List of judicial districts in Vorarlberg

This list of court districts in Vorarlberg lists all existing court districts as well as the former court districts in the state of Vorarlberg .

history

Judicial districts in Vorarlberg, as of July 1, 2017

The judicial districts that exist today go back to 1849. After the abolition of the previous jurisdiction, the transfer of legal affairs to the newly appointed princely courts was passed on by a declaration by the State Court Introductory Commission .

Based on the Innsbruck Higher Regional Court (to which the Court of Justice and Cassation Court in Vienna was subordinate in the last instance), the three regional courts Innsbruck (for the Innsbruck district ), Bozen ( Brixen district ) and Feldkirch ( Vorarlberg district ) as well as the two Senates Trient and Roveredo created for the Trento district. The district courts were subordinate to the regional courts or the senates, with 66 district courts in Tyrol and 6 district courts in Vorarlberg. These 72 judicial districts also formed the lowest level of jurisdiction.

Although Vorarlberg became a “state” in 1861 with its own state parliament and state committee , the court organization remained in place and the Feldkirch regional court was subordinate to the Innsbruck Higher Regional Court. The membership in the Innsbruck Higher Regional Court continued even after the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire. In contrast to other federal states, all district courts founded in 1849/50 in Vorarlberg remained in existence until 2017. The "judicial district Bregenzerwald" was renamed to "judicial district Bezau".

On September 25, 2015, Justice Minister Wolfgang Brandstetter announced that the Montafon District Court and thus the judicial district would be dissolved in 2017. Responsibility therefore passed to the District Court of Bludenz on July 1, 2017, and the municipalities of the Montafon judicial district became part of the Bludenz judicial district . In previous years, these plans had already been drawn up several times and were rejected due to the continuing resistance of the Vorarlberg state government .

Existing judicial districts

All district courts in Vorarlberg are subordinate to the Feldkirch regional court .

The table contains the following information:

GRKZ:	Court district code (according to Statistics Austria)
Judicial district:	Name of the judicial district
Political district:	Political district in which the judicial district is located
Population:	Number of registered residents with their main residence in the respective judicial district (as of January 1, 2020)
Surface:	Area of the judicial districts in km² (as of 2016)

GRKZ	Judicial district	political district	population	surface
8021	Bezau	Bregenz	28,255	588.38
8011	Bludenz	Bludenz	64.107	1,285.64
8022	Bregenz	Bregenz	106,732	276.96
8031	Dornbirn	Dornbirn	89,912	172.27
8041	Feldkirch	Feldkirch	108.133	277.89

Former judicial districts

The table contains the following information:

Judicial district:	Name of the judicial district
Political district:	Political district in which the judicial district was responsible
Resolution:	Date on which the dissolution of the judicial district became legally effective
Assigned to:	Judicial district to which the area of the dissolved judicial district was assigned

Judicial district	political district	resolution	Assigned to
Montafon	Bludenz	July 1, 2017	Bludenz

Evidence and sources

Statistics Austria: Classifications: Judicial Districts - Tables, Thematic Maps, Further Information (Austria-wide)
Kurt Klein (edit.): Historical local dictionary . Statistical documentation on population and settlement history. Ed .: Vienna Institute of Demography [VID] d. Austrian Academy of Sciences . Vorarlberg ( online document , explanations . Suppl . ; both PDF - oD [updated]). Data as of June 30, 2011

↑ Provincial Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, 1849, No. 292: Imperial Ordinance of June 26, 1849 with which the organization of the courts in the Crown Land of Tyrol and Vorarlberg is approved.
^ Provincial law and government gazette for the Kronland Tirol and Vorarlberg. 1850, 1st piece, No. 1: Announcement of the State Court Introductory Commission of November 29, 1849, about the organization of courts in the Crown Lands of Tyrol and Vorarlberg
↑ Montafon district court will remain in place for longer . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from June 15, 2016.
↑ Montafon district court finally closed , on vorarlberg.orf.at on June 30, 2017
↑ District Court of Montafon: Criticism of the closure . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from September 25, 2015.
↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
↑ Statistics Austria (ed.): Municipal directory. As of January 1, 2016

[1] Provincial Law and Government Gazette for the Crown Land of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, 1849, No. 292: Imperial Ordinance of June 26, 1849 with which the organization of the courts in the Crown Land of Tyrol and Vorarlberg is approved.

[2] Provincial law and government gazette for the Kronland Tirol and Vorarlberg. 1850, 1st piece, No. 1: Announcement of the State Court Introductory Commission of November 29, 1849, about the organization of courts in the Crown Lands of Tyrol and Vorarlberg

[3] Montafon district court will remain in place for longer . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from June 15, 2016.

[4] Montafon district court finally closed , on vorarlberg.orf.at on June 30, 2017

[5] District Court of Montafon: Criticism of the closure . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from September 25, 2015.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT-6] Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)

[7] Statistics Austria (ed.): Municipal directory. As of January 1, 2016