An elective grave is a type of grave that can be used both as an individual grave and as a family grave.

Burial plots are individual grave sites that can be freely selected by the citizen depending on availability. One burial (one coffin) and the burial of up to eight urns can take place per grave site. The right of use of these gravesites must be extended as required (in the case of burials) or can be extended after the rights of use have expired. This is particularly important in cases where graves are to be used as family graves.

If a grave is purchased during a person's lifetime, this is for a maximum period of 20 years.

Overview

• Right of use: 30 years (in Kastel and Kostheim it is 20 years)
• Costs: 3,383.00 euros (2,844.00 euros for 20 years)
• Extension of the right of use possible
• Grave purchase possible during lifetime
• The grave is maintained by the next of kin or an appointed cemetery gardener

These cemeteries offer burial graves:

• Auringen cemetery
• Biebrich cemetery
• Bierstadt Cemetery
• Breckenheim cemetery
• Delkenheim Cemetery
• Dotzheim Cemetery
• Erbenheim Cemetery
• Frauenstein Cemetery
• Cemetery Heßloch
• Igstadt Cemetery
• Kastel Cemetery
• Cemetery Kloppenheim
• Kostheim Cemetery
• Medenbach Cemetery
• Naurod cemetery
• Nordenstadt cemetery
• Rambach Cemetery
• Schierstein Cemetery
• Sonnenberg Cemetery
• North cemetery
• South cemetery

An earthen grave is a type of grave that can be used both as an individual grave and as a family grave, i.e. for the burial of one or more deceased persons. Burial mounds are individual gravesites that can be freely selected by the citizen depending on availability in predetermined areas.

These gravesites have different (oversized) sizes in an exclusive location and are surrounded by planting. The number of graves or urns that can be placed there depends on the size of the grave. The price is also based on the area of the grave and is calculated per square meter.

Overview

• Right of use 30 years (in Kastel and Kostheim it is 20 years)
• Costs: Basic amount for 2 m², right of use for 30 years 3,220.00 euros - each additional m² or part thereof 654.00 euros
• Extension of the right of use possible.
• Graves can be purchased during your lifetime.
• The grave is maintained by the next of kin or an appointed cemetery gardener.
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Burial plots are offered at these cemeteries:

• Biebrich cemetery
• Dotzheim cemetery
• North cemetery
• South cemetery

Deep graves are a special type of burial ground at the cemeteries in Kastel and Kostheim. As with all other types of burial ground, they can be used both as individual graves and as family graves. The special feature of these gravesites is that two coffins can be buried in the pit, one above the other, and up to eight urns per grave. The first burial takes place at a depth of around 2.40 meters, with an optional second burial taking place later above the first coffin. For the first burial, a surcharge is levied for the deeper burial.

Overview

• Only offered at the Kastel and Kostheim cemeteries
• Right of use 20 years
• Costs: 2,844.00 euros
• Extension of the right of use possible
• Grave purchase possible during lifetime
• The grave is maintained by the relatives or an appointed cemetery gardener.

Burial plots are offered at these cemeteries:

• Kastel cemetery
• Kostheim cemetery

Burial vaults are architectural tombs that can be freely selected by the public depending on availability in the cemeteries. They are actually burial sites with an underground vault. In contrast to an earth grave, the grave is not opened from above, but from the path. This means that a depression the size of a grave is excavated in front of the actual burial site.

Only then is the entrance to the vault opened so that the coffin can be placed in the vault. The entrance to the vault is then filled with slabs or bricks, depending on the nature of the grave. This means that the gravestone and planting are preserved and do not have to be removed. Single or multi-layered crypts can be purchased. The main difference between burial in a crypt and burial in the ground is that the coffin is not placed directly in the ground, but in a specially designated space. Two coffins on top of each other and up to eight urns can be placed in each crypt.

Overview:

• Right of use 30 years
• Costs: € 4,267.00 per burial plot (to accommodate 2 coffins)
• When acquiring rights of use for single elective graves that were
  by sponsorship contract, the fees are reduced by 25
  fees are reduced by 25%.
• For the acquisition of rights of use for multi-seat elective graves
  or grove graves, which were left by sponsorship contract,
  the fees are reduced by 50%.
• Extension of the right of use possible
• Grave purchase possible during lifetime
• Grave maintenance is carried out by the relatives or an appointed cemetery gardener.

Burial in crypts is offered at these cemeteries:

• Biebrich cemetery
• Bierstadt cemetery
• Frauenstein cemetery
• North cemetery
• South cemetery

Burial rows for deceased persons aged 5 and over
Inhumation graves are purely individual graves and - as the name suggests - are allocated by the cemetery administration 'in sequence'. Relatives cannot influence the location. Use over several generations is also not possible, as they are not extended after the resting period has expired. The right of use is 30 years and is aligned with the resting period of a burial. As the resting period of an urn is 20 years, burials of up to six urns are also possible in the first 10 years.

Exceptions to this are the Kastel and Kostheim cemeteries, where the right of use is only valid for 20 years, as the resting periods for burials are set at 20 years. The burial of urns is only possible here at the same time as an earth burial, as the right of use would be exceeded in the event of a later burial.

Overview:

• Right of use 30 years (in Kastel and Kostheim 20 years)
• Costs: € 1,179.00 (for 20 years € 786.00)
• No extension of the right of use possible
• No grave purchase possible during lifetime
• The grave is maintained by the relatives or an appointed cemetery gardener.

These cemeteries offer ground-row graves:

• Auringen cemetery
• Biebrich cemetery
• Bierstadt cemetery
• Breckenheim cemetery
• Delkenheim Cemetery
• Dotzheim Cemetery
• Erbenheim Cemetery
• Frauenstein Cemetery
• Cemetery Heßloch
• Igstadt Cemetery
• Kastel Cemetery
• Cemetery Kloppenheim
• Kostheim Cemetery
• Medenbach Cemetery
• Naurod cemetery
• Nordenstadt cemetery
• Rambach Cemetery
• Schierstein Cemetery
• Sonnenberg Cemetery
• South cemetery

Children's graves for stillborn and deceased children from 0 to 5 years of age
The cemetery administration also allocates children's graves in rows. This type of grave is intended for deceased children or stillborn children up to the age of 5. The right of use is 15 years and is aligned with the resting period of a child's burial. It is not possible to bury an urn.

Overview:

• Right of use 15 years
• Costs: € 484.00
• One extension of the right of use possible
• No grave purchase possible during lifetime
• The grave is maintained by the relatives or an appointed cemetery gardener.

These cemeteries offer earth row graves for children:

• Auringen cemetery
• Biebrich cemetery
• Bierstadt cemetery
• Breckenheim cemetery
• Delkenheim Cemetery
• Dotzheim Cemetery
• Erbenheim Cemetery
• Frauenstein Cemetery
• Cemetery Heßloch
• Igstadt Cemetery
• Kastel Cemetery
• Cemetery Kloppenheim
• Kostheim Cemetery
• Medenbach Cemetery
• Naurod cemetery
• Nordenstadt cemetery
• Rambach Cemetery
• Schierstein Cemetery
• Sonnenberg Cemetery
• South cemetery