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Burial in family graves

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.

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Description

Two coffins can be buried in burial plots. A new burial with one or two coffins is only possible after both resting periods have expired. In addition, up to eight urns can be buried in a burial plot.

Up to six urns can be buried in urn burial sites.

Anyone who has the right to use a family burial plot can have family members, relatives, in-laws and, after their death, themselves buried in the family burial plot. Exceptions are possible under certain conditions.

Required documents

Burial authorisation

Duration & Costs

Fees

400 to 1300 euros plus grave utilisation fee

Legal basis

§ 20, § 21 and § 22 Cemetery Statutes

Landeshauptstadt München

Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Gräberverwaltung

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Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Gräberverwaltung

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Address

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Monday - Thursday 8.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m
Friday 8.00 am - 12.00 pm

Directions

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Related services

Coffin burial

The municipal cemeteries offer coffin or earth burial. We discuss dates and details personally with the client.

Death certificate

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

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.

Burial of foetuses and stillborn children

At the Waldfriedhof cemetery, parents of stillborn children and foetuses have the opportunity to have their children buried in a communal area.

Anonymous burial

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

Conclusion of a funeral contract

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

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.

Burial ex officio

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

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.

Burial under trees

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