Landesarbeitsgericht Köln, Higher labor court in Neustadt-Nord, Cologne, Germany.

The Landesarbeitsgericht Köln is the regional labour court for the Cologne administrative district, seated at Blumenthalstraße 33 in Cologne's Neustadt-Nord district. It is one of three such courts in North Rhine-Westphalia and the newest, with twelve chambers. It hears appeals from the labour courts of Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Siegburg, and is subordinate to the Bundesarbeitsgericht.

A commercial court (Gewerbegericht), forerunner of today's labour court, existed in Cologne from 1811. The Landesarbeitsgericht Köln itself was created in 1927 at the Landgericht Köln, one of five such courts in the Oberlandesgericht Köln district. After 1945 North Rhine-Westphalia had only the Düsseldorf and Hamm courts; a Cologne branch of the Düsseldorf court opened in 1949 under Fritz Poelmann, and from it the independent court emerged in 1982.

The court's name reflects its seat in Cologne and its rank above the local Arbeitsgerichte; it is one of three Landesarbeitsgerichte in North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside Hamm and Düsseldorf, and the youngest of them. Its district covers the whole Regierungsbezirk Köln, and it is housed at Blumenthalstraße 33 in the Neustadt-Nord quarter.

Court decisions are available through the North Rhine-Westphalia database, where you can find full texts of judgments and legal documents. It is helpful to check in advance what documents you need and how to access them through this system.

The court has twelve chambers and is the youngest of North Rhine-Westphalia's three regional labour courts, alongside Hamm and Düsseldorf. It became independent in 1982, growing out of a Cologne branch of the Düsseldorf court that had existed since 1949 under Fritz Poelmann.