg
• Amt Meudt (later Wallmerod)
• Hadamar Office
• Office Rennerod
• Office Herborn
• Office Dillenburg
• Marienberg Office
• Reichelsheim Office

After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau by Prussia in 1866, the jurisdiction of the Dillenburg office was transferred to the Dillenburg District Court in the first instance . The court and appeal court of Dillenburg was converted into the royal Prussian district court of Dillenburg and was later absorbed by the Limburg regional court .

people

Presidents:

• 1818 to 1826: Georg Ernst Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein
• 1843 to 1848: Adolph Raht

Directors:

• August Hergenhahn (1860–1861)
• Wilhelm Winter (1861 to 1865)

Other judges:

• Ludwig Harscher von Almendingen (Vice President)
• Adolf Quirin von Diepenbroick (Director)
• Franz Ludwig von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein (from 1842)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Collection of the sovereign edicts and other ordinances: to which from July 1, 1816, the entire extent of the Duchy of Nassau was added to the force of law ..., 1817, p. 14
2. ^ Limburg Regional Court
3. ^ Edict of December 31, 1821, pp. 9-10, online
4. ↑ The other councilors at the court in 1818 can be found in: State and Address Handbook of the Duchy of Nassau, 1818, p. 32 ff.