Amtsgericht

Amtsgericht is German for Local Court. These courts form the lowest level of the so-called ordinary jurisdiction of the German judiciary (German Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit), which is responsible for most criminal and civil judicial matters. The German Amtsgericht may be compared with the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.

The main areas of an Amtsgericht's jurisdiction are:

There are 640 Amtsgerichte in Germany, whose jurisdictional area typically comprises a small number of towns or municipalities. The next higher level of ordinary jurisdiction is called Landgericht.

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