Aurich Higher Court

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The Aurich Supreme Court was a large Supreme Court in the Kingdom of Hanover . It had its seat in Aurich in Lower Saxony .

After the revolution of 1848 was the Kingdom of Hanover , the jurisdiction of the administration separated and the patrimonial abolished.

On October 1, 1852, twelve major and four minor higher courts were set up as courts of second instance (comparable to today's regional courts ), including the Aurich upper court.

The following local courts were subordinate to the Aurich Higher Court :

In 1859 the number of local courts was reduced. There remained:

  • District court Aurich
  • Berum District Court (from the Berum District Court and parts of the Dornum District Court)
  • District Court Emden (from the District Court Emden and the District Court Greetsiel)
  • Esens District Court (from the Esens District Court and parts of the Dornum District Court)
  • District Court Leer
  • District Court North
  • Stickhausen District Court
  • Weener District Court (from the Weener District Court and the Jemgum District Court)
  • Wittmund District Court (from the Wittmund District Court and the Friedeburg District Court)

With the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866, it first became a Prussian higher court and was then converted into the Aurich district court .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Law on the court constitution of November 8, 1850 ( Collection of Laws for the Kingdom of Hanover, p. 207 )
  2. ↑ Directory of the higher courts, annex to the ordinance for the implementation of §§ 14, 15 and 35 of the law on the court constitution of November 8, 1850 of August 7, 1852, printed in: Gerhard Adolf Wilhelm Leonhardt: Die Justizgesetzgebung des Kingdom of Hanover: under special Consideration of government and class motives for practical use, Volume 3, 1852, p. 135 online
  3. ↑ Hanoverian legislation on state and municipal administration, 1852, p. 32 ff. Online
  4. ^ Ordinance of March 31, 1859 on the formation of the courts; Printed in: Christian Hermann Ebhardt: Laws, ordinances and tenders for the Kingdom of Hanover: from the period from 1813 to 1839. Fourth episode. 1856 - 1862: Department I. Legal Matters, Volume 12, 1863, p. 309, online