The Landgericht Berlin is a regional court in Berlin , divided into two divisions for civil and criminal cases. In the German court hierarchy, it is above the eleven local courts ( Amtsgerichte ) of the city and below the Kammergericht , which is the highest regional court of Berlin. The Landgericht Berlin is the largest Landgericht in Germany, with about 900 employees.
6-643: Following the 1920 Greater Berlin Act , Berlin had three Landgerichte, known as Landgericht Berlin I, II and III for the central, southern and northern districts of the city. These courts became one single Landgericht, the Landgericht Berlin, in July 1933 by decision by the acting Prussian Justice Minister Hanns Kerrl . He appointed Richard Hoffmann, until May 1933 a lawyer in Magdeburg , as first president of
12-741: The Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin ( German : Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Berlin ), was a law passed by the Prussian state government in 1920, which greatly expanded the size of the Prussian and German capital of Berlin . Berlin had been part of the Province of Brandenburg since 1815. On 1 April 1881, the city became Stadtkreis Berlin , a city district separate from Brandenburg. The Greater Berlin Act
18-760: The Landgericht Berlin. During Berlin's division after World War II the Landgericht building in Berlin-Mitte also contained several city-related courts as well as the Supreme Court and the State Prosecutors Office of East Germany . Today, the chambers of the court are distributed over three sites in the city: civil cases are heard in the building of the former Landgericht III on Tegeler Weg in Charlottenburg and also at
24-781: The seat of the former Landgericht I on Littenstraße in Berlin-Mitte . All criminal cases are concentrated at the Criminal Court ( Kriminalgericht ) on Turmstraße in Moabit . The court's seat is Berlin; its district corresponds with the city-state 's area. As of 31 December 2013, 13,739 lawyers have been accredited within the district area. 52°31′37″N 13°17′51″E / 52.52707°N 13.29762°E / 52.52707; 13.29762 Greater Berlin Act The Greater Berlin Act ( German : Groß-Berlin-Gesetz ), officially Law Regarding
30-621: Was passed by the Prussian Parliament on 27 April 1920 and came into effect on 1 October of the same year. The new Prussian province then termed Greater Berlin acquired territories from the Province of Brandenburg and consisted of the following: The Act increased the area of Berlin thirteen times from 6,572 hectares to 87,810 hectares. The population also rose to 4 million, making it the largest city in Germany. Greater Berlin
36-432: Was then subdivided into 20 boroughs ( Verwaltungsbezirke ): Through that law, it became possible to implement integrated town planning across the whole of Greater Berlin. The Act was an important foundation for the rise of Berlin to a cultural centre of Europe in the 1920s . Apart from minor changes, the city boundary defined in the law is still the same as today even though its character has changed several times over
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