Weidenberg district court

The Weidenberg district court was an older Bavarian district court that existed from 1812 to 1879 and was based in Weidenberg in what is now the Bayreuth district . In the Kingdom of Bavaria , the regional courts were judicial and administrative authorities, which were replaced in administrative matters by the district offices in 1862 and in legal matters by the local courts in 1879 .

history

In 1812, the Weidenberg district court was established in the course of the administrative restructuring of Bavaria . This was added to the Mainkreis , whose capital was Bamberg .

On the occasion of the introduction of the Courts Constitution Act on October 1, 1879, the Weidenberg District Court was established, the district of which was formed from the previous Weidenberg District Court and the communities of Birk , Döhlau , Fischbach , Görschnitz , Kirchenlaibach , Kirchenpingarten , Lankendorf , Lienlas , Mengersreuth , Nairitz , Neubau , Oberwarmensteinach , Reislas , Seybothenreuth , Sophienthal , Tressau , Untersteinach , Warmensteinach , Weidenberg and Windischenlaibach .

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hohn (Ed.): Geographical-statistical description of the Upper Main district . J. Dederich, Bamberg 1827, p. 311-315 ( digitized version ).
• Circle of Bavarian Scholars (Ed.): Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia (=  Bavaria. Regional and Folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Volume 3 ). Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1865, DNB  56034290X , p. 615-616 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Weidenberg district court . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 647-649 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm Volkert (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 431-432 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Royal Highest Ordinance of April 2, 1879, concerning the determination of the court seats and the formation of the court districts ( GVBl. P. 369 )
2. ↑ Weidenberg Regional Court. In: Royal. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1877, Col. 1019-1024.