Wiener Neustadt Regional Court

The Wiener Neustadt Regional Court is a regional court and considers criminal and civil cases from four currently existing district courts of Lower Austria that are in the territorial jurisdiction of this court ( Baden , Wiener Neustadt , Medling and Neunkirchen ) ^[3] . It also considers civil legal relations (with rare exceptions) with dispute amounts of more than 15,000 euros. In addition, the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court considers appeals against decisions of district courts of Lower Austria in the territorial jurisdiction of this court, as well as considers cases under Austrian labor and social law in this part of the federal state of Lower Austria, regardless of the amount of the dispute. Keeping a register of all companies established in Lower Austria that are in the territorial jurisdiction of this court is also the prerogative of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court . ^[four]

The territorial jurisdiction of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court covers the entire southeastern part of the state of Lower Austria and extends to the state of Wiener Neustadt , as well as its four political districts: Baden , Wiener Neustadt , Mödling and Neunkirchen . The superior court for him is the Vienna Higher Regional Court .

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The Wiener Neustadt Land Court is currently located in the building on 5 Maria Theresien Ring.

• Basement : to the left of the main entrance - video conference room. Behind it is the department of the court on labor and social issues, courtrooms 54, 56, 58 and the dining room. In the left wing (to the right of the exit from the stairs) there is a bankruptcy department and courtrooms 15, 17, 34 and 36.
• 1st floor : immediately after leaving the stairs - courtroom; on the right are bookkeeping, a court bureau, and a library, as well as a civil law department. In the left wing are the courtrooms 150, 152, 155 and 180, as well as access to Halbgesperre (German) .
• 2nd floor : after exiting the stairs, the office is located on the right side, and the courtrooms 252 and 254 and the criminal justice department are located on the left side.

On all floors, left and right of the main stairwells, public toilets are located. There are also toilets for people with disabilities on each floor. ^[five]

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Background

The revolution of 1848 significantly influenced the Austrian jurisdiction of that time, forming the prerequisites that are valid to this day. The judicial system, created in those days, has not substantially changed until our time. Four levels of courts of the following types were created: district courts, land courts, higher regional (appeal) courts, and the Supreme Court . These four types of courts were differentiated by the size of the claim or the gravity of the crime, up to the appeal of their decisions in higher courts. The Supreme Court , as the last resort, was already in Vienna and during the time of the empire and its functions from 1918 until today (with the exception of the period of National Socialism) remained practically unchanged.

The next level, below the Supreme Court , is formed by the higher courts. In 1855 there were nineteen of them in the whole empire , and today there are only four of them left in Austria , namely in Vienna , Graz , Innsbruck and Linz . They operate mainly as courts of appeal . This is followed by the so-called first instance courts. This collective term became necessary, because, in addition to district courts, there were also land courts, as well as other special district courts: commercial, juvenile and on social and labor law. Of all these courts that have existed since the time of the monarchy , naturally, a significant number already do not exist. Within present-day Austria, there were initially seventeen, and now twenty after the Vienna Youth Court was dissolved in 2003. ^[6]

Hierarchy

The Vienna High Court of Justice has jurisdiction over the Vienna Regional Civil Court , the Vienna Regional Criminal Court , the Eisenstadt Regional Court, the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court, the Korneuburg Regional Court, the Krems an der Donau Regional Court and the St. Pölten Regional Court . In addition, the Vienna Commercial Court and the Vienna Court of Labor and Social Affairs also fall under its jurisdiction. The lowest level of jurisdiction , ultimately, is formed in district courts . In Lower Austria (within modern borders) there were 79 district courts, of which 11 were within the scope of jurisdiction of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court . ^[7] This number of vessels remained for a rather long time, until it dropped to four. District courts under the jurisdiction of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court are currently located in Baden , Wiener Neustadt , Mödling and Neunkirchen . ^[3] Over the past 160 years, in addition to judicial mergers and modifications to their sizes, the jurisdiction of district courts has also changed due to differentiation of the limits of the value of the claim, renaming, which was natural. Again and again on the basis of proposals or ideas for real support and changes in the content of this organization of the judicial system. For example, it was about the reorganization of the tribunals of first instance with the extension of this program to the district courts. These courts had to be strengthened in order to abandon the courts of appeal. But this reform was blocked. The whole Austrian judicial system therefore, since the mid-19th century, has largely settled down and has remained virtually unchanged in the vertical of power and is still in use.

After the revolution

After 1848, the judicial and administrative powers were divided. Lower Austria was divided into four land judicial districts ( Vienna , Wiener Neustadt , Sankt Pölten and Krems ). Nine district courts ( Aspang , Baden , Wiener Neustadt , Glognitz , Gutenstein , Krumbach , Neunkirchen , Pottenstein and Ebraichsdorf ) were assigned to the territorial jurisdiction of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court in two jurisdictions - Wiener Neusternt and ^[7] Of this list of created courts, only Neunkirchen was a class I district court, which was granted the right to consider criminal cases. The remaining courts were II and III class.

