Constitutional_Court_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia
Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
German court
The Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia[1] (German: Verfassungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen; abbreviated: VerfGH NRW or VGH NRW) is the constitutional court of the most populous German state NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia). Art. 76 of the state constitutions authorizes and establishes the court. In its history the method of composition has been changed multiple times.[2]
The courts seat is in Münster since its founding in 1952. The city was chosen as the courts seat in order to signal its distance to the state capital of Düsseldorf and its independence form the state government.[3] It sits in the same building as the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen .
From 27 February 2013 to the end of May 2021 Ricarda Brandts served as the president of the court. She was the first woman to ever hold that position.[4][5]