List of courts in Germany from 1816 to 1879

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This list contains the historical courts in Germany from 1816 to 1879 , i.e. between the formation of the German Confederation in 1815 and the entry into force of the Reich Justice Acts in 1879. Until then, the individual federal states were responsible for organizing the courts. The list is therefore broken down by state.

Historical courts with jurisdiction for Germany or larger parts of Germany

There were no nationwide courts in the German Confederation. Only with the formation of the North German Confederation were such nationwide courts established.

Higher Appeal Courts

With the end of the old empire , the jurisdiction of the previous highest imperial courts also ended. It was therefore necessary for the states remaining in the German Confederation to receive a corresponding third and final instance to replace the former imperial courts. Article 12 of the Federal Act of 1815 therefore required the states to set up courts of appeal as the third and final instance in civil and criminal matters. Each state should have at least one such court, and states with fewer than 300,000 residents should form such a court with their relatives or other states. In many federal states, especially those with a constitution, the Higher Appeal Court also formed the state court , which had to investigate and decide complaints of the estates against higher civil servants, ministers, etc.

dish Seat State (s) founding Remarks
Supreme judicial authority Vienna Vienna Those parts of Austria that were part of the German Confederation 1749 from 1848: Supreme Court (Austria)
Prussian Higher Tribunal Berlin Those parts of Prussia that were part of the German Confederation 1853 Until January 1, 1853, these were the Secret Higher Tribunal (since 1782) and the Rhenish Auditing and Cassation Court (since 1819). From 1867 to 1874 also the Berlin Higher Appeal Court for Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, Hessen-Nassau, Lauenburg, Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Higher Appeal Court Munich Munich Kingdom of Bavaria 1809 Successor to the auditorium established in 1625; also: the court of cassation for the Rhine Palatinate in Munich
Royal High Court of Appeal Dresden Kingdom of Saxony 1835
Mannheim Higher Court Mannheim Grand Duchy of Baden 1803
Higher Appeal Court Kassel kassel Kurhessen 1746
Court of Appeal and Cassation Darmstadt Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse , Hesse-Homburg 1747/1832 until 1824/25 also for the two Hohenzollerns
Higher Appeal Court Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Duchy of Nassau 1818 Successor to the Hadamar Higher Appeal Court founded in 1804 , which was relocated to Diez in 1810
Supreme Court (Luxembourg) Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 1830 previously Liège High Court
Higher Appeal Court of Celle Celle Kingdom of Hanover (from 1857 also for Lippe-Detmold ) 1711
Upper Tribunal Stuttgart Stuttgart Württemberg 1805/1817 Successor to the Württemberg court; from June 1824 also for Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and October 1825 for Hohenzollern-Hechingen ; responsible for both Hohenzollern until 1851
Higher Appeal Court Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel Braunschweig ; until 1851/56 also for Waldeck , until 1857 for Lippe-Detmold and for Schaumburg-Lippe January 3, 1817 until 1855; then higher court Wolfenbüttel
Higher Appeal Court Jena Jena Ernestine Duchies and Reuss January 7, 1817
Higher Appeal Court Zerbst Zerbst Anhalt and Schwarzburg states October 1, 1817 until 1849; then higher appeal court Jena
Parchim Court of Appeal Parchim Both Mecklenburg states October 1, 1818 until 1840; then Rostock Higher Appeal Court
Court of Appeal Innsbruck innsbruck Principality of Liechtenstein 1817
Higher appeal court for the state of Oldenburg Oldenburg Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1814
Higher Appeal Court of the Four Free Cities Lübeck Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Lübeck November 13, 1820
Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court Kiel Duchies of Schleswig , Holstein and Lauenburg October 1, 1834 1850 to 1867 for Holstein and Lauenburg

State Courts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Kotulla: German Constitutional Law 1806-1918, A collection of documents and introductions . 1. Volume: All of Germany, Anhalt States and Baden. 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-29289-0 , pp. 121-122, books.google.de