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    51°19′59″N 12°22′11″E / 51.33306°N 12.36972°E / 51.33306; 12.36972 The Reichsgericht (German: [ˈʁaɪçs.ɡəˌʁɪçt], transl. Reich Court) was the supreme criminal...
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  • President, as Chancellor of Germany. Acting President, as President of the Reichsgericht. Acting head of state, as President of the Volkskammer. Acting Chairman...
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    Minister of the Weimar Republic in 1920-21 and served as president of the Reichsgericht from 1922 to 1929. Walter Simons was born on 24 September 1861 at Elberfeld...
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    Bundesfinanzhof. The Bundesverwaltungsgericht has its seat at the former Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) building in Leipzig's district Mitte. The...
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    alleged German war criminals of the First World War before the German Reichsgericht (Supreme Court) in Leipzig, as part of the penalties imposed on the...
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  • Art. 109 of the Weimar Constitution and an earlier decision of the Reichsgericht, that German law on names does not recognise hereditary surname variants...
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    Bismarck's urging, accepted the presidency of the supreme court of justice (Reichsgericht). He filled this high office with great distinction until his final...
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    industry in Germany, resulting, in the 19th and 20th centuries, with the Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) and the German National Library being located...
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    Bavaria. Only after the end of the ban of the local group Dortmund by the Reichsgericht on April 2, 1928, RFB groups could at least formally be founded also...
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    president died or was permanently incapacitated, the President of the Reichsgericht (Supreme Court) would be interim president instead of the chancellor...
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    pending new elections, should have been Erwin Bumke, the president of the Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice), not the chancellor. Nonetheless, the Enabling...
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    and was presided over by judges from the German Supreme Court, the Reichsgericht. This was Germany's highest court. The presiding judge was Judge Wilhelm...
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    comment on it. Kreiser and Ossietzky were convicted and sentenced by the Reichsgericht on 23 November 1931 to eighteen months in prison. Kreiser fled Germany...
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    – President of the Reichskriegsgericht Hans Koch – President of the Reichsgericht Karl Blessing – President of the Reichsbank (or Minister of Economics)...
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    Bust of Rudolf von Gneist in the Reichsgericht building in Leipzig...
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    Thierack, Minister of Justice since 1942, had committed suicide, as had Reichsgericht President Erwin Bumke; Roland Freisler, the President of the People's...
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    Reichsoberhandelsgericht was replaced with the Reichsgericht. Also located in Leipzig, the Reichsgericht enjoyed far broader supreme appellate jurisdiction...
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    former partners sued him for trademark infringement, and the German Reichsgericht (Supreme Court) ruled that the Horch brand belonged to his former company...
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    Wilhelm II (whose sister was married to Prince Adolf). A ruling in the Reichsgericht in Leipzig in 1897 decided the matter in favour of Ernest, Count of...
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  • as Chancellor of Germany Acting head of state, as President of the Reichsgericht. Acting head of state, as President of the Bundesrat. Acting head of...
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    after 1919 by a still valid decision of the former German High Court (Reichsgericht). The distinguishing main surname is the name, following the Freiherr...
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    1932 in Darmstadt) was a Grand Duchy of Hesse Minister of State and a Reichsgericht member. Friederich Knöpp, Ewald, Christian Wilhelm Carl von (seit 1912)...
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    Eduard Bumke (7 July 1874 – 20 April 1945) was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from...
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    Workers' Movement] (in German). Vol. 3. Berlin: Dietz. pp. 573–592. "Reichsgericht: Das Urteil mit Anmerkungen" [Reich Court of Justice: Ruling with Remarks]...
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    of the Reichstag fire trial in front of the Reich Court of Justice (Reichsgericht) in which all but one of the defendants were acquitted. The court had...
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    Colonial Office. The highest legal authority for the colonies was the Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) in Leipzig. The legal situation in the colonies...
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    interpreted in varying ways in Germany until 23 April 1880, when the Reichsgericht ruled that criminal homosexual acts involved either anal, oral, or intercrural...
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    His former partners sued him for trademark infringement. The German Reichsgericht (Supreme Court) in Leipzig, eventually determined that the Horch brand...
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    Statue of Eike of Repgow at the former Reichsgericht building in Leipzig...
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    In 1879, the court was dissolved and replaced by the newly founded Reichsgericht. During the 9 years of its existence, the president of the court was...
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