Constitutional Court of Saxony

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{{Short description|German state constitutional court}}

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| court_name = Constitutional Court of Saxony

| image = Landgericht Leipzig 1.jpg

| imagesize = 270px

| caption = Constitutional Court of Saxony building, view from the Simsonplatz

| established = 18 February 1993

| location = Harkortstraße 9, Leipzig

| coordinates = {{Coord|51|20|0.8|N|12|22|17.4|E|region:DE-NRW_type:court|display=inline,title|name=Constitutional Court of Saxony}}

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| website = [https://www.verfassungsgerichtshof.sachsen.de/ verfassungsgerichtshof.sachsen.de]

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| chiefjudgetitle = President

| chiefjudgename = Matthias Grünberg{{cite news |title=Grünberg wird Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofes |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/justiz-leipzig-gruenberg-wird-praesident-des-verfassungsgerichtshofes-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-200731-99-990105 |access-date=1 January 2022 |agency=Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=31 July 2020 |language=de}}

| chiefjudgetitle2 = Vice President

| chiefjudgename2 = Uwe Berlit

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The Constitutional Court of Saxony ({{langx|de|Verfassungsgerichtshof des Freistaates Sachsen}}; abbreviated: {{lang|de|SächsVerfGHG}}) is the constitutional court of Saxony. The court has its seat in Leipzig and is opposite of the Federal Administrative Court building.

History

The constitutional court was formed on 18 February 1993, when the Landtag of Saxony determined the seat of the court in Leipzig.{{cite web |title=Geschichte |url=https://www.verfassungsgerichtshof.sachsen.de/content/738.htm |website=Constitutional Court of Saxony |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=de}}

Former presidents of the court

  • Günter Hirsch (1993–1995)
  • Thomas Pfeiffer (1995–2005)
  • Klaus Budewig (2005-2007)
  • Birgit Munz (2007-2020)
  • Matthias Grünberg (since 2020)

References