Ulrike Manthey will be the new director of the Zehdenick District Court!

Ulrike Manthey will be the new director of the Zehdenick District Court!

Zehdenick, Deutschland - on July 14, 2025 was an important day for the judiciary in Brandenburg. In Zehdenick, Minister of Justice Benjamin Grimm (SPD) presented the certificate of appointment to Ulrike Manthey as the new director of the district court. The special thing about it: the appointment took place on site to underline the importance of small district courts in Brandenburg. Grimm emphasized that an association with the Oranienburg district court is currently not an issue and that the rural structures have to be strengthened. Manthey succeeds Kathrin Reiter and brings a valuable experience from her previous 15-year work as a judge, since 2011 in Zehdenick.

Manthey, who born in Hennigsdorf and went to school in Velten, studied law at the University of Potsdam. Already during her previous career she was second to the Ministry of Justice and the Neuruppin district court. Your commitment and approach make you an ideal choice for the management of the Zehdenick District Court, which includes three judges and a total of 30 employees. This also includes a trainee, which ensures a well -functioning offspring.

Current developments in the Zehdenick district court

In 2024, the Zehdenick district court expects the processing of over 200 criminal matters. The past few years have shown that the court is heavily frequented because 203 criminal matters, 224 civil cases and 219 family things were processed last year. The average negotiation period is three months for criminal matters, four to six weeks for family things and nine and a half months for civil matters. In order to optimize the processes, video negotiations were recently introduced, which offer a modern and efficient possibility of witness survey and the negotiation

Another exciting point is the implementation of the electronic acts (E-Action), which has been in use for civil and family things since November 2023 and since February 2024 for criminal matters in the Zehdenick District Court. [EGOVERNMENT] reports that this is part of a more comprehensive plan in Brandenburg to modernize the judiciary and to promote the electronic exchange of files. The piloting of the e-file in criminal matters began on February 24, 2025, and the positive experiences are to be extended to all police departments, public prosecutors and criminal courts in the coming years.

The future of the judiciary in Brandenburg

The introduction of the E-ACTE is described as a fundamental step for the judiciary in Brandenburg. Interior Minister Katrin Lange sees this a paradigm shift for the law enforcement authorities. The law on the promotion of electronic legal transactions was already passed in 2013 and has revolutionized access to dishes and public prosecutors for everyone involved. From January 1, 2022, lawyers, notaries and authorities are already obliged to electronically transmit their briefs to the courts. For 2026, the Brandenburg judiciary is planning the comprehensive introduction of the electronic procedural file.

Some of the technical framework conditions have already been determined, and the first session halls are also equipped with video negotiation technology. The goal is clear: one would like to increase the efficiency of the judiciary and make the case law into a contemporary manner.

Overall, it can be seen that the judiciary in Brandenburg, especially the district court in Zehdenick, is willing to break new ground and to face the challenges of modern times. The appointment of Ulrike Manthey marks an important step into an innovative future.