District Court of Münster
The District Court of Münster in Westphalia, Münster is a court of general jurisdiction and is one of ten regional courts in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm . It has 13 civil chambers , six chambers for commercial matters , 20 criminal chambers and a penal enforcement chamber .
Seat and District of the Court
The seat of the court is Münster in Westphalia . The judicial district comprises 15 district courts in the districts of Borken , Coesfeld , Steinfurt and Warendorf and thus a large part of the administrative district of Münster except for the cities of Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen and the district of Recklinghausen . It thus corresponds to today's political region of Münsterland . The Münster Regional Court is responsible for around 1,586,000 residents.
building
The first building of the Münster Regional Court was built between 1875 and 1879 south of the Schlossplatz . The building was originally intended to be the seat of the Royal Prussian Court of Appeal in Münster. Shortly after the building was completed in 1879, however, the Reich Justice Acts came into force, so that from October 1, 1879, it became the seat of the Münster Regional Court. The facade was built in the so-called round arch style and shows reminiscences of both medieval (Italian Gothic ) and Renaissance architecture . Behind the courthouse was a prison built between 1872 and 1875, which was demolished for the later construction. The three-story building was badly hit by Allied bombs on March 25, 1945 and burned to the ground. After the end of the Second World War , it was rebuilt and the remaining parts were included. The facade in particular was largely reconstructed. The reconstruction lasted until October 1951.
At the beginning of the 1970s, plans began for the construction of a new courthouse, the final decision of which was only made on December 18, 1973 after a 14-hour consultation. The Münster architect Harald Deilmann was ultimately able to prevail with his design, even if the construction itself should be delayed. It was built from 1982 to the south of the previous court building, where the Münster prison branch was located until 1980 . During the excavation of the excavation pit, two water bears were discovered from the medieval city fortifications, which are still recorded on Alerdinck's bird's eye view plan and which were filled in after the city of Münster was defeated by Prince Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen while the defenses were being razed.
During the construction phase there was a change in the construction plan. Deilmann's original plan was to demolish the previous courthouse, but this was no longer possible after it was listed as a historical monument in 1984. The Münster District Court therefore moved into this building . At the beginning of 1987 the new building was completed, which cost around DM 53 million, the equivalent of EUR 27.1 million. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia paid for the necessary connection between the courthouses, which opened on June 12, 1992 .
history
The Münster Regional Court was founded on October 1, 1879, when it was opened under the direction of the first President Storck. Its location has always been south of Münster Castle and Hindenburgplatz. In the first few years, the district court had two directors and nine district judges in addition to the president. They were the higher authority for 22 local courts and around 443,000 residents. On April 3, 1888, the district courts of Buer , Bottrop , Dorsten and Recklinghausen left the jurisdiction of the Münster regional court. The first three have since belonged to the Essen District Court ; the district court in Recklinghausen was assigned to the newly created regional court Bochum in 1892 after a short membership in the regional court district of Essen . Since then, the number of local courts belonging to Münster has been 18, which remained so until 1917, when a new local court was set up in the Westphalian town of Gronau and the number rose to 19.
Due to bomb damage in the Second World War on March 25, 1945, the administration came to a complete standstill before resuming work on July 17, 1945, temporarily relocating to the former divisional headquarters on Roxeler Strasse . Only after the destroyed office building had been rebuilt in October 1951 was the court able to return to its original location. Towards the end of the 1950s, in autumn 1957, construction work began on an extension to the west of the existing building, in which the public prosecutor would also move.
On December 31, 1974, there were further changes in the administrative structure, in which on the one hand the local courts in Oelde and Vreden were dissolved. On the other hand, the district courts of Werne and Haltern were assigned to other district courts. So the district came from Werne to Lünen and thus moved to the regional court district of Dortmund ; Haltern was united with Marl and thus came to the regional court district of Essen . The remaining 15 district court districts have since belonged to the regional court district of Münster.
From 1976, planning began for a new regional court building. The site chosen was the site south of the previous building, on which the Münster prison branch was still located at that time . Only after its demolition in 1980 and the completion of the necessary road construction work began in October 1982 for the new building, which was to last until 1987. The official opening of the new courthouse took place on April 2, 1987.
Superordinate and subordinate courts
The Hamm Higher Regional Court is superordinate to the Münster Regional Court . The district courts of Ahaus , Ahlen , Beckum , Bocholt , Borken , Coesfeld , Dülmen , Gronau , Ibbenbüren , Lüdinghausen , Münster , Rheine , Steinfurt , Tecklenburg and Warendorf are subordinate .
particularities
Art exhibitions can be held within the district court building. The viewing is possible for everyone within the opening times of the court.
See also
literature
- Regional court Münster (ed.): Everything that is right. On the history of the judiciary in Münster 793–1993 . Regensburg, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-7923-0650-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AV d. JM dated November 30, 2009, JMBl. NRW 2010, p. 2 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 96 kB)
- ↑ Schlagheck, court building in Westphalia-Lippe between 1816 and 1945, Münster 2010 (cf. Diss. Univ. Münster 2010), II.7.2.2, Appellate Court Münster (pp. 113–120).
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