Weismain District Court

The district court of Weismain was a Bavarian district court of the older order that existed from 1803 to 1879 and was based in Weismain in what is now the district of Lichtenfels . 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 1803, the Weismain Regional Court was established in the course of the administrative restructuring of Bavaria . After the establishment of the Kingdom 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 Weismain District Court was established, the district of which was composed of the communities of the previous Weismain District Court district: Altenkunstadt , Arnstein , Burgkunstadt , Burkersdorf , Burkheim , Ebneth , Gärtenroth , Geutenreuth , Großziegenfeld , Hain , Kaspauer , Kirchlein , Kleinziegenfeld , Maineck , Mainroth , Modschiedel , Neudorf , Pfaffendorf , Strössendorf , Theisau , Wallersberg , Weiden , Weidnitz , Weismain and Wildenberg .

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hohn (Ed.): Geographical-statistical description of the Upper Main district . J. Dederich, Bamberg 1827, p. 316-323 ( 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. 723-727 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Weismain district court . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 649-652 ( digitized ).
• Wilhelm Volkert (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 511-512 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weismain District Court. In: Royal. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1877, Sp. 1079-1084.