Administrative court Darmstadt

Administrative court building

The Darmstadt Administrative Court is one of five courts of first instance under administrative jurisdiction in Hesse and has its seat in Darmstadt .

history

Darmstadt had been the seat of an administrative court since the 19th century. In 1875 the Hessian Administrative Court was established for the then Grand Duchy of Hesse . After the Second World War, the Darmstadt Administrative Court was established on October 15, 1946 as a court for Greater Hesse - before the State of Hesse was established. This was preceded by a corresponding order from the American military government and a law on administrative jurisdiction (South German VVG) of August 6, 1946. The former Minister of the Interior, Finance and Justice of the People's State of Hesse, Ferdinand Kirnberger , became the first director .

Judicial district

The judicial district includes the cities of Darmstadt and Offenbach am Main as well as the districts of Bergstrasse , Darmstadt-Dieburg , Groß Gerau , Odenwaldkreis and Offenbach .

Instance move

The appeal and complaint authority of the Darmstadt Administrative Court is the Hessian Administrative Court with its seat in Kassel . It is also the higher-level administrative authority.

Courthouse

The court is housed in a building on Julius-Reiber-Straße .

Historical sources

The older records of the Darmstadt Administrative Court are kept in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt (inventory H 15 Darmstadt). The inventory not only contains documents from the early days of the court, for example in the form of a file on official costume in the 1940s, but also a wealth of trial files. Most of the inventory has already been recorded and can be researched online.

See also

• List of administrative courts in Germany
• List of courts in the state of Hesse

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerfried Schiffmann: The importance of honorary judges in courts of general administrative jurisdiction. Volume 53 of the series of publications of the University of Speyer, University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Duncker & Humblot, 1974, ISBN 978-3-42843135-9 , p. 86
2. ↑ Overview of the holdings "Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt (H 15 Darmstadt)" archive information system Hessen. Retrieved January 7, 2015

Web links

• Internet presence of the Darmstadt Administrative Court
• Overview of the jurisprudence of the Darmstadt Administrative Court

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 24.7"  E