Lüneburg Higher Court
The Lüneburg Higher Court was a large higher court in the Kingdom of Hanover . It had its seat in Lüneburg 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 established as courts of second instance (comparable to today's regional courts ), including the higher court of Lüneburg.
The following local courts were subordinate to the Lüneburg Higher Court :
- District Court Artlenburg
- Bleckede District Court
- District court Bodenteich
- District court Ebstorf
- Harburg District Court
- Lüneburg District Court
- District court Medingen
- Local court Tostedt
- District court Uelzen
- District Court of Salzhausen
- District Court Winsen
In 1859 the Dannenberg Higher Court was repealed and its judicial district was assigned to that of the Lüneburg Higher Court.
With the annexation of Hanover by Prussia , it first became a Prussian higher court and was then converted into the district court of Lüneburg .
Judge
- Christian Wilhelm Lindemann , director 1852–1859
- Karl von Müller , director 1859–1867
- August Carl Ernst von Werlhof , director 1867–1876
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law on the court constitution of November 8, 1850 ( Collection of Laws for the Kingdom of Hanover, p. 207 )
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Hanoverian legislation on state and municipal administration, 1852, p. 32 ff. Online
