| Imperial High Commercial Court | |
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| Reichsoberhandelsgericht (German) | |
 The Georgenhalle, Leipzig, the seat of the court (c. 1860). | |
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| 51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E | |
| Established | 5 August 1870 |
| Dissolved | 30 September 1879 |
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| Location | Georgenhalle, Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Coordinates | 51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E |
| Language | German |
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.
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