Aulic Council
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The Aulic Council was one of the two supreme courts of the Holy Roman Empire, the other being the Reichskammergericht. Unlike the Reichskammergericht, which was tied to the Imperial estates, the Aulic
Reichskanzlei wing of the Hofburg, Vienna
Meeting of the Aulic Council, 1683
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, played a major role in the proceedings of the Aulic Council during the reign of Emperor Charles VI
Aulic Councilor Johann Adam von Questenberg with lute. However, Questenberg did not have an extensive legal background. In 1712, Questenberg’s colleague Nikolaus Christoph von Lyncker accused him of passing the time at sessions reading French novels.
Reichskammergericht
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The Reichskammergericht was one of the two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms
Session of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar, 1750
Imperial Chamber Court building in Wetzlar, 2014