Karlsruhe Regional Court

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The Karlsruhe Regional Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction in Baden-Württemberg and one of nine regional courts in the district of the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court .

Karlsruhe Regional Court
Karlsruhe Regional Court, jury wing

history

The building of today's regional court was built between 1874 and 1879 by the chief building officer Heinrich Leonhard . The building is designed in the rather sober style of the Neo-Renaissance and initially served as a palace of justice, in which the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe and the district and court court of the Grand Duchy of Baden were housed. The Higher Regional Court was moved to its own building in 1902 after it was built; the district court of Karlsruhe and the public prosecutor's office for the judicial district moved into different buildings before the First World War .

Karlsruhe Regional Court, allegorical figure "Lex" on the jury-court wing
Karlsruhe district court, allegorical figure "Jus" on the jury-court wing

In the wing to the northwest on Stephanienstraße there is the jury court room on the first floor , the largest room in the court building in terms of area and the only one in which some of the rich decorations have been preserved after the fundamental renovations of the interior.

The facade of the jury wing also surpasses the main facade in terms of its design and ornamentation. It is dominated by four clearly raised arched windows. These are framed on both sides by strong pilasters adorned with the Baden coat of arms , in whose niches the allegorical figures "Lex" (with the open code of law in the left) and "Jus" (with the sword as a symbol of high jurisdiction ) are embedded. The figures come from the Karlsruhe sculptor Hermann Volz (1847–1941).

The separate entrance to the jury room was intended to move the public from the main entrance to the side wing.

In 1907 the internationally sensational murder trial against the attorney Carl Hau took place in the jury room of the regional court .

In the Second World War , the district court building was badly damaged, even if the external appearance was essentially intact. From 1949 it was rebuilt and also rebuilt. In 1971 the building was expanded to include an extension on Stephanienstraße. The official and remand prison in the courtyard of the court was demolished and the interior was extensively renovated until 1980.

Between 1998 and 2009 the criminal proceedings and later the civil proceedings against Harry Wörz took place before the regional court on charges of attempted murder of his wife.

Map of the district court of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg

Seat and District of the Court

The district court includes the cities of Karlsruhe and Pforzheim and the districts of Karlsruhe and Enzkreis with a total of over one million inhabitants.

The seat of the court is Karlsruhe . The address of the court is: "Hans-Thoma-Straße 7"

Superior and subordinate courts

The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court is directly superordinate to the Regional Court, and the Federal Court of Justice , also in Karlsruhe.

The district courts of Bretten , Bruchsal , Ettlingen , Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe-Durlach , Pforzheim , Philippsburg and, since 1995, Maulbronn belong to the district court . While the Karlsruhe District Court has its own president, the other district courts in the district are subject to the supervision of the President of the Regional Court.

Court organization

The regional court has around 60 judges. The president of the regional court is Jörg Müller. It has eleven civil chambers, one chamber for building land matters and three chambers for commercial matters as well as 21 criminal chambers and two auxiliary chambers for criminal matters. One of the chambers for commercial matters and several criminal chambers are located in Pforzheim .

Art in the district court

The stairwell and corridors have been used for exhibition purposes since 1991. The association Kunst im Landgericht eV offers young artists exhibition space and the population the opportunity to visit the courthouse in peace and quiet without any reference to litigation. A total of 39 exhibitions took place, including an exhibition each with artists from Dresden (1992), from Halle (1996), from Leipzig (2010) and two exhibitions with children's art from the museum education of the State Art Hall (1999 and 2010).

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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 44.8 "  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 55.6"  E