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As of 2023, the Federal Court of Justice has 153 judges.
The court has 153 judges in addition to its president, who is also a judge. So the total is 154 judges, not 153.
Full reasoning
The Federal Court of Justice's official People page states: "Beside the President, 153 judges are employed at the Federal Court of Justice". Its official President page also says the president "is [a] judge" ("Zum anderen ist sie Richterin").
Putting those two official statements together, the court has 153 judges besides the president, and the president is herself a judge. That means the court has 154 judges in total, so saying it "has 153 judges" is off by one.
2 sources
- Der Bundesgerichtshof - People
The President, Bettina Limperg, is the head of the Federal Court of Justice... Beside the President, 153 judges are employed at the Federal Court of Justice, including 19 presiding judges.
- Der Bundesgerichtshof - Das Gericht : Präsidentin
Zum anderen ist sie Richterin, die - kraft Gesetzes - den Vorsitz im Senat für Anwaltssachen, im Großen Senat für Zivilsachen, im Großen Senat für Strafsachen sowie in den Vereinigten Großen Senaten innehat.
a former Bundeswehr barracks in the Rintheimer Strasse, Karlsruhe.
The Karlsruhe outpost is officially located at Rintheimer Querallee 11, not “Rintheimer Strasse.”
Full reasoning
The court's own contact page gives the Karlsruhe outpost address as "Außenstelle Rintheimer Querallee 11, 76131 Karlsruhe". That directly contradicts the article's statement that this outpost is in "Rintheimer Strasse".
So the location reference in the article uses the wrong street name.
1 source
- Der Bundesgerichtshof - Service : Kontakt und Anfahrt
Außenstelle Rintheimer Querallee 11 76131 Karlsruhe (1., 2., 3. und 4. Strafsenat)
The president of the court must serve as the presiding judge of at least one civil or criminal division of the court
The court’s own description of the president’s role does not include chairing a regular civil or criminal senate. Instead, it lists her statutory chairs in the lawyer senate and the grand senates.
Full reasoning
The Federal Court of Justice's official President page says the president is, by law, the chair of the Senate for Matters concerning Lawyers, the Grand Panel for Civil Matters, the Grand Panel for Criminal Matters, and the Joint Grand Panels.
Separately, the court's official Organisation page says that besides the president there are judges working in 19 senates, including 19 presiding judges. Those 19 senates are the court's regular civil and criminal senates, and the page counts their 19 presiding judges in addition to the president.
So the court's own materials contradict the claim that the president must also serve as the presiding judge of at least one regular civil or criminal division.
2 sources
- Der Bundesgerichtshof - Das Gericht : Präsidentin
Zum anderen ist sie Richterin, die - kraft Gesetzes - den Vorsitz im Senat für Anwaltssachen, im Großen Senat für Zivilsachen, im Großen Senat für Strafsachen sowie in den Vereinigten Großen Senaten innehat.
- Der Bundesgerichtshof - Das Gericht : Organisation
Neben der Präsidentin sind am Bundesgerichtshof in 19 Senaten 153 Richter tätig, darunter 19 Vorsitzende Richter.