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Burial under trees

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

Contact points

Course description

Urn burial spaces under trees are offered in selected near-natural burial grounds of the Waldfriedhof, the Neuer Südfriedhof, the Waldfriedhof Solln (with compulsory residence in the burial district) and the Obermenzing cemetery. Burial takes place in rotting urns.

On request, a plaque with the name of the deceased can be attached to the tree.

Duration and costs

Available payment methods

Legal basis

Burial law, cemetery statutes, cemetery fee statutes

Links and downloads

Landeshauptstadt München

Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Gräberverwaltung

Internet address

Phone number

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München
Gräberverwaltung

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Contact address

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Monday - Thursday 8.00 - 12.00, 13.00 - 15.00
Friday 8.00 - 12.00

How to find us

Public transport

Related services

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 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.

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 ex officio

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

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.

Death certificate

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

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.

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.

Coffin burial

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