District Court Gera (Reuss)

The district court of Gera was a court in Reuss younger line from 1863 to 1879 with its seat in Gera . The higher court was the Eisenach appellate court .

history

In 1863 two district courts were formed in Reuss younger line. The one in Gera was responsible for the districts of the Gera and Hohenleuben justice offices , the Schleiz district court for the rest of the principality.

The district court of Gera consisted of a district court director, two permanent district judges and the individual judges of the judicial offices and made decisions based on colleagues. It was the court of first instance in all civil law cases that were not minor. In minor cases, the judicial offices were the initial instance and the district courts were the revision instance. Under criminal law, they were the first instance in the case of offenses, and in the case of crimes they conducted the preliminary investigation.

As part of the introduction of the Reich Justice Laws , the Gera District Court and the judicial offices were dissolved in 1879 and its tasks were transferred to the Gera District Court and the Gera and Hohenleuben District Courts .

Judge

• Franz Hirt (Director)

literature

• Folklore and regional studies of the Principality of Reuss jL, 1870, p. 281, online