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Service and help - Death

A death in the family or among relatives causes great suffering for the bereaved and also raises numerous unanswered questions: coping with grief, legal aspects of burial and inheritance and financial assistance for the bereaved. In order to accompany and support you through this time in the best possible way, we provide you with a wide range of services, advice and information.

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Death; notification

The death of a person must be reported to the registry office in whose jurisdiction they died. Funeral homes, hospitals, retirement and nursing homes and other institutions are obliged to notify the registry office.

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Social assistance; application for the assumption of funeral costs

The necessary costs of a funeral will be covered by the Social Welfare Office on application if the person obliged to do so cannot reasonably be expected to bear the costs.

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Burial law; official supervision

The municipalities and district offices must ensure that the provisions of Bavarian burial law are complied with. They can issue the necessary orders in individual cases.

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Burial; registration

Municipalities can stipulate in their cemetery statutes that a burial in their cemetery must be registered.
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Cemetery and burial fees; payment

The municipalities charge fees for the use of their burial facilities on the basis of cemetery fee statutes.
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Cemetery, mortuary; adoption of rules of use

The municipalities must provide the necessary burial facilities, in particular cemeteries and mortuaries. This does not apply if there is no public need for them. This is particularly the case if a church cemetery sufficiently covers the need.
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Coroner's report and burial; application for permission for burial outside a cemetery

As a rule, the bodies and ashes of deceased persons must be buried in cemeteries. Permission for burial outside a cemetery may be requested in exceptional cases.

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Death abroad; application for subsequent certification in the German death register

A death abroad can be subsequently certified in the German death register.
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Death certificate; application

In the event of death, relatives of a deceased person can apply for a death certificate.

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Death certificate; forwarding

The death certificate is issued by the doctor who diagnoses the death and carries out the post-mortem examination. It serves as the basis for registering the death and must be submitted to the registry office.

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Death; notification

The death of a person must be reported to the registry office in whose jurisdiction they died. Funeral homes, hospitals, retirement and nursing homes and other institutions are obliged to notify the registry office.

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Funeral facilities; construction and maintenance

The municipalities are obliged to establish and maintain the necessary burial facilities, in particular cemeteries and mortuaries.

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Grave space; application for a right of use

When allocating a grave site in a municipal cemetery, the municipality grants the citizen a temporary right of use subject to a fee.
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Gravestone; application for a permit

Municipalities can stipulate an approval requirement for gravestones in their cemetery statutes.

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Registry office closed on Thursday

This affects the civil status department.

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Housing department closed on Tuesday

The department can only be reached to a limited extent by telephone and e-mail.

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City administration closed "between the years"

The offices will be available for the last time this year on Monday, December 23. The city administration will be closed from December 24 through January 1. In some areas, there is a jour service (emergency service) for urgent matters.

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Limited bus service on Saturday

Due to a works meeting and important company training measures, public transport services will be somewhat restricted on Saturday, November 23.