Bundessozialgericht, Kassel

The Bundessozialgericht (German for Federal Social Court) is the German federal court of appeals for social security cases, mainly cases concerning public health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance and occupational accident insurance plans. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A federation ( Latin: foedus, covenant is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central ("federal" In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision Social security primarily refers to a Social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions including poverty old The term health insurance is generally used to describe a form of Insurance that pays for medical expenses A pension is a steady income given to a person upon Retirement, typically in the form of a guaranteed annuity. Trial courts for these cases are conducted in the Sozialgerichte ("Social Courts"). Appeals against decisions of these courts are heard by the Landessozialgerichte ("Superior State Social Courts"), before the cases wind up at the Bundessozialgericht.

The Bundessozialgericht is located in the city of Kassel. Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the

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