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.


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 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
hasPart assessors (assessores)
president of the Reichskammergericht
headquartersLocation Frankfurt am Main
Speyer
Wetzlar NERFINISHED
inception 1495
inceptionEvent 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 NERFINISHED
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 (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Reichshofrat
follows
Emperor Maximilian I ("Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht)")
implementedReform
Holy Roman Empire
judicialBody

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