Administrative Court of Berlin

Administrative court Berlin in the new building in Kirchstrasse (back right in the picture) in Berlin-Moabit .

The Berlin Administrative Court is the only administrative court in the State of Berlin and the largest administrative court in Germany.

Seat and District of the Court

The Berlin Administrative Court has its seat in Berlin . It is located at Kirchstrasse 7 in Berlin-Moabit near the Moabiter Bridge . The judicial district (jurisdiction) covers the entire area of ​​the state. Due to the headquarters of the Foreign Office in the judicial district, it is also the court of first instance for administrative matters of German missions abroad , e.g. B. Decisions on Issuing Visas .

Instance move

The next higher court is the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court , which is also based in Berlin. The Federal Administrative Court is superordinate to this.

Well-known decisions

• Kohl case (legal dispute over the surrender of Stasi documents about Helmut Kohl )
• Case district office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf against Café Pssst! . The judgment pronounced in 2000 with the invalidation of the termination of the license issued by the authorities is generally regarded as an important milestone on the way to the current Prostitution Act .
• On March 7, 2008 the court declared the Post's minimum wage to be illegal.

See also

• List of German courts
• List of courts in the state of Berlin

Web links

• Internet presence of the Berlin Administrative Court on berlin.de
• Overview of the case law of the Berlin Administrative Court

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erna Viktoria Xalter new President of the Administrative Court: Senator of Justice speaks about the change in leadership at the Berlin Administrative Court. Press release of the Senate Department for Justice of March 3, 2006
2. ↑ Berliner Morgenpost - Berlin: Berlin's judges are facing 13,600 unfinished asylum procedures . ( Morgenpost.de [accessed on February 3, 2018]).
3. ^ Administrative court Berlin: tasks and history of the administrative court Berlin . Accessed April 8, 2013
4. ↑ VG Berlin, judgment of July 4, 2001, Az. 1 A 389.00
5. ↑ VG Berlin, judgment of September 17, 2003, Az. 1 A 317.02
6. ↑ VG Berlin, judgment of December 1, 2000, Az. 35 A 570.99
7. ↑ VG Berlin, judgment of March 7, 2009 , Az. 4 A 439.07

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '23.9 "  N , 13 ° 20' 55.5"  E