Verwaltungsgericht Münster, Administrative court in Münster, Germany

Verwaltungsgericht Münster is a modern judicial facility located at Piusallee 38 that adjudicates disputes between individuals and public authorities across North Rhine-Westphalia. The court handles cases involving administrative law, licensing decisions, regulatory compliance, and challenges to official government determinations.

The court began work in 1946 as a district administrative court with a single judge. The regional administrative court that emerged from it had three chambers and eleven judges by 1961. It sat in the Heereman'schen Hof on Königsstraße until 1984, then moved to Piusallee 38, the former administrative building of the Westphalian-Lippian savings bank association, which was fully renovated from 2018 to 2020.

The court's name and seat tie it to Münster, where its superior court, the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, also sits; appeals go on to the Bundesverwaltungsgericht in Leipzig. Its district covers the city of Münster plus the Kreise Borken, Coesfeld, Steinfurt and Warendorf. Elisabeth Rapsch has led the court as president since 1 September 2021, after serving as vice-president from 2007.

The court sits at Piusallee 38, in the former administrative building of the Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband, which was fully renovated from 2018 to 2020; during that work the court moved to Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 8. Its district covers the city of Münster and the Kreise Borken, Coesfeld, Steinfurt and Warendorf. The higher instance is the Oberverwaltungsgericht for North Rhine-Westphalia, also in Münster, followed by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht in Leipzig.

The court's district covers the city of Münster plus the Borken, Coesfeld, Steinfurt and Warendorf districts. Its building on Piusallee 38, a 1960s structure, was fully renovated from 2018 to 2020, during which the court sat at Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 8.