In the mid-19th century, the Wiener Neustadt Land Court consisted of: a president, five provincial judicial advisers, a secretary, an archivist, five clerks, a jailer, two prisoners overseers, two bailiffs, two doormans, and also technical staff.

In 1850, jurisdiction was created ( German: Geschwornengerichtsbarkeit ). But, due to the lack of premises, the court was placed in a room specially built for these purposes on the second floor of the city council.

Further reform of power in 1851 was perceived as an administrative and legal systematization and led to the restoration of four district administrations ( German: Kreisämter ) in Lower Austria . In 1853, finally, the Wiener Neustadt Land Court was established at 10 Herengasse ( German Herrengasse 10 ) with the district courts Aspang , Baden , Wiener Neustadt , Glognitz , Gutenstein , Kirchschlag , Neunkirchen , Pottenstein and Ebreichsdorf . ^[eight]

Construction of the Wiener Neustadt Land Court Building

This project was, however, time-consuming and protracted for many years than was expected then. In 1865, the first attempts by the then Chairman of the Land Court, Franz Babic ( German: Franz BABITSCH ), to place a land court at a former sugar factory, but they were again quickly rejected by the highest authorities. The same fate befell many other proposals and proposals that were based on the construction of a new building. The whole community took part, showing great interest in the location of this important institution for the city.

In 1873, for 24,000 guilders from the manufacturer Michael Heinisch ( German: Michael HAINISCH ), a site was purchased next to the current Porsche-Ringes ring road ( German: Porsche-Ringes ). After some time (1876), it was again sold to the city, but for 13,000 guilders. Finally, a site was selected at the southern end of today's city park, near the Gas Institute ( German : Gas-Anstalt ). This led in 1877 to the acquisition of a plot of 20,000 square meters. m

In 1882, doubts arose about the suitability of the construction site due to bad odors from a nearby market. Considering the purchase of a construction site in Ungargass ( German: Ungargasse ). But this did not happen, due to the hospital located in the vicinity. In the same year, the chairman of the court, Joseph Kemer, went to the city council with a request to increase funding due to the lack of affordable rented premises, or to build a new building at the expense of the community, which could later be leased by the justice department.

Comité finally approved the second option, but again proposed a different construction site. On May 6, 1889, the community council approved the proposal and allocated 400,000 guilders to build a new building that could be leased to the court for 50 years. However, the site was not selected until this time.

Kaiser Franz Joseph ( German Kaiser Franz Joseph ) put an end to all this uncertainty. During the rest of March 26, 1889, he approved the construction of the prison building and the land court on the site acquired in 1877. The plans were approved in 1891 and the court was put into operation on October 26, 1893.

World War II and the post-war period

During the Anschluss, the court was demoted to the precinct level ( German: "Landgericht" ). During the Second World War, the courthouse suffered serious damage as a result of the bombing. The east wing was completely destroyed and 15 prisoners died in the prison.

Reconstruction with great difficulty began in 1945. The criminal divisions of the court were relocated to the house on the Duke-Leopold-Strasse ( German: Herzog-Leopold-Straße ), and the court board was also located there. Only in September 1953 did the time finally come to fully return the court to the Maria Theresien Ring.

Reconstruction and expansion of the land court

The capacity of the land court turned out to be insufficient again over time, and the situation was oppressive, especially in the 1980s. Only in 1991 was a preliminary design approved for additional construction and reconstruction.

In early 1992, the draft plan for the new building was finally approved. On November 23, 1992, he was approved by the Federal Minister of Justice, Dr. Nikolaus Michalek Michálek ( German: Nikolaus Michalek ). However, construction began only on April 14, 1993.

Sources: Gertrud BUTTLAR, 100 Jahre Gerichtsgebäude Wiener Neustadt, Bundesministerium für Justiz 1993 Gerhard KALMUS, 100 Jahre Gerichtsgebäude Wiener Neustadt, Bundesministerium für Justiz 1993 ^[9]

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• Instructions for the Russian transfer of German geographical names . - M .: GUGK, 1974.
• Decisions of the Government of Austria and the federal states digitalisierte historische österreichische Rechts- und Gesetzestexte (German)
• Literature about Austria GenWiki (German)

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• German-Russian translator , Google
• Wiener Neustadt Regional Court on the website of the Austrian Ministry of Justice (German)
• Geographical coordinates of the Land Court of Wiener Neustadt:

• List of Lower Austria Judicial Districts
• List of courts and judicial districts of Austria
• Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt (German)
• Liste österreichischer Gerichte (German)
• Liste der Gerichtsbezirke in Niederösterreich (German)

• License : Namensnennung 3.0 Österreich (CC BY 3.0 AT) (German)

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