Death

For loved ones, death brings not only mourning but in many cases also a major organisational challenge. Who needs to be informed of the death? How do you plan a funeral? Here you will find information about burial, funerals, and the necessary formalities.

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Acquire the right of use of the cemetery
In Rhineland-Palatinate there are different types of burial grounds, including community cemeteries and church cemeteries. In principle, municipalities have a duty to create cemeteries and build morgues if there is a public need.
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Aid for surviving dependants under statutory accident insurance
If your wife, husband, registered partner or parent has died, you can receive financial support from the statutory accident insurance.
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Application for the issue of a death certificate in the event of a death on a German seagoing vessel
You would like to apply for a death certificate for a death that occurred on a German seagoing vessel? You can find information here.
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Application for the issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
You can apply for a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
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Apply for a certificate of notification of death
If you cannot be issued a death certificate after reporting a death due to missing data, you can have the report of the death certified.
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Apply for a child-raising pension
If you are raising a child alone because your divorced partner has died, you can receive a child-raising pension.
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Apply for a death certificate for a family member
If one of your family members has died, you can apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.
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Apply for a mortuary passport
If you want to transfer a body abroad, a mortuary passport may be necessary.
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Apply for a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund
As a surviving dependant, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension from the agricultural pension fund (LAK).
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Apply for an orphan's pension from the agricultural pension fund
After the death of one of your parents, you will receive an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund under certain conditions. Grandchildren and siblings of the deceased person can also receive an orphan's pension.
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Apply for grave rights of use
Would you like to reserve a specific grave before your death? For this purpose, you can acquire a right of use.
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Apply for subsequent certification of a death abroad of Germans or recognized refugees and recognized stateless persons without domestic residence
If a German or a German national without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office.
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Apply for the funeral costs to be covered
If you are obliged to cover the funeral costs of a deceased person even though you do not have the financial means to do so yourself, you can apply to the social welfare provider to have the costs covered.
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Applying for a half or full orphan's pension
Children for whom one or both parents have died can apply for an orphan's pension.
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Applying for a widow's or widower's pension
If your spouse or registered partner dies, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension in many cases.
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Applying for pension compensation for surviving spouses from statutory accident insurance in the event of remarriage
As a surviving dependant, you will receive a settlement from the statutory accident insurance instead of a pension if you remarry or enter into a new civil partnership.
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Funeral allowance for war victims
If an injured person or a surviving dependant dies, you can receive a funeral allowance as a relative if the deceased person was previously entitled to a pension under the...
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Grant burial allowance for war victims
The funeral allowance is paid to anyone who has covered the costs of the funeral of the deceased. It amounts to for persons entitled to a pension: 874.00 euros (from...
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Grave transfer rights of use
You want to transfer your right of use for a grave to another person? Find out more here.
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Issuing a death certificate
Anyone who finds a dead person or is present at the time of death must immediately notify one of the responsible persons or the police. This must immediately notify a doctor who carries out the so-called post-mortem examination.
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Making a declaration on organ and tissue donation
You can make a declaration in the organ donation register as to whether you agree or disagree with organ and tissue donation.
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Notarizing a death abroad
Duly issued death certificates from abroad are generally recognised in Germany. There is no obligation to subsequently certify the death.However, the subsequent entry in the deat...
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Notification of a death on German seagoing vessels
You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign sea-going vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.
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Obtaining a transfer permit
The transfer of deceased persons within Germany is subject to national law. Even if a deceased person is taken from or abroad, one speaks of a transfer.
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Orphan's pension received from the Agricultural Accident Insurance Fund
If your father or mother has died, you will receive an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Accident Insurance under certain conditions.
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receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses from statutory accident insurance
After the death of your former partner or spouse, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
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receive a widow's or widower's pension for former spouses from statutory accident insurance
After the death of your former partner or spouse as a result of an insured event, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
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Receive aid for surviving dependants in agricultural accident insurance
As a survivor or surviving dependant, you can receive benefits from the agricultural accident insurance. This is possible if your relative or dependant has not died as a result of an insured event.
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Receive death benefits for surviving dependants from statutory accident insurance
If a member of your family has died as a result of an accident at work or on the way to work or as a result of a recognized occupational disease, you can receive death benefits from the statutory accident insurance.
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Receive orphan's pension from statutory accident insurance
If your parent has died as a result of an insured event, you will receive an orphan's pension from the statutory accident insurance fund under certain conditions.
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Receive parental pension from agricultural accident insurance
If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, you may receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
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Receive parental pension from statutory accident insurance
If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, you may receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
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Receive widow's and widower's pension from the agricultural accident insurance fund
As a widow, widower or surviving partner in a civil partnership, you can receive a pension from the Agricultural Employers' Liability Insurance Association under certain conditions.
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Receiving death benefits from the agricultural accident insurance fund
You have paid for the funeral of a person who died in an accident at work, a commuting accident or as a result of an occupational disease? If so, the agricultural accident insurance will reimburse you for the costs under certain conditions.
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Recovering repatriation costs for deceased persons in statutory accident insurance
Have you paid for the repatriation of a person with statutory accident insurance? Then you can recover the costs if the person dies as a result of an insured event.
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Reimbursement of transfer costs by the agricultural accident insurance company
Have you paid for the repatriation of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease? Then you can get the costs back under certain conditions.
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Request multilingual death certificate form
If you need to present a German death certificate in another EU country, you can apply for a multilingual form to be issued by the registry office.
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Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
If you need a multilingual extract from the civil status register, you can apply for one.
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Retrieve a declaration from the organ donation register
If you have submitted a declaration for organ and tissue donation in the organ donation register, you can retrieve it using your declaration ID.
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Rules applicable in the case of death
The federal states are responsible for funeral law and therefore also the rules on the transport and transfer of a body. Involving an undertaker is recommended.
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Show Death
They are obliged to report the death of a person to the registry office no later than three working days after the death occurred.
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If persons insured by law have died in connection with the insured activity, the surviving widows or widowers will receive a widow's or widower's pension as long as they have not remarried.