Nutzungsrecht für eine Grabstelle Vergabe

Municipal cemetery statutes

A grave in a cemetery cannot be purchased. You can only purchase the right to use a grave for a fee. A funeral home can also obtain this right on your behalf.

A grave in a cemetery cannot be purchased. You can only purchase the right to use a selected grave site for a certain period of time for a fee. A funeral home can also obtain this right from the cemetery administration on your behalf.

There are usually different types of gravesites, such as row, urn or elective gravesites.

The period of use can be extended on application if the cemetery statutes provide for this.

Please contact the cemetery administration or your funeral home to find out which documents and proof are required.

Rights of use to gravesites are not regulated by law. They are determined by the municipality's cemetery statutes.

in accordance with the municipal cemetery statutes

Please contact the relevant cemetery administration or your funeral home for the procedure.

Please contact the responsible cemetery administration for the processing time.

The right to use a grave must be applied for at the latest before the burial. If permitted by the municipal cemetery statutes, it can also be granted before a death occurs.

The application for the use of a grave site is usually submitted by the funeral home on behalf of the relative when registering the death with the cemetery administration.

The amount of the costs depends on the type of grave and the duration of use, based on the respective municipal cemetery statutes.

An extension of the period of use may be possible upon application, depending on the cemetery statutes.

Municipal cemetery administration

written application