Rotenburg an der Fulda High Court

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The Rotenburg Higher Court was a court of second instance in Rotenburg an der Fulda in the Electorate of Hesse . It only existed for a very short time, from February 1, 1849 to October 31, 1851, and was responsible for the second instance jurisdiction in the administrative districts of Hersfeld and Schmalkalden created by law of October 31, 1848 as a result of the March Revolution .

history

The establishment of the court was preceded by long negotiations on the question of whether Hersfeld or Rotenburg should be its location. Hersfeld finally received the district office, Rotenburg the higher court. This was subject to a total of 17 judicial offices, those in Brotterode , Friedewald , Herrenbreitungen , Hersfeld I , Hersfeld II, Melsungen , Nentershausen , Niederaula , Raboldshausen , Rotenburg I, Rotenburg II, Schenklengsfeld , Schmalkalden , Sontra , Spangenberg and Steinbach-Hallenberg .

Depending on the procedure, the court consisted of a civil chamber with at least three judges and a criminal chamber with at least five judges in "embarrassing" and at least three judges in other criminal matters. In addition, there was a council chamber with three judges for decisions to be issued in criminal preparation proceedings and an indictment chamber with five judges. The court should have a total of 9 to 11 judges. The court was housed in the comparatively representative building of the new city school (elementary school, "yellow school") built in 1832/33 in front of the recently demolished lower gate, which the electoral government bought from the city of Rotenburg for 10,906 thalers , this sum but paid off in installments and with interest over many years. The court, whose negotiations took place publicly and verbally, often met in Schmalkalden in order to minimize the costs for witness fees in proceedings from the Schmalkalden rule

On October 31, 1851, the Rotenburg Higher Court was dissolved, as were the higher courts in Hanau , Marburg and Rinteln . Only the higher courts in Kassel and Fulda remained .

Successor courts

Instead, a criminal court was established in Rotenburg in 1852, responsible for the justice offices of Rotenburg I and II, Nentershausen, Sontra, Melsungen, Raboldshausen and Spangenberg. Together with the two Rotenburg justice offices, which were previously housed in the stables of Rotenburg Palace , it moved into the building of the abandoned upper court and existed until 1863. The second instance for both the justice offices and the criminal courts were now the higher courts in Kassel and Fulda .

After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia , the previous justice offices of Rotenburg I and II were merged to form the Rotenburg District Court in 1867 . In 1879 the Rotenburg district court , which had only been established in September 1867, was dissolved and the district court moved into its offices. It was there until 1972. The building was demolished in 1973.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Georg Reinemund: Justice in Rotenburg from the middle of the 19th century to 1967 online , in: Rund um den Alheimer , Volume 2, Chapter 4, Geschichtsverein Altkreis Rotenburg, Rotenburg an der Fulda, 1980, pp. 42–51 ( PDF; 2.1 MB)
  2. ↑ See e.g. B. Electoral Hesse State Parliament Negotiations, No. 108, October 17, 1848 , in: Negotiations of the Electoral Hesse State Parliament: 1847,3 (1848) , p. 5
  3. ↑ Georg Reinemund: Justice conditions in Rotenburg from the middle of the 19th century to 1967 online , in: Rund um den Alheimer , Volume 2, Chapter 4, History Association Altkreis Rotenburg, Rotenburg an der Fulda, 1980, p. 44 (PDF; 2.1 MB)
  4. ↑ The other newly created criminal courts were in Kassel, Eschwege , Fritzlar , Marburg, Rinteln, Fulda, Hanau and Schmalkalden.

literature

  • Georg Reinemund: Justice conditions in Rotenburg from the middle of the 19th century to 1967 online , in: Rund um den Alheimer , Volume 2, Chapter 4, History Association Altkreis Rotenburg, Rotenburg an der Fulda, 1980, pp. 42–51 (PDF ; 2.1 MB)
  • The Rotenburg Higher Court and its lower courts (1849–1851 , in: Rund um den Alheimer , Volume 12, 1990, pp. 6–18)

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