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Registration of a burial at sea

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Service Description

If you wish to have a deceased person buried, you can apply for a burial at sea.

If a death has occurred, you as a relative are obliged to bury the deceased person. In addition to other burial options, you can choose a burial at sea.

In a burial at sea, the human body is cremated. The ashes are placed in an urn and lowered into the sea from a ship.

The cremation is carried out by a crematorium. Burials at sea are organized by funeral homes (morticians).


Process flow
  • The death of your loved one has been confirmed (post-mortem examination).
  • The body is transferred in a coffin to a crematorium and cremated there.
  • The ashes are placed in an urn and lowered into the sea by a ship responsible for this.
  • You instruct a funeral home to carry out the burial at sea.
  • As a rule, the funeral home will take over and commission all further steps.
  • You receive the death certificate from the doctor.
  • You submit the death certificate to the relevant registry office to obtain the death certificate.
Who should I contact?

Please contact:

  • A doctor to carry out the post-mortem examination and issue a death certificate.
  • To obtain a death certificate, contact the relevant registry office.
  • For the burial, contact the cemetery administration of the place where the burial is to take place.
  • For the transfer from the place of death or discovery to the cemetery or crematorium to a funeral home.
Requirements
  • One of your relatives has died.
  • An official post-mortem examination has been carried out. Or authorization has been granted by the public prosecutor's office.
Which documents are required?
  • Death certificate or notification of death (burial certificate) from the registry office
  • Equivalent official documents for urns from abroad
  • For corpses from abroad, a corpse passport or equivalent official document
  • Identity card and birth or marriage certificate of the deceased person
  • In the case of miscarriages, a medical certificate (date, circumstances of the miscarriage, name and address of the mother) must be submitted if a burial is desired.
  • In the case of stillbirths (weighing at least 500 grams), proof of the birth must be provided in the form of a registry office certificate prior to burial if a burial is desired.
What are the fees?

Costs: variable

The amount of the costs depends on the type and manner of the funeral. You should therefore enquire about the costs with the funeral home you have commissioned.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
  • You may only have the deceased person buried 48 hours after death.
  • You must have the deceased cremated within 9 days of death.
  • You must have the urn buried within 3 months.
  • You or the funeral director must provide the crematorium with proof of the burial.
Legal basis
Weiterführende Informationen
  • There is no necropsy for miscarriages (before the 24th week of pregnancy under 500 grams).
  • In the case of miscarriages and stillbirths, you are not obliged to bury your child. However, this can be registered at the request of one of the parents.
  • If you as a relative do not fulfill your obligation and no one else arranges the burial, the burial will be arranged by the responsible local regulatory authority.
  • You and any other relatives must jointly pay the costs incurred.
  • If you as a relative or the heirs of the deceased person are not in a position to pay for the funeral, you can submit an application to the relevant social welfare office so that the costs can be covered.
Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

If you wish to have a deceased person buried, you can apply for a burial at sea.

Process flow

  • The death of your loved one has been confirmed (post-mortem examination).
  • The body is transferred in a coffin to a crematorium and cremated there.
  • The ashes are placed in an urn and lowered into the sea by a ship responsible for this.
  • You instruct a funeral home to carry out the burial at sea.
  • As a rule, the funeral home will take over and commission all further steps.
  • You receive the death certificate from the doctor.
  • You submit the death certificate to the relevant registry office to obtain the death certificate.

Who should I contact?

Please contact:

  • A doctor to carry out the post-mortem examination and issue a death certificate.
  • To obtain a death certificate, contact the relevant registry office.
  • For the burial, contact the cemetery administration of the place where the burial is to take place.
  • For the transfer from the place of death or discovery to the cemetery or crematorium to a funeral home.

Requirements

  • One of your relatives has died.
  • An official post-mortem examination has been carried out. Or authorization has been granted by the public prosecutor's office.

Which documents are required?

  • Death certificate or notification of death (burial certificate) from the registry office
  • Equivalent official documents for urns from abroad
  • For corpses from abroad, a corpse passport or equivalent official document
  • Identity card and birth or marriage certificate of the deceased person
  • In the case of miscarriages, a medical certificate (date, circumstances of the miscarriage, name and address of the mother) must be submitted if a burial is desired.
  • In the case of stillbirths (weighing at least 500 grams), proof of the birth must be provided in the form of a registry office certificate prior to burial if a burial is desired.

What are the fees?

Costs: variable

The amount of the costs depends on the type and manner of the funeral. You should therefore enquire about the costs with the funeral home you have commissioned.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

  • You may only have the deceased person buried 48 hours after death.
  • You must have the deceased cremated within 9 days of death.
  • You must have the urn buried within 3 months.
  • You or the funeral director must provide the crematorium with proof of the burial.

Legal basis

Weiterführende Informationen

  • There is no necropsy for miscarriages (before the 24th week of pregnancy under 500 grams).
  • In the case of miscarriages and stillbirths, you are not obliged to bury your child. However, this can be registered at the request of one of the parents.
  • If you as a relative do not fulfill your obligation and no one else arranges the burial, the burial will be arranged by the responsible local regulatory authority.
  • You and any other relatives must jointly pay the costs incurred.
  • If you as a relative or the heirs of the deceased person are not in a position to pay for the funeral, you can submit an application to the relevant social welfare office so that the costs can be covered.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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