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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.

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Description

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

The details, in particular the date, are agreed between Munich Municipal Cemeteries and the person ordering the funeral.

The urn burial is organised as follows:

  • Laying out the coffin
  • Provision of the coffin in the funeral hall for the subsequent funeral service for cremation
  • Funeral service or blessing for cremation
  • Burial of the urn after cremation in a crematorium

Alternatively, the funeral service can also be arranged before the urn burial. It is also possible to bury the urn without a funeral service.

Duration and costs

Fees

From 500 euros to an average of 1200 euros depending on the scope of the services booked

Available payment methods

Legal basis

Burial law, cemetery statutes, cemetery fee statutes

Contact

City of Munich Cemeteries and Funeral Services Munich Municipal Cemeteries Munich

Website

Telephone

Postal address

City of Munich Cemeteries and Funeral Services Munich Municipal Cemeteries Munich

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Fax: +49 89 23199209

Address

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Monday to Thursday 8 am to 12 noon, 1 pm to 4 pmFriday 8 am to 3 pmAppointments outside opening hours and on weekends or public holidays must be arranged separately.

Availability

  • Wheelchair access
  • Disabled parking

Wheelchairs are available on request for people with mobility impairments.

Directions

Public transport

Related services

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.

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.

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 ex officio

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

Coffin burial

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

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.

Anonymous burial

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

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.

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 under trees

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