Head office of the Federal Archives in Koblenz, aerial view from the West, 2016. Amtsgericht Langen (Hessen) When you see TV coverage relating to a German trial (be it a civil trial or a criminal court), the footage you may see on TV is made before the judge opens the proceedings. The highest court of justice with social jurisdiction in Germany is the Federal Social Court. Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labor Court) - Entscheidungen German-language decisions database of the Federal Labor Court; date coverage - 2010-present. Amtsgericht Knigswinter (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bonn / Kln) Amtsgericht Rheinberg (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Kleve / Dsseldorf ) In accordance with section1 of the Act on the Central Criminal Register and on the Register of Youth Offences (Federal Central Criminal Register Act) (Gesetz ber das Zentralregister und das Erziehungsregister - Bundeszentralregistergesetz BZRG) of 18March 1971 (Federal Law Gazette [BGBl.] Judgments made by the Federal Court of Justice since 1 January 2000 can be accessed via our judgments database. Landgericht Stuttgart (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart) Amtsgericht Schneberg (Berlin) Arbeitsgericht Bayreuth (Bayern - Nurnberg) Landgericht Magdeburg (Sachsen-Anhalt) There are four types of Ordinary Courts. Amtsgericht Deggendorf (Bayern) Amtsgericht Bad Hersfeld (Hessen) Verwaltungsgericht Bayreuth (Bayern) Amtsgericht Bad Kreuznach (Rheinland-Pfalz) (Schleswig-Holstein / Lubeck) Sozialgericht Trier (Rheinland-Pfalz) Finanzgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt Amtsgericht Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein / Itzehoe) Amtsgericht Bretten (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Karslruhe) Amtsgericht Hann. Amtsgericht Lebach (Saarland) Amtsgericht Kthen (Sachsen-Anhalt / Dessau-Rolau ) Amtsgericht Zerbst (Sachsen-Anhalt / Dessau-Rolau ) Landgericht Essen (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Marriage registers give: Certificates (Heiratsscheine). Landgericht Mnster (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Entscheidungen Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt Landgericht Meiningen (Thringen / Jena) Amtsgericht Rheda-Wiedenbrck (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bielefeld / Hamm) Source: BArch, B 198 Bild-2016-0922-001 / Weber, Gnter. Amtsgericht Mosbach (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Mosbach) The Register holds judgments of the criminal courts which have become final, as well as certain rulings of the guardianship courts and administrative authorities, and after an assessment entailing a comparison of laws foreign criminal convictions handed down against Germans or against foreigners living in Germany. There were over fifty kinds of courts (each with a different jurisdiction) in the German states before 1870. On 08/07/2020 LVNV FUNDING LLC filed an Other court case against SONDRA GERMAN in Maricopa County Justice Courts. Amtsgericht Seesen (Niedersachsen) Browse this listing of missing persons in Bavaria, Germany to view information including name, photo, DOB, physical description, contact info and date, place & circumstances of disappearance. Amtsgericht Stade (Niedersachsen) Landgericht Hof (Bayern) Amtsgericht Nienburg (Niedersachsen) Amtsgericht Traunstein (Bayern) Pursuant to section 169 German Courts Constitution Act, the court hearings themselves are in principle open to the public, except for family law cases, non-contentious probate proceedings and other sensitive matters. Amtsgericht Achern (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden) Landgericht Leipzig (Sachsen) Sozialgericht Itzehoe (Schleswig-Holstein) In addition, under Brussels Regulation No. Amtsgericht Villingen-Schwenningen (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Konstanz) Amtsgericht Regensburg (Bayern) Comments: Only 'clean' criminal record certificates are issued for non-German citizens. Amtsgericht Altenburg (Thringen / Gera) Amtsgericht Alsfeld (Hessen) Audio and television recordings or transmissions during court hearings are, however, strictly prohibited in Germany. Amtsgericht Husum (Schleswig-Holstein / Flensburg) Entscheidungen der hessischen Gerichte Amtsgericht Mllheim (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Freiburg) It is indicated by the abbreviation "StdA". See German Letter Writing Guide for more information about writing letters to Germany. Bay. Amtsgericht Schnebeck (Sachsen-Anhalt / Magdeburg) Landgericht Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Dsseldorf ) The Federal Court of Justice was instituted on 1 October 1950 and has its seat in Karlsruhe. Amtsgericht Hafurt Amtsgericht Kirchheim u. T. (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart / Stuttgart) For legal advice on German civil procedure and how to successfully litigate in Germany, contact theinternational litigation experts and trial lawyers of GrafLegal. This blog is made available by Graf & Partners for educational purposes as well as to give you general information on German law, not to provide specific legal advice. Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Braunschweig They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Amtsgericht Passau (Bayern) Sozialgericht Freiburg (Baden-Wurttemberg) Entscheidungen des Verfassungsgericht des Landes Brandenburg Landgericht Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Rostock) Amtsgericht Knigs Wusterhausen (Brandenburg / Potsdam) Landgericht Darmstadt (Hessen) Often they cannot handle genealogical requests, but they can determine whether specific records are available for you or your agent to search. Amtsgericht Mhlhausen (Thringen / Mhlhausen) for all cases originating in the State's regional and appellate courts and holds no original jurisdiction. Landgericht Passau (Bayern) For a comparison of the relative activity of the ordinary courts, in 1969 there were 468,273 criminal cases in Germany, and 388,619 or 83% of these were held in the Amtsgericht composed of a single judge. Search All Parties Attorneys Judges. Amtsgericht Vechta (Niedersachsen) Amtsgericht Bottrop (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Essen / Hamm) Oberverwaltungsgericht des Saarlandes Landgericht Schweinfurt (Bayern) Amtsgericht Rheinbach (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bonn / Kln) Court case files are public records and subject to public inspection. Arbeitsgericht Hamm (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Arbeitsgericht Chemnitz (Sachsen) Oberverwaltungsgericht Sachsen Amtsgericht Heilbad Heiligenstadt (Thueringen-Muhlhausen) Amtsgericht Viersen (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Mnchengladbach / Dsseldorf ) Landgericht Marburg (Hessen) Amtsgericht Konstanz (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Konstanz) Amtsgericht Tecklenburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Mnster / Hamm) Landgericht Kempten (Bayern) Amtsgericht Bitburg (Rheinland-Pfalz) County Limerick Baptism Records 1812 - 1896. Amtsgericht Memmingen (Bayern) Amtsgericht Stollberg (Sachsen / Chemnitz) Amtsgericht Lehrte (Niedersachsen) Arbeitsgericht Jena (Thringen) Amtsgericht Tauberbischofsheim (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Mosbach) The early French records sometimes give slightly more complete information than the later records. Amtsgericht Bocholt (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Mnster / Hamm) Amtsgericht Guben (Brandenburg / Cottbus) Amtsgericht Kronach (Bayern) Amtsgericht Lbau (Sachsen / Gorlitz) However, even these judgments are not public records in the sense that they would be freely accessible online. Amtsgericht Monschau (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Aachen / Kln) Amtsgericht Auerbach (Sachsen / Zwickau) Mrz 2023, um 8.00 Uhr in Sachen VI ZR 225/21 (Lschung der Eintragung ber die Erteilung der Restschuldbefreiung im Insolvenzverfahren in einer Datenbank der Schufa) (Verhandlung: 14.2.2023), Hearing on 17 May 2023 at 9:00 a.m. concerning cases I ZB 43/22, I ZB 74/22 and I ZB 75/22 (admissibility of intra-European Union (EU) investor-State arbitration proceedings at ICSID on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty). Arbeitsgericht Lrrach (Baden-Wurttemberg) Arbeitsgericht Mnster (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Large cities have many civil registration offices. Amtsgericht Alzei (Rheinland-Pfalz) Arbeitsgericht Saarbrucken (Saarland) Sozialgericht Speyer (Rheinland-Pfalz) Amtsgericht Dippoldiswalde (Sachsen / Dresden) For information about wills, see the Probate Records section. Landessozialgericht Hamburg Entscheidungen des OLG Jena Sozialgericht Duisburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Amtsgericht St. Wendel (Saarland) Information about parents, the birth date, the birthplace, and other information about the deceased may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge. Neither are witness statements or expert reports. The blog should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice provided by a licensed professional attorney in a specific legal matter. Amtsgericht Bayreuth (Bayern) Amtsgericht Crailsheim (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart / Ellwangen) Amtsgericht Kehl (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Offenburg) Amtsgericht Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein / Itzehoe) Sozialgericht Gieen (Hessen) Amtsgericht Idar-Oberstein (Rheinland-Pfalz) Amtsgericht Staufen i. Amtsgericht Norderstedt (Schleswig-Holstein / Kiel) Ancestry.com collections will also use this location name. The Berlin Social Court (Sozialgericht Berlin) is the largest Social Court in the Federal Republic of Germany. Instead, the written elements of a German civil lawsuit (lawyers statements, witness statements, expert opinions etc.) Landgericht Verden (Niedersachsen) The earliest German vital records were usually kept by one of many city courts. Amtsgericht Anklam (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Stralsund / Rostock ) Documents carrying the seal of a notary public had full legal power backed by the emperor or the pope and could serve as evidence. Amtsgericht Smmerda (Thringen / Erfurt) Amtsgericht Bernau (Brandenburg / Frankfurt an der Oder) Amtsgericht Holzminden (Niedersachsen) Staatsgerichtshof Niedersachsen Amtsgericht Stadtroda (Thringen / Gera) Amtsgericht Gladbeck (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Essen / Hamm) Lands of the Federal Republic of Germany database of business registrations, companies, trade registers, associations, and partnerships. Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Koblenz Verwaltungsgericht Dsseldorf (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Amtsgericht Schwelm (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hagen / Hamm) Staatsgerichtshof der Freien Hansestadt Bremen Sozialgericht Cottbus (Brandenburg) Amtsgericht Rockenhausen (Rheinland-Pfalz) Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Landgericht Kln (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Kln ) Verwaltungsgericht Greifswald (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) The Social Court is a court of substance and examines the disputed matter in terms of law and facts. Amtsgericht Wangen im Allgu (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart / Ravensburg) Amtsgericht Titisee-Neustadt (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Freiburg) Landgericht Detmold (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) You are invited to get an impression of what can be searched for by browsing through the section "Find". Landgericht Ellwangen (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart) Amtsgericht Ibbenbren (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Mnster / Hamm) Verwaltungsgericht Cottbus (Brandenburg) some of the States have setup a State Supreme Court instead , which is not restricted to constitutional matters. Amtsgericht Hamburg-Barmbek (Hamburg) Amtsgericht Maulbronn (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Karslruhe) Often there is a clause what should happen in case of death of either spouse. Sozialgericht Frankfurt an der Oder (Brandenburg) Arbeitsgericht Lrrach Kammern Radolfzell (Baden-Wurttemberg) When writing for records, first find the modern registrar for your town. The Alaska Supreme Court will clear the records of about 750 cannabis convictions from a state database in a move to help protect past offenders from the negative impact of a criminal record for conduct that's no longer against the law. See Germany Archives and Libraries. Amtsgericht Erlangen (Bayern) Amtsgericht Oberkirch (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Offenburg) Sozialgericht Saarbrucken (Saarland) Amtsgericht Mnsingen (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart / Tbingen) Amtsgericht Wolgast (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Stralsund / Rostock ) It can also lead to arrest upon entry into Germany. Amtsgericht Bad Liebenwerda (Brandenburg / Cottbus) In order to retrieve court records from Saxony and how to interpret them, read The Kauf- and Handelsvertrge of Freistaat Sachsen, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Amtsgericht Eberswalde (Brandenburg / Frankfurt an der Oder) Sozialgericht Koblenz (Rheinland-Pfalz) Amtsgericht Siegen (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Siegen / Hamm) Amtsgericht Dessau-Rolau (Sachsen-Anhalt / Dessau-Rolau) When you see TV coverage relating to a German trial (be it a civil trial or a criminal court), the footage you may see on TV is made before the judge opens the proceedings. Amtsgericht Landsberg am Lech (Bayern) Arbeitsgericht Weiden i.d.OPf. parents' religion is also listed in some states. Amtsgericht Bad Salgau (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart / Ravensburg) Amtsgericht Rinteln (Niedersachsen) Entscheidungen der Gerichte und Staatsanwaltschaften in Baden-Wrttemberg Volljhrigkeitserklrungen are issued by the court when young people around 21 years of age want to claim their inheritance. Arbeitsgericht Zwickau (Sachsen), Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) Amtsgericht Offenbach (Hessen) Landgericht Freiburg (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe) Arbeitsgericht Bonn (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Koln) Search for Births and Baptisms recorded in Germany between 1558 and 1898. LAG Sachsen Landgericht Heilbronn (Baden-Wurttemberg / Stuttgart) Arbeitsgericht Limburg a. d. Lahn (Hessen) LAG Nrnberg (Bayern) Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (English abstracts) Amtsgericht Hxter (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Paderborn / Hamm) Verwaltungsgericht Halle (Sachsen-Anhalt) On 09/17/2001 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal court case against LOPEZ, GERMAN LOPEZ in Osceola County Courts. Amtsgericht Forchheim (Bayern) Amtsgericht Warburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Paderborn / Hamm) Landgericht Ansbach (Bayern) Amtsgericht Marl (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Essen / Hamm) Sozialgericht Neuruppin (Brandenburg) All the civil registration records for the state of Hessen are online: Additional online records for the individual provinces of the German Empire are listed on the Civil Registration page for each province: Civil registration records from many towns and states are available on microfilm or online. Amtsgericht Moers (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Kleve / Dsseldorf ) Amtsgericht Landau in der Pfalz (Rheinland-Pfalz) Amtsgericht Elze (Niedersachsen) Arbeitsgericht Mnchen (Bayern / Munchen) Civil officials recorded the marriages they performed, usually on preprinted forms bound in a book and kept in the civil registration office. The following list of principalities indicate the time frame civil registration records began, and if and when they ended: Between 1850 and 1876, all territories instituted civil registration. Landgericht Limburg (Hessen) Amtsgericht Frth (Hessen) Amtsgericht Rendsburg (Schleswig-Holstein / Kiel) Records in archives will use this location prior to the consolidation of registration offices in the 1970's. Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg (Hamburg) Amtsgericht Betzdorf (Rheinland-Pfalz) Browse the Genealogy.net site for lists of emigrant passengers who sailed from Hamburg, Germany 1850 to 1934. Amtsgericht Steinfurt (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Mnster / Hamm) Amtsgericht Dillingen a.d.Donau (Bayern) The only option is to contact the legal counsel of a party and ask them whether they are willing to disclose their material, which obviously also requires the respective clients consent. Finanzgericht Thringen Amtsgericht Rostock (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Rostock / Rostock ) Each state used a different format for civil registration. Amtsgericht Senftenberg (Brandeburg / Cottbus) Sozialgericht Detmold (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Amtsgericht Torgau (Sachsen / Leipzig) Amtsgericht Dresden (Sachsen / Dresden) Amtsgericht Werl (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Arnsberg / Hamm) Landessozialgericht Schleswig-Holstein Landgericht Augsburg (Bayern) Amtsgericht Hagen (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hagen / Hamm) Amtsgericht Bad Bergzabern (Rheinland-Pfalz) Amtsgericht Wildeshausen (Niedersachsen) Amtsgericht Menden (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Arnsberg / Hamm) Amtsgericht Medebach (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Arnsberg / Hamm) Amtsgericht Hamburg-Bergedorf (Hamburg) Arbeitsgericht Karlsruhe (Baden-Wurttemberg) sections34 and 46 of the Federal Central Criminal Register Act). Amtsgericht Kenzingen (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Freiburg) When possible search both the civil registration and church records. The next level is the Regional Court . Amtsgericht Frth (Bayern) Arbeitsgericht Minden (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Landgericht Bielefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Hamm) Landgericht Heidelberg (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe) The Register holds judgments of the criminal courts which have become final, as well as certain rulings of the guardianship courts and administrative authorities, and - after an assessment entailing a comparison of laws - foreign criminal convictions handed down against Germans or against foreigners living in Germany. Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives. Verfassungsgerichtshof Bayern Arbeitsgericht Nrnberg (Bayern / Nurnberg) Amtsgericht Otterndorf (Niedersachsen) Verwaltungsgericht Osnabruck (Niedersachsen) Legal NoticePrivacy Policy, The Position of the Federal Court of Justice in the German Court System, The Bar at the Federal Court of Justice, Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union, Verkndung am 9. Landessozialgericht Darmstadt (Hessen) Amtsgericht Mlheim an der Ruhr (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Duisburg / Dsseldorf ) Arbeitsgericht Gera (Thringen) Amtsgericht Weienburg i. Amtsgericht Landstuhl (Rheinland-Pfalz) The goal was to separate the single owner from the community, hence the name separation. For a divorce to be recognized, you must provide the divorce decree and a special certificate obtained from a court or authority in the Member State where the divorce was obtained. Arbeitsgericht Kempten (Bayern / Munchen) LAG Baden-Wrttemberg Landgericht Mnchen I (Bayern) Amtsgericht Radolfzell (Baden-Wurttemberg / Karlsruhe / Konstanz) Arbeitsgericht Solingen (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Dsseldorf) Amtsgericht Mitte (Berlin) Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Niedersachsen) Arbeitsgericht Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen / Dsseldorf) Simply reading this blog does, of course, not result in any attorney client relationship between you and Graf & Partners. Amtsgericht Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Stralsund / Rostock )