District Court of Gdansk
The Danzig Regional Court was a German regional court in Danzig from 1879 to 1944 .
history
With the Reich Justice Acts in 1879, the Prussian district court in Danzig was dissolved. The Gdansk Regional Court was the successor to the Danzig District Court. It was subordinate to the Marienwerder Higher Regional Court .
The following nine district courts were subordinate to the Regional Court of Danzig :
- Berent District Court in Berent
- Carthaus District Court in Carthaus
- Gdansk District Court in Gdansk
- District court Dirschau in Dirschau
- Neustadt District Court (Westpr) in Neustadt
- District court Putzig in Putzig
- District court Schöneck in Schöneck
- District Court of Prussian Stargard in Prussian Stargard
- Sopot District Court in Sopot
As a result of the Peace Treaty of Versailles , Danzig was spun off from the Reich Association as the " Free City of Danzig ". Most of the surrounding area was assigned to Poland . This reorganization did not take into account existing district boundaries or the respective judicial districts. Two urban and three rural districts were formed from the remaining districts of the Danzig area. From the parts of the regional court district that belonged to the Free City of Danzig was divided into four district court districts. Since all district courts (except Danzig itself and Sopot) had become Polish, new district court seats were selected. See also Courts in the Free City of Gdansk . The four local courts were:
- Gdansk District Court in Gdansk
- Sopot District Court in Sopot
- District court Tiegenhof in Tiegenhof
- District court Neuteich in Neuteich
The Danzig Regional Court itself continued to exist, but its judicial district was limited to the area of the Free City of Danzig. It was now subordinate to the Danzig High Court .
After the invasion of Poland in 1939, the statehood of the Free City of Danzig ended. The Danzig Higher Court was transformed into the Danzig Higher Regional Court , and the district of the Danzig Regional Court was expanded to include eleven local courts.
These were:
- Berent District Court in Berent
- Gdansk District Court in Gdansk
- District court Dirschau in Dirschau
- District court Gotenhafen in Gotenhafen
- Karthaus district court in Karthaus
- Neustadt District Court (Westpr) in Neustadt
- District Court of Prussian Stargard in Prussian Stargard
- District court Putzig in Putzig
- District court Schöneck in Schöneck
- District court Tiegenhof in Tiegenhof
- Sopot District Court in Sopot
In 1944 there were still 10 local courts. The Tiegenhof district court was now assigned to the Elbing regional court .
With the conquest of West Prussia by the Red Army in 1944, the work of these courts ended. After the Second World War , Polish courts took their place.