Thuringian Jurisdiction Law

Basic data
Title:	Thuringian law on the seat and the district of the courts of ordinary jurisdiction and the public prosecutor's offices
Short title:	Thuringian Jurisdiction Law
Abbreviation:	ThürGStG
Type:	State Law
Scope:	Thuringia
Legal matter:	Administration of justice
Issued on:	August 16, 1993 ( GVBl. P. 553 )
Entry into force on:	September 1, 1993
Last change by:	Article 4 of the law on the voluntary reorganization of the district of Wartburgkreis and the independent city of Eisenach, on the amendment of the Thuringian municipal regulations and on the amendment of the Thuringian Financial Equalization Act as well as on the adaptation of court organizational regulations of October 16, 2019 ( GVBl. Pp. 429, 434 )
Effective date of the last change:	July 1, 2021
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Thuringian Jurisdiction Law of August 16, 1993 regulates the seat and the district of the courts of ordinary jurisdiction and the public prosecutor's offices of the state of Thuringia.

prehistory

The state of Thuringia was founded in 1920, and three years later the first law on the locations of ordinary jurisdiction was passed: the law on the seats and districts of the ordinary courts in the state of Thuringia of June 15, 1923 (Ges.-SS 449). At that time, the following court organization was established for Thuringia:

Higher Regional Court	Regional courts	District courts
Thuringian Higher Regional Court in Jena	Altenburg District Court	Altenburg District Court | District court Meuselwitz | District Court Ronneburg | District Court of Schmölln
	District Court Eisenach	District Court Eisenach | Geisa District Court | District Court of Gerstungen | District Court of Kaltennordheim | Stadtlengsfeld District Court | District Court Thal-Heiligenstein | District court Vacha
	District Court Gotha	Arnstadt District Court | District Court of Gehren | District Court Gotha | District Court of Graefentonna | District Court of Ilmenau | District Court of Ohrdruf | Waltershausen District Court
	District court Gera	Auma District Court (established on January 1, 1927) | District Court Gera | Greiz District Court | District court Hirschberg (Saale) | Neustadt an der Orla district court with the Auma department (until January 1, 1927) | Schleiz District Court | Triebes District Court (established October 1, 1934) | Weida District Court | District court Zeulenroda
	District court Meiningen (without the district courts of this district belonging to Prussia )	District Court Eisfeld | District Court Heldburg | District court Hildburghausen with the department Themar | District Court Meiningen | District court Ostheim vor der Rhön | District Court Römhild | Salzungen District Court | District Court of Schalkau | District Court of Sonneberg | District Court Steinach | Wasungen District Court | District court of Zella-Mehlis
	District Court of Rudolstadt	District Court Graefenthal | District Court of Kahla | Koenigsee District Court | District Court of Lobenstein | District Court of Oberweißbach | District Court Pößneck | District Court of Rudolstadt | District court Saalfeld with the department Leutenberg | Stadtilm District Court
	Weimar Regional Court	District court Apolda | District Court Blankenhain | District Court Buttstädt | Camburg District Court | District Court Eisenberg | Großrudestedt District Court | District Court Jena | District Court Roda | District Court Vieselbach | Weimar District Court
Higher Regional Court Naumburg	Regional court Erfurt (without the district courts of this district belonging to Prussia)	District Court Allstedt | District court Ebeleben with the Schlotheim | department Frankenhausen District Court | District Court Greußen | District court Sondershausen

As a result of the incorporation of the former Prussian administrative district of Erfurt after the Second World War, a reorganization of the Thuringian judicial district division became necessary, which was then also implemented by means of the executive ordinance on the seats and districts of the district courts in the state of Thuringia of September 16, 1949 (Reg.Bl. I p. 55) happened. Thuringia was now divided into the following five district courts:

