Higher Administrative Courts of the Länder

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The Higher Administrative Courts of the Länder are Germany’s state-level appellate administrative courts that review decisions of lower administrative courts before possible further appeal to the Federal Administrative Court.

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Verwaltungsgerichtshöfe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative court
court of appeal
alsoKnownAs Oberverwaltungsgerichte NERFINISHED
Verwaltungsgerichtshöfe
appealTo Federal Administrative Court of Germany NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Länder of Germany
belongsToLegalSystem civil law system of Germany
bindingOn lower administrative courts within the same Land
canIssue injunctions
interim orders
judgments
country Germany NERFINISHED
courtHierarchyPosition above administrative courts of first instance
below the Federal Administrative Court
decidesOn administrative regulations
claims for administrative inaction
legality of administrative acts
employs professional judges
establishedUnder laws of the individual Länder
governedBy Administrative Court Code of Germany NERFINISHED
German Basic Law NERFINISHED
handlesAppealsFrom Verwaltungsgerichte (administrative courts of first instance) NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation OVG NERFINISHED
VGH NERFINISHED
hasAuthorityOver local authorities within the Länder
public authorities of the Länder
hasCompetence certain first-instance proceedings of particular importance
norm control proceedings under Land law
hasLanguage German
hasLevel second instance in administrative jurisdiction
hasSeatIn each German Land
hearsCases appeals in administrative matters
public law disputes not of constitutional nature
legalDomain administrative law
mayInclude lay judges
mayReferQuestionsTo Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED
partOf administrative court system of Germany
judiciary of Germany NERFINISHED
procedureType oral hearings
written proceedings
reviewsDecisionsOf administrative courts of first instance NERFINISHED
subjectToReviewBy Federal Constitutional Court of Germany NERFINISHED

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Federal Administrative Court of Germany appealFrom Higher Administrative Courts of the Länder
Federal Administrative Court of Germany appealFrom Higher Administrative Courts of the Länder
this entity surface form: Verwaltungsgerichtshöfe