Burial and cemetery statutes

§ 1 Scope of application
§ 2 Purpose of the cemetery
§ 3 Burial districts
§ 4 Closure and deconsecration
§ 5 Gravesites in general
§ 6 Individual gravesites
§ 7 Family gravesites
§ 8 Children's gravesites
§ 9 Islamic gravesites
§ 10 Urn burial sites
§ 11 Anonymous gravesites
§ 12 Acquisition and content of the right to use the grave
§ 13 Duration of the right to use the grave
§ 14 Transfer of the right to use the grave
§ Section 15 Expiry of the right to use the grave
§ 16 Restriction and withdrawal of the right to use a grave
§ 17 Approval of grave facilities
§ 18 Removal and alteration of gravesites
§ 19 Maintenance of gravesites
§ 20 Substitute performance
§ 21 Services of the cemetery administration
§ 22 Burial
§ 23 Condition of coffins and urns
§ 24 Digging and entering grave pits
§ 25 Period of rest
§ 26 Excavations and reburials
§ 27 Cemetery regulations
§ 28 Opening hours
§ 29 Behavior in cemeteries
§ 30 Commercial activity in cemeteries
§ 31 Exclusion of liability
§ 32 Fees
§ 33 Administrative offenses
§ 34 Entry into force


Annex: Gravestone and grave maintenance regulations
§ 1 Scope of application
§ 2 General design principles
§ 3 Gravestone
§ 4 Standing gravestones
§ 5 Horizontal gravestones
§ 6 Inscription plates and covers
§ 7 Borders
§ 8 Grave boundary slabs
§ 9 Deviations
§ 10 Prohibition of gravestones from exploitative child labor
§ 11 Delivery
§ 12 Laying foundations and securing gravestones
§ 13 Maintenance of the gravesites
§ 14 Planting
§ 15 Special design regulations for urn beds, urn high beds, urn chambers and communal graves
§ Section 16 Special design regulations for tree graves and fruit tree meadows
§ 17 Special design regulations for columbaria, urn walls and urn niches

You can find the fee statutes for the burial and cemetery statutes of the city of Erlangen here: Cemetery fee statutes
The ordinance on mortuary services can be found here: Ordinance on mortuary services

If you have any questions, please contact the registry office and cemetery administration.