District court Sondershausen

The (joint) district court Sondershausen was a joint intermediate court of several Thuringian small states from July 1, 1850 to 1879, with its seat in Sondershausen .

The district court of Sondershausen was responsible for the following areas:

1) Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

In Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt it was responsible for the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt subordination . Subordinate to it were:

• Justice Office Frankenhausen I (until 1853)
• Justice Office Frankenhausen II (until 1853)
• Justice Office Frankenhausen (1853–1879)
• Justice Office Commission Schlotheim

See also courts in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt .

2) Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

In Schwarzburg-Sondershausen it was responsible for the subordination . Subordinate to it were:

• Sondershausen Justice Office
• Justice Office Ebeleben
• Keula Justice Office
• Justice Office Greußen

See also courts in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

3) Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

• Office Oldisleben
• Allstedt office

It was subordinate to the (joint) Court of Appeal in Eisenach and then to the Higher Appeal Court in Jena .

The court consisted of a director, two district judges and an assessor. One of the district judges was appointed by Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

As part of the introduction of the Reich Justice Laws , the Sondershausen District Court was dissolved in 1879 and its tasks were distributed among various regional courts, mainly the Rudolstadt Regional Court .

literature

• Ulrich Hess: History of the state authorities in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. 1994, ISBN 3-334-60503-5 , p. 110.