| Oberburg Court District | |
| Native Name: | Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Settlement Type: | court district |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Steiermark |
| Subdivision Type2: | Number of municipalities |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oberberg |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 509.03 |
| Population Total: | 15,296 |
| Population As Of: | 1910 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg (Court District of Oberberg) (Slovenian: sodni okraj Gornji Grad) was in the Bezirksgericht Oberburg which was under the Gerichtsbezirk of the state of Steiermark. It was composed of part of the Bezirks Cilli (Celje) and was lost to Yugoslavia in 1919.
The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg was created by an 1849 decision by the Landes-Gerichts-Einführungs-Kommission (State Court Launch Commission) and originally composed of eight communities: Kokarje (Altenburg), Laufen, Leutsch, Neustift, Oberburg, Praßberg, Rietz and Sulzbach.[1] [2] The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg was formed in to provide a political decentralization of the judicial administration[3] and since 1868 this district together with the Gerichtsbezirken Cilli, Gonobitz, Franz, Sankt Marein bei Erlachstein and Tüffer of Bezirk Cilli.[4]
The Gerichsbezick had a population of 15,394 in 1890, with 15,371 Slovenians and 18 Germans who spoke a local dialect.[5] There was another census in 1910, which showed that the Gerichtsbezirk had a total population of 15,296, of which 15,217 (99.5%) spoke Slovenian and 56 (0.4%) spoke German.[6]
Due to the border regulations of September 10, 1919 enforced by the Treaty of Saint-Germain, the entirety of the Gerichtsbezirk Oberberg was ceded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
In 1910, the Gerichtssprengel (circuit court) Oberberg included the ten following communities shortly before its dissolution: Bočna (Wotschna), Gornji Grad (Oberburg), Kokarje (Altenburg), Ljubo (Laufen), Luče (Leutsch), Mozirje Trg (Praßberg), Nova Štifta (Neustift), Rečica (Rietz) und Solčava (Sulzbach).
Der Gerichtssprengel Oberburg umfasste im Jahr 1910 kurz vor seiner Auflösung die zehn Gemeinden Bočna (Wotschna), Oberburg (Oberburg), Kokarje (Altenburg), Ljubo (Laufen), Luče (Leutsch), Mozirje Trg (Praßberg), Nova Štifta (Neustift), Rečica (Rietz) und Solčava (Sulzbach).