Administrative Court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

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The Administrative Court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is the only administrative court (VG) in the state of Bremen and a court of administrative jurisdiction .

Seat and District of the Court

Former police house, which today houses Bremen's specialized court center

The administrative court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen has its seat in Bremen . The judicial district is the entire area of ​​the state. More than 663,000 people live in the 419 km² judicial district.

The administrative court is housed in the specialized court center in the former police house. The address is: Administrative Court Bremen, Justice Center Am Wall, Am Wall 198, 28195 Bremen .

Organization and staff

Meike Jörgensen has been President of VG Bremen since August 14, 2019. The Vice President has been Silke Benjes since December 15, 2017. According to the Handbook of Justice 2018/19, 23 professional judges are employed by VG Bremen in addition to the president . In 2015, 34 people were employed at the Bremen Administrative Court.

According to the business distribution plan 2012, the VG Bremen has six general chambers and four specialist chambers for matters under the Social Court Act in accordance with the law on the establishment of special tribunals at the administrative court and the higher administrative court for the exercise of social justice of November 30, 2004. Other specialist chambers are the specialist chamber for personnel representation matters and the specialist chamber for disciplinary matters.

Instance move

The VG is subordinate to the Higher Administrative Court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , which is also based in Bremen. The Federal Administrative Court is superordinate to this.

history

The Bremen Administrative Court was founded by the law that came into force on July 1, 1924, establishing administrative jurisdiction. The first meeting of the VG took place on July 4, 1924. The state of Bremen was the last federal state of the German Empire to set up an administrative jurisdiction, as provided for in Article 107 of the Weimar Constitution . Initially, no appeal bodies were planned in Bremen, so the VG decided in the first and last instance. However, the law of September 14, 1933 established a Bremen Higher Administrative Court - initially only as a review body .

During National Socialism, Section IV, Paragraph 2 of the “Ordinance on the Simplification of Administrative Work” of August 28, 1939 left the administration at the discretion of whether or not an administrative court proceeding would take place. Accordingly, the administrative judiciary's workload tended towards zero.

With the occupation of Bremen by British troops on April 27, 1945 and the surrender of the combat commander on April 28, 1945, the administrative court's activities initially ended. At the instigation of the American occupation authorities, the Bremen courts were reopened by decree of June 27, 1945. However, since the authorities had to work according to the specifications of the Allies and their specifications were beyond judicial control, the resumption of activity of the VG Bremen could wait until 1946. With the law of February 1, 1946, which came into force on July 16, 1946, Bremen was now the first federal state to have an administrative court system and thus administrative jurisdiction again.

The administrative court was initially housed in the old court house, but in 1951 it was able to move to its own premises at "Am Alten Wall 6". At the same time, the administrative court expanded: the number of professional judges rose from one (1952) to six (1955).

With the Administrative Court Code (VwGO) of January 21, 1960, a nationwide regulation for the administrative courts was made.

An increase in the number of cases made it necessary to increase the number of judges. In 1960 only eight professional judges were active at the VG Bremen, ten years later there were 12 and in 1980 finally 16 administrative judges.

Decision making

An electronic collection of decisions is currently being set up, which can be accessed on the VG Bremen website.

See also

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  1. ↑ Silke Helwig: In the name of the people . In: Weser-Kurier from December 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Brem. Journal of Laws of 2004, p. 583, full text online (PDF; 279 kB).
  3. ↑ Brem. Journal of Laws of 1924, p. 23.
  4. ↑ BremGBl. 1933, p. 315.
  5. ↑ RGBl. 1939 I, p. 1535.
  6. ↑ BremGBl. 1945, p. 18.
  7. ↑ BremGBl. 1946, p. 76.

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