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Three months after the statutory resting period or the right of use has expired, the cemetery operator may remove a grave. This is stated in the cemetery statutes. However, it also states that the owner of the municipal cemeteries must inform the beneficiaries beforehand.
This applies both in person (via information at the grave or in writing) and through a public notice. To this end, all row graves that may be cleared in the coming months are listed in the Amtsblatt (opens in a new tab) at the beginning of the year. The same applies to selected graves whose right of use expired in the previous year.
IMPORTANT: For graves whose burial period or right of use has already expired prior to publication in the Amtsblatt, the date of publication serves as the starting point for the three-month period. For all others, the actual expiration date applies.
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