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As part of their right to local self-government, municipalities can stipulate in their cemetery statutes that authorisation is required for the erection of gravestones. There is no legal obligation to do so. This means that the existing requirements for the design of gravestones in a municipality can be checked before they are erected, particularly in the interests of stability and respect for reverence.
Prerequisites
Whether authorisation is required and under what conditions it is granted is determined by the respective cemetery statutes. Further information can be obtained from your local authority.
Deadlines
The respective cemetery statutes determine whether deadlines must be observed. You can obtain further information from your local authority.
Required documents
noneCosts
The costs for the authorisation are set out in the respective cost statutes of the municipality.
Legal basis
Legal remedy
Administrative court actionProcedure
You can obtain further information from your local authority.
Responsible departments
Telephone
Visiting address
New cemetery
BuchbrunnerStrasse 61, 97318 KitzingenTown hall
Kaiserstraße13/15 , 97318 Kitzingen