Koenigstein im Taunus district court

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Koenigstein District Court (gerichtstrasse)

The district court of Königstein im Taunus (AG Königstein im Taunus) is a German district court of ordinary jurisdiction based in Königstein im Taunus .

Jurisdiction

Location of the district court of Königstein in Hesse
Location of the district court of Königstein in Hesse

The district court of Königstein im Taunus is locally responsible for the cities of Königstein im Taunus, Bad Soden am Taunus , Eppstein , Kelkheim (Taunus) , Kronberg im Taunus and Schwalbach am Taunus as well as the municipality of Glashütten . With the dissolution of the Usingen District Court on December 31, 2011, the communities of Schmitten and Weilrod were added.

It is materially responsible for all disputes legally assigned to the local courts.

Superior courts

Koenigstein District Court (Luxembourg Castle)

The parent of the Local Court Koenigstein im Taunus, the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court District of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main .

history

Koenigstein City Court

Court seal of the city court 1535 (original size approx. 31 mm)

With the granting of city ​​rights to Königstein in 1313, a city court was also formed to exercise the lower jurisdiction . In 1539 Ludwig zu Stolberg tried to set up a regional court in Königstein as a lower court for the entire county of Königstein . However, this was hardly called and therefore canceled again in 1543.

The City Court of Königstein was responsible for the places Königstein, Mammolshain , Schwalbach , Schönberg and Oberhöchstadt . At times, Wicker , Weilbach and Eddersheim also belonged to the judicial district. Appellations against judgments of the city court were up to the 16th century with the Schöffenstuhl in Frankfurt (first appellations are recorded in 1440) and later with the Mainz “court court” in Königstein. The work of the city court is well documented by two surviving court books (the first begins on March 12, 1437, the second goes from 1539 to 1604).

Mainz Oberamt Königstein

With the takeover of rule by Kurmainz in 1581, the Obermtmann of the Koenigstein office or its rentmaster was responsible for the first instance jurisdiction.

Nassau Office Koenigstein

In 1803 the Oberamt Königstein came to Nassau-Usingen and later to the Duchy of Nassau . In Nassau, too, administration and jurisdiction were not separate. The offices, here the Königstein office, were both administrative authorities and courts of first instance. However, the office was only responsible for civil litigation. The criminal court acted as the court of first instance in matters of criminal law. Second instance in civil law issues was the Court and Appeal Court of Wiesbaden (1832 to 1849 with seat in Usingen ).

The attempt to separate administration and jurisdiction after the March Revolution of 1848 (law of April 4, 1848) was unsuccessful.

District Court

After the annexation Nassau by Prussia at last administration and jurisdiction has been disconnected. The administrative tasks of the dissolved offices were taken over by the districts (here the Obertaunuskreis ), a royal Prussian district court in Königstein was set up for jurisdiction. This was subordinate to the Wiesbaden district court . The first royal magistrate was Mr. Dilger in 1867.

In 1868 the places Ober- and Niederreifenberg from the judicial district of the district court Usingen were assigned to that of the AG Königstein, in 1878 the places Bommersheim , Kalbach , Oberursel , Stierstadt and Weißkirchen from the district of the AG Königstein were assigned to the district court Bad Homburg .

After the Courts Constitution Act came into force, the district court district was set as follows on July 5, 1879: Königstein, Altenhain, Kronberg, Ehlhalten, Eppenhain, Fischbach, Glashütten, Hornau, Kelkheim, Mammolshain, Neuenhain, Niederhöchststadt, Oberhöchststadt, Ruppertshain, Schlossborn, Schneidhain , Schönberg Schwalbach, Eppstein, Falkenstein, Ober- and Niederreifenberg. The higher court was now the Wiesbaden district court .

With the dissolution of the Usingen District Court on December 31, 2011, the judicial district expanded.

Seat

The address of the local court is: Richtstrasse 2, 61462 Königstein and Burgweg 9 (Luxembourg Castle, front).

building

Koenigstein District Court (Luxembourg Castle, back side)

The district court uses two buildings. The Luxembourg Castle is used next to the courthouse ongerichtstrasse.

Luxembourg Castle

The name comes from the fact that Duke Adolph von Nassau , who ruled from 1839 until the annexation of Nassau by Prussia in 1866, and who later also became Grand Duke of Luxembourg (ruled from 1890 until his death in 1905), arranged for the building to be converted into a castle.

After the county of Königstein was annexed by Kurmainz in 1581, an office building was built on the site of today's castle in 1581 for Gernand von Schwallbach, the Elector of Mainz . This building was destroyed in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War . A new building was therefore built between 1686 and 1694. In the 18th century this building was also affected by the effects of the war. In 1810 the Renthof became the seat of the bailiff. The previous official building became the seat of the Nassau state high school and lower jurisdiction. In 1820 the property was sold to the wealthy Frankfurt leather dealer Georg Christian Dörr , who converted it into his summer residence. In 1858 Dörr's heirs sold the building to Duke Adolph. He expanded the castle into a summer residence for his wife Adelheid Marie . The main building was significantly enlarged and architect Gédéon Bordiau provided the formerly baroque office building with its current facade from 1873 to 1876. Since 1890, the year in which Adolph von Nassau became Grand Duke of Luxembourg , the building has been known as the "Luxembourg Castle".

In 1952 the use of the palace by the Luxembourg ruling family was finally terminated and the valuable furniture was brought to Luxembourg . In 1959 a Frankfurt businessman bought the building and rented it out as an office building without making the necessary maintenance investments. In 1970 the city of Königstein acquired the castle. After lengthy negotiations with the State of Hesse , the palace was renovated in 1979 for approx. 4.5 million DM (in today's purchasing power 5.22 million euros) and since 1981 leased to the Hessian Ministry of Justice for use as a district court.

Buildings in Courthouse Street

Koenigstein District Court Court Street coat of arms

As early as the 15th century, under the rule of the Eppsteiner , the “Hoiefeschuwer”, the court barn, where the tithe levies were stored, was located on the site of today's courthouse. In 1581 the building became the Rentamt, the seat of the Mainz rentmasters. The building at that time was torn down to its foundations between 1720 and 1727 and replaced by a new building - today's district court. The coat of arms of the client, Elector Lothar Franz Freiherr von Schönborn, adorns the building to this day. The cost of the new building was 4072 guilders and 35 cruisers. On July 22nd and 23rd, 1727, the building was opened by the Oberamtmann Adolf Johann Karl Freiherr von Bettendorf and the Freiherr von Lajen as representatives of the Elector. It served as a renting farm for almost 200 years. The rule of Mainz ended with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the Dukes of Nassau used the building as a judicial office. Even after Nassau was annexed by Prussia, the building continued to be used as a court. Just like the Luxembourg castle, this building is also a listed building .

See also

literature

  • Johannes Scheidt: Contribution to the history of the judiciary in Königstein . In: Heimatliche Geschichtsblätter Königstein im Taunus . 1957, No. 4, pp. 22-34.
  • Beate Großmann-Hofmann, Hans-Curt Köster: Königstein im Taunus: History and Art . Verlag Langewiesche , Königstein 2010, ISBN 978-3-7845-0778-1 , especially p. 100 for 105.

Web links

Commons : Koenigstein im Taunus district court  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingrid Berg: The Luxembourg Castle in Königstein and its use . In: Ingrid Berg: Heimat Hochtaunus . Kramer, Frankfurt 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0375-7 , pages 397-399.
  2. Stefan Jung: Baroque pearl under protection. In: Taunus Zeitung of August 12, 2009, page 20

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