The Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe (Common Senate of the Supreme Courts of Justice) is a supreme court of justice in Germany which gathers in case one of the supreme courts of justice disagrees with the decision another supreme court of justice has made. The court gathers very rarely (the most recent decision being from 2000) as the areas of responsibility of the branches of justice in Germany are in general well-defined, so its rulings are mostly on definitory matters. Its meetings are organised by the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe. The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundesgerichtshof or BGH (German for federal court) is the highest Germany for civil and criminal lawsuits. ... Map of Germany showing Karlsruhe Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe castle at night Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Baden-Württemberg Bundesland, located near the French-German border. ...