The ''Bundesgerichtshof'' or '''BGH''' ( German for "federal court") is the highest Appeals Court in Germany for cases of civil and criminal law. In civil law cases, it hears appeals against decisions of the ''Oberlandesgerichte'' (Superior State Courts), in criminal law cases against those of the ''Landgerichte'' or Inferior State Courts.
The ''Bundesgerichtshof'' was established in 1950 and is situated in Karlsruhe . Its predecessor was the Reichsgericht .