Regional courts	District courts
District Court Erfurt	Apolda District Court (repealed January 1, 1952) | Arnstadt District Court | Buttstädt District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Erfurt | District Court Gotha | District Court of Ilmenau (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Ohrdruf District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Sömmerda District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Waltershausen District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Weimar District Court
District court Gera	Altenburg District Court | Eisenberg District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Gera | Greiz District Court | District Court Jena | District Court Meuselwitz (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Neustadt an der Orla District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Schmölln (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Stadtroda (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Weida District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Zeulenroda (repealed on January 1, 1952)
District Court Meiningen	District Court Eisenach | Eisfeld District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Hildburghausen | District Court of Kaltennordheim (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Meiningen | Bad Salzungen District Court | Schleusingen District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Schmalkalden (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Suhl | District Court Vacha (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Zella-Mehlis (repealed on January 1, 1952)
District Court Mühlhausen	District Court Bleicherode (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Dingelstädt (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Heiligenstadt District Court | Langensalza District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Mühlhausen | Nordhausen District Court | District Court Sondershausen | Worbis District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952)
District Court of Rudolstadt	Koenigsee District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | Lobenstein District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court Pößneck (repealed on January 1, 1952) | District Court of Rudolstadt | District Court Saalfeld | Schleiz District Court | District Court of Sonneberg | Steinach District Court (repealed on January 1, 1952)

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Jena is determined as the seat of the Thuringian Higher Regional Court . The Thuringian regional courts have their seat in Erfurt , Gera , Meiningen and Mühlhausen .

The districts of the regional courts were or are formed from the following district court districts:

1. The district of the Erfurt regional court from the districts of the local courts Apolda , Arnstadt , Artern (repealed on April 1, 2006), Erfurt , Gotha , Sömmerda and Weimar .
2. The district of the district court of Gera from the districts of the district courts of Altenburg , Gera , Greiz , Jena , Lobenstein (repealed on April 1, 2006), Pößneck , Rudolstadt , Saalfeld (repealed on April 1, 2006) and Stadtroda .
3. The district of the district court Meiningen from the districts of the district courts Bad Salzungen , Eisenach (since April 1, 2006), Hildburghausen , Ilmenau (repealed on April 1, 2006), Meiningen , Schmalkalden (repealed on April 1, 2006), Sonneberg and Suhl .
4. The district of the regional court of Mühlhausen from the districts of the district courts of Bad Langensalza (repealed on April 1, 2006), Eisenach (until April 1, 2006), Heiligenstadt , Mühlhausen , Nordhausen , Sondershausen and Worbis (repealed on April 1, 2006).

The following local courts have branches (since April 1, 2006):

1. the district court of Sondershausen in Artern (dissolved on October 15, 2007)
2. the district court of Mühlhausen in Bad Langensalza
3. the district court Pößneck in Bad Lobenstein
4. the Arnstadt District Court in Ilmenau
5. the district court Heilbad Heiligenstadt in Leinefelde-Worbis (dissolved on July 1, 2007)
6. the district court of Rudolstadt in Saalfeld
7. the district court Meiningen in Schmalkalden (dissolved on May 1, 2006)

The public prosecutor's office has its seat at the higher regional court, the public prosecutor's office has its seat at the regional courts.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ges.-S. (TIF) zs.thulb.uni-jena.de. September 29, 1949. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Law on the district courts of Auma and Neustadt ad Orla of November 11, 1926 ( Ges.-SS 399 )
3. ↑ Law on the district courts of Greiz, Triebes and Zeulenroda of May 28, 1934 ( Ges.-SS 93 )
4. ↑ Reg.Bl. I p. 55 (TIF) zs.thulb.uni-jena.de. September 29, 1949. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa} Ordinance amending judicial districts in the state of Thuringia of 6 November 1951 (Journal of Laws p. 1005)
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Amendment to the Thuringian Jurisdiction Law of December 23, 2005 ( GVBl. P. 456 )

Web links

• Complete edition of the Thuringian Jurisdiction Law. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .