Gravesites

Only one burial is possible in row gravesites, which are available either for urn burials or for burials in the ground.

The right of use cannot be extended and expires at the end of the resting period.

Elective burial sites are available in various sizes for burials and urn burials. The number of possible burials depends on the size of the grave space.

Urns can also be buried in burial plots.

The right of use can be extended several times. The right of use can be extended for the last time by five years after the right of rest of the last possible burial has expired.

Urns are buried above ground in urn niches in the columbarium. The name and dates of life are placed on the sealing plate.

Two urns can be buried in one urn niche. No grave maintenance is necessary or possible.

For further information on urn burials, please refer to the flyer "Burial options at the North Cemetery".

Care graves are elective urn graves for two urn burials, which are planted with ground cover and maintained by the staff of the municipal cemeteries.

You can discuss the choice of gravestone design with the cemetery administration.
The municipal cemeteries will take care of the installation of the selected gravestone.

The relatives are not obliged to maintain the grave. Vases with cut flowers can of course be placed at the gravesite.

At the North Cemetery there is the option of burying urns in a natural setting.
Here the burial takes place in a wooded area in the northern part of the cemetery.

There is a choice of communal trees or individual trees for four urns. If a decorative urn is used, it can only be made of wood or felt.
The burial area should remain natural. Gardening and the erection of gravestones is therefore not possible.

Eight tree graves for two urns each are located in a circle around newly planted trees. Small gravestones can be erected here and the gravesite can be planted by relatives.

The urn burial of pets is possible in an elective grave for human and pet burials in a separate burial plot at the cemetery in Burgau.

Two urns with human ashes and two urns with the ashes of pets can be buried in this grave.

Communal urns are only available at the North Cemetery.

In the communal urn burial site with name plaque, 50 names and the dates of life of the people buried there are inscribed on a bronze plaque.

It can take three to four months to install the plaque as it is cast in one piece. In the case of the urn community without naming, the burial is not marked by name.

The burial procedure is identical for both urn communities
identical. Up to 15 urns are buried anonymously, in private.

A single, individual funeral service is of course possible in advance.

The urn communal area is maintained by the staff of the Jena municipal cemeteries.

Cut flowers can be laid by the relatives. Please do not enter the burial area.

Graves for the deceased of the Muslim faith have been set up in a special burial ground at the North Cemetery.

Burials there are in accordance with Islamic beliefs.

The graves are aligned so that the deceased are buried facing Mecca.

Special customs include ritual ablution, open-air prayers for the dead and burial without a coffin, if this has been approved as an exception.

A prerequisite for burial in this burial ground is the approval of a local Islamic association.