Supreme Court of the Country

In the German court constitution , the highest court in one of the five specialized jurisdictions of one of the 16 states is named as the highest court of the country ( upper regional court or, for short, upper court ) .

Upper courts of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany are currently (2017)

• the 24 higher regional courts and the Bavarian Supreme Regional Court for ordinary jurisdiction ,
• for labor jurisdiction the 18 regional labor courts ,
• the 15 higher administrative courts for administrative jurisdiction ,
• the 14 regional social courts for social justice ,
• for the financial jurisdiction the 18 financial courts .

For the names and seat of these courts, see List of German Courts , for the names and seat of historical higher courts see List of Historical German Courts .

The state constitutional courts are outside the specialist jurisdictions .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Number of federal and state courts. (PDF; 15 kB) Information from the Federal Ministry of Justice . Retrieved October 28, 2018 .