page_title: Bundessozialgericht
hierarchical_section_title: Bundessozialgericht
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bundessozialgericht English: Federal Social Court Français&#160;: Tribunal social fédéral
context_page_description: The Bundessozialgericht is the German federal supreme court of appeals for social security cases. The court was created on 11 September 1954 to hear cases about public health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance and occupational accident insurance plans. These cases usually start in the Sozialgerichte, then the Landessozialgerichte, before the cases wind up at the Bundessozialgericht.
  The Bundessozialgericht is located in the city of Kassel.
context_section_description: The Bundessozialgericht (German for Federal Social Court) is the German federal supreme court of appeals for social security cases. The court was created on 11 September 1954 to hear cases about public health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance and occupational accident insurance plans. These cases usually start in the Sozialgerichte ("Social Courts"), then the Landessozialgerichte ("Superior State Social Courts"), before the cases wind up at the Bundessozialgericht.
  The Bundessozialgericht is located in the city of Kassel.
caption: Bundessozialgericht, Kassel
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