Reichsoberhandelsgericht

Imperial High Commercial Court
Reichsoberhandelsgericht (German)
Bundesoberhandelsgericht
The Georgenhalle, Leipzig, the seat of the court (c. 1860).
Map
51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E / 51.341734; 12.380449
Established5 August 1870 (1870-08-05)
Dissolved30 September 1879 (1879-09-30)
Jurisdiction
LocationGeorgenhalle [de], Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Coordinates51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E / 51.341734; 12.380449
LanguageGerman

The Reichsoberhandelsgericht, abbreviated ROHG (English: Imperial High Commercial Court), was a short-lived German supreme court seated in Leipzig, which primarily dealt with appeals concerning commercial law, but later expanded its subject-matter jurisdiction. It was the first German court with local jurisdiction for all German territories since the disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

The court was established in 1870 named Bundesoberhandelsgericht, abbreviated BOHG (English: Federal High Commercial Court), as a body of the North German Confederation. After the formation of the German Empire in 1871, it was renamed to Reichsoberhandelsgericht and now had jurisdiction for the whole empire. In 1879, the court was dissolved and replaced by the newly founded Reichsgericht. During the 9 years of its existence, the president of the court was Heinrich Eduard von Pape [de].