Amtsgericht Meiningen is the District Court of

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000 (2024).

and one of 23 district courts in

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It has 23 judges and 40 employees in mid-service, 19 employees in the elevated service and seven bailiffs. The district court of Meiningen was the first founded in October 1879 as one of 16 district courts in the

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen ( ; ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia. Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestine Duchy of Saxe-Gotha ...

. Until 1945 it was located in the building of the district court in Meiningen in Bismarckstraße 14 (now Neu-Ulmer-Straße). After its destruction in February 1945 by a bomb attack, the judicial authority moved location. On 3 June 1995 an arson attack took place in the district court building, destroying many records. The district court was then moved to a large building on Charlottenstraße.

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Meiningen District courts of Thuringia 1879 establishments in Germany Courts and tribunals established in 1879 {{Thuringia-struct-stub