In Germany, () or {{Lang, de, Gerichte der Länder are courts which are established and operated by one or several of the sixteen ''

Länder (singular ) or (singular ) is the name for (federal) states in two German-speaking countries. It may more specifically refer to: * States of Austria, the nine federal subdivisions of Austria * States of Germany The Federal Republic of Ge ...

'' of the Federal Republic of Germany. Their opposite are the Federal Courts. According to article 92 of the

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany () is the constitution of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved b ...

, the judicial power is exercised by the Constitutional Court, by the Federal Courts enumerated in the Basic Law, and otherwise by the courts of the states. Courts of the states are: *''

Amtsgericht An ''Amtsgericht'' (District Court) in Germany is an official court. These courts form the lowest level of the ' ordinary jurisdiction' of the German judiciary (German ''Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit''), which is responsible for most criminal and ...

e'', ''Landgerichte'' and ''

Oberlandesgericht An (; plural – ; OLG, , or in Berlin '' Kammergericht'': KG) is a higher court in Germany. There are 24 in Germany and they deal with civil and criminal matters. They are positioned above regional courts () and below the Federal Cour ...

e'' as the first, second and third instances of ordinary jurisdiction (except some cases in which the Oberlandesgerichte act as federal courts, see the corresponding article) *''Labour Courts'' and ''State Labour Courts'' as the first and second instance of labour jurisdiction *''Administrative Courts'' and ''Oberverwaltungsgerichte'' as the first and second instance of administrative jurisdiction *''Social Courts'' and ''State Social Courts'' as the first and second instance of social jurisdiction *'' Finance Courts'' as the first instance of financial jurisdiction *the states' constitutional courts.

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