Is it possible to configure Jira so that it's not possible to close a ticket (e.g. User Story, Bug), when there are open sub tasks linked to the ticket?
Yes. See http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+Sub-tasks
There's a section on "Blocking issue workflows"
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