Higher Court of Celle

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The higher court of Celle was a large higher court in the Kingdom of Hanover . It had its seat in Celle 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, 12 major and 4 minor higher courts were set up as courts of second instance (comparable to today's regional courts ), including the Celle higher court.

The following local courts were subordinate to the Higher Court of Celle :

With the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866, it was first made a Prussian higher court and in 1879 it was repealed.

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