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Burial ex officio

Deceased persons for whom no burial order is issued are buried ex officio.

Contact points

Prerequisites

  • No funeral order has been issued.
  • There are no next of kin or the next of kin have predeceased the deceased.

Required documents

  • Documents relating to the deceased
  • Identity card to identify the relative or carer
  • Carer's identity card

Duration and costs

Fees and charges

  • Burial: about 3,500 euros
  • Cremation: about 2,500 euros

Available payment methods

Questions & Answers

Do I have to organise and pay for the funeral?
Yes, if you are one of the following relatives:
Spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sister or brother, niece or nephew, stepchild

Do I have to pay despite disclaiming the inheritance?
Yes, because renouncing the inheritance does not release you from the funeral obligation or the obligation to reimburse costs.

Legal basis

Art. 14 para. 1 and para. 2 sentences 1 and 2 BestG
Art. 15 Para. 1 BestG in conjunction with § 15 Sentence 1 BestV and § 1 Para. 1 Sentence 2 No. 1 BestV

LHM

Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Bestattungen von Amts wegen

Internet address

Phone number

Postal address

LHM
Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Bestattungen von Amts wegen

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Fax: +49 89 23199279

Address

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Monday - Thursday 9.00 - 15.00
Friday 9.00 - 12.00

Availability

  • Barrier-free access
  • Parking for disabled people

Barrier-free access is possible to all offices, lift is available.

A disabled access is located in the inner courtyard.

How to find us

Public transport

Related services

Burial in family graves

Two coffins or up to eight urns can be buried in burial plots, and up to six urns in urn burial plots.

Burial under trees

Urn burial plots under trees are offered in selected near-natural burial plots in the forest cemetery.

Assumption of funeral costs

In Germany, relatives of deceased persons must make funeral arrangements. In some cases, the Office for Social Security covers the costs.

Death certificate in the event of death abroad

If German nationals have died abroad, you as a relative can have the death certified in Germany.

Conclusion of a funeral contract

We offer the complete organisation of a funeral or repatriation. Our services correspond to those of private funeral parlours.

Death certificate

The registry office issues death certificates after a death. As a rule, the appointed funeral parlour takes care of registering the death.

Change in the death register

If the details of a deceased person on their death certificate are incorrect, you can request the necessary change in the death register.

Anonymous burial

In the anonymous burial ground at the Waldfriedhof cemetery, urns are buried anonymously outside cemetery opening hours and without relatives.

Burial in the hedge gardens

The "Heckengärten" at the Perlacher Forst cemetery is the first maintenance-free communal burial ground where coffins and urns can be buried together.

Urn burial

The urn burial, together with the coffin or burial in the ground, is the service offered by Munich Municipal Cemeteries in the funeral business.