Bayreuth Regional Court

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Palace of Justice

The Bayreuth Regional Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction . It is one of 22 regional courts in the Free State of Bavaria .

District Court District

The district of the Landgericht (LG) Bayreuth extends in addition to the independent city of Bayreuth to the districts of Bayreuth and Kulmbach .

Superordinate and subordinate courts

The Bayreuth Regional Court is one of seven regional courts over which the Bamberg Higher Regional Court is superordinate. The district courts in Bayreuth and Kulmbach are subordinate .

history

In 1812 Bayreuth established its own regional court in Bayreuth (older order) , and since 1857 there was also a district court . In 1879, the former regional court of the older order was converted into the district court of Bayreuth in accordance with the Reich's uniform court constitution law of 1877 , and the district court became the new regional court.

Courthouse

The court is housed in the Justice Palace at Wittelsbacherring 22, which was inaugurated on December 15, 1904. The building was erected from 1901 in the historicizing Art Nouveau style, the facade was included in the list of protected cultural assets of the Hague Convention on December 12, 1984 .

The public prosecutor's office and parts of the Bayreuth District Court are also housed in the Palace of Justice . Due to a lack of space, business areas have recently been outsourced to three other buildings in the vicinity.

Known procedures

The following proceedings at the Bayreuth Regional Court have attracted national attention:

See also

Web links

Commons : Justizpalast Bayreuth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980. 1983, ISBN 3406096697 , pp. 121-122, 606.
  2. Kurt Herterich: Through southwest Bayreuth . 1st edition. Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2001, ISBN 3-925361-39-1 , p. 19th ff .

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '24.1 "  N , 11 ° 34' 18.9"  E