Hanover Higher Court

The Hanover Higher Court was a large higher court in the Kingdom of Hanover . It had its seat in Hanover 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 Hanover higher court.

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

• District court Wunstorf
• District Court of Calenberg
• Eldagsen District Court
• Hanover District Court
• Hanover District Court
• District court Langenhagen
• Ricklingen District Court
• Neustadt am Rübenberge district court
• Wennigsen District Court

With the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866, the higher court was initially converted into a Prussian higher court and later into the Hanover regional court .

Judge

• Bernhard Baurschmidt
• Carl Lichtenberg

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