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Permission to erect or modify gravestones and other structures in cemeteries
If you want to build or change a tomb or other structure in a cemetery, you must obtain the consent of the respective cemetery administration.
Your responsible authority
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Forms
written request
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Detailed description
If you want to build or change a tomb or other structure in a cemetery, you must obtain the consent of the respective cemetery administration. In the case of municipal cemeteries, this is the local cemetery office.
The cemetery owner has drawn up statutes that contain guidelines with more or less detailed information on the shape and condition up to the planting of graves. Stonemasons offering tombs must inform themselves about the existing guidelines. They are obliged to offer their clients only graves that comply with the cemetery statutes.
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Requirements
The procedure is not uniformly regulated, ask the competent authority about the requirements.
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Documents
Proof of the right to use the grave;
written power of attorney, if agent;
Please ask the competent authority which documents and evidence are required in a specific case.
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Fees
according to the municipal cemetery statutes
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Process
The procedure is not uniformly regulated, inquire at the cemetery administration about the procedure.
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Duration
The procedure is not uniformly regulated, please inquire with the competent authority about the processing time.
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Deadline
With the permission or consent, a deadline is set within which the tomb or the structure is to be erected or converted.
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Responsible authority
municipal cemetery administration
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Legal basis
municipal cemetery statutes and/or municipal statutes