Court in Vienna: Noise stops important negotiations!

Court in Vienna: Noise stops important negotiations!

In the gray house in Vienna, a vocal trial was canceled on April 7, 2025 due to considerable construction noise. Negotiations were severely affected by loud noises of impact drilling and cushioning work, which had a particularly negative impact on the interrogations of the accused, testimony and the statements of the public prosecutor and defense. The secretary had considerable difficulties in documenting the ongoing negotiations. This shows that the current situation in the courthouse is perceived as inadequate for the staff and the right -looking population. While extensive renovation work has taken place in the regional court and the judicial institution (yes) Josefstadt since autumn 2023, the main focus is on the renovation of negotiation halls, offices and sanitary rooms.

Further measures include the conversion of the former canteen into offices and the establishment of a new service center. The large -fashioned rooms in the yes are converted into smaller, more contemporary detention rooms to ensure better accommodation of the occupants. The renovation of the special hospital and the establishment of a modern security center are also part of the planned work. The completion of the new judicial center for criminal matters Vienna is expected for 2032.

increasing number of visitors and infrastructural challenges

The inadequacies in the current system also show in the closure of the buffet, while there is a lack of suitable rooms for waiting times. There are no coffee or drinks machines for visitors and participants in the publicly accessible area of the state court. In addition, access to the negotiation halls will only be possible via Wickenburggasse from the end of 2024, which could lead to further difficulties. Long human snakes are formed in the morning in the security check that can build up to the sidewalk.

These circumstances also skill lightly on the current procedure in court matters and the priority of the judicial administration, which, despite ongoing operation, carries out extensive construction work. Such a burden could not only have an impact on the efficiency of the processes, but also on the fairness of the legal procedure.

In the context of noise problems, a procedure before the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) was recently discussed. In a judgment of November 28, 2019, the court found that lawsuits against the Hesse noise action plan were unsuccessful, since the plaintiff had no legal authority under applicable law. Similar guys could also exist in Vienna, where the construction noise significantly disrupts the judiciary.

The current developments in the Gray House illustrate the challenges associated with the ongoing renovation work. As already indicated in the case of the BVerwG, it is crucial to maintain the rights of the residents and the integrity of the judicial proceedings, while the structural measures are being promoted.