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Conclusion of a funeral contract

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

Contact points

Course description

Complete organisation of a funeral or repatriation.
The same services are offered as are usually provided by private funeral parlours.

Required documents

  • Birth or marriage certificate, divorce decree if applicable, identity card, power of attorney if applicable,
  • Photo of the deceased if death photos are requested
  • Grave certificate or grave number

Duration and costs

Processing time

One to three hours

Legal basis

Bavarian burial law and the cemetery statutes of the City of Munich. Other state laws and cemetery statutes of other cities may have to be observed for transfers.

Landeshauptstadt München

Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München

Internet address

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Gesundheitsreferat
Städtische Friedhöfe München

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Contact address

Damenstiftstraße 8
80331 München

Monday - Friday 8.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 8.00 - 16.00 and by appointment

How to find us

Public transport

Related services

Coffin burial

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

Burial ex officio

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Burial under trees

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

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.