Higher Regional Court of Cologne

The Higher Regional Court of Cologne (; abbreviated: ) is one of the three Higher Regional Courts of North Rhine-Westphalia.

History The Higher Regional Court of Cologne is the successor of the Appellate court of Cologne which was formed by Frederick William III of Prussia on 21 June 1819. The Higher Regional Court formed on 27 January 1877, as did every Higher Regional Court due to the Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (Courts Constitution Act).

Former presidents of the court 1879–1886: Heinrich Heimsoeth 1887: Friedrich Wilhelm Vierhaus 1987–1899: Johannes Struckmann 1899–1905: Oskar Hamm 1905–1908: Adolf Ratjen 1909–1913: Karl Morkamer 1914–1916: Albrecht Nückel 1916–1922: Josef Frenken 1923–1932: Heinrich Reichartz 1932–1933: Max-Josef Volmer 1933–1943: Alexander Bergmann 1943–1944: Erich Lawall 1948–1962: Werner Korintenberg 1962–1975: Josef Wolffram 1978–1983: Herbert Weltrich 1984–1996: Dieter Laum 1997–2003: Armin Lünterbusch 2004: vacant 2005–2014: Johannes Riedel 2014–2016: Peter Kamp 2017–2019: Margarete Gräfin von Schwerin 2020–2021: vacant since 2021: Bernd Scheiff

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