Reichskammergericht
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The Reichskammergericht was the supreme imperial court of the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for adjudicating major legal disputes and upholding imperial law across the Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reichskammergericht canonical | 7 |
| Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of law
ⓘ
institution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ supreme court ⓘ |
| adjudicated |
appeals from lower courts
ⓘ
civil law cases ⓘ constitutional conflicts within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ disputes between imperial estates ⓘ feudal disputes ⓘ major legal disputes ⓘ territorial disputes ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Imperial Chamber Court ⓘ |
| appliedLegalTradition |
Roman law
ⓘ
canon law ⓘ territorial customary law ⓘ |
| appliesTo | imperial law ⓘ |
| composition |
Catholic and Protestant judges
ⓘ
judges from imperial estates ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolutionEvent | dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1806 ⓘ |
| employer | judges of the Reichskammergericht ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Emperor Maximilian I
ⓘ
surface form:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
| hasPart |
assessors (assessores)
ⓘ
president of the Reichskammergericht ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Frankfurt am Main
ⓘ
Speyer ⓘ Wetzlar ⓘ |
| inception | 1495 ⓘ |
| inceptionEvent |
Imperial Reform
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Reform of 1495
|
| jurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Ewiger Landfriede
ⓘ
Worms Reichsreform 1495 ⓘ |
| locationPeriodSpeyer | 1527–1689 ⓘ |
| locationPeriodWetzlar | 1693–1806 ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Speyer
ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ |
| parallelInstitution | Reichshofrat ⓘ |
| role |
court of last resort
ⓘ
guardian of imperial law ⓘ supreme imperial court ⓘ |
| significance |
central institution of imperial constitutional order
ⓘ
important for development of German private law ⓘ important for development of German public law ⓘ instrument for enforcing the Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede) ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht)