Higher Appeal Court Mannheim
The Higher Appeal Court Mannheim was the Higher Appeal Court and thus the highest court in the Electoral Palatinate with its seat in Mannheim .
On July 17, 1652, the Palatinate received an appeal privilege ( Privilegium de non appellando ) as "privilegium illimitatum". This meant that the Elector's subjects had no opportunity to have judgments of the Palatinate Courts reviewed by the Reichshofrat or the Reich Chamber of Commerce. In return, a higher appeal court had to be set up in the Palatinate, which now acted as the highest court.
This function was initially performed by the elector himself or by the "secret conference". Later, a committee consisting of five lawyers was entrusted with this task, which by the electoral edict of December 22, 1729 was named "Higher Appeal Court". From 1766 it had its seat in the “ Kaufhaus am Paradeplatz ”, which was built between 1733 and 1747 . Contrary to the name, it was not a department store, but a central authority and court building. It was destroyed in the Second World War except for the tower ruins and part of the ground floor arcades. Today the town house on Paradeplatz is in its place.
The Mannheim Court of Justice was subordinate to the Mannheim Higher Appeal Court . This was the entrance court for persons with a privileged place of jurisdiction and a court of second instance with regard to judgments of the lower courts (the magistrates of the cities, the offices and higher offices). With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the Palatinate in 1803. finished the right bank part many of the Margraviate of Baden . The Mannheim Higher Appeal Court was overturned. Its function was taken over by the “ Oberhofgericht for the Electorate of Baden ” based in Bruchsal . This was moved back to Mannheim in 1810.
Judge
- Carl Philipp von Venningen , Judge of Appeal
literature
- Holger Radke, Günter Zöbeley: The courts in the Mannheim District Court, online (PDF)