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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.
Services:
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.
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.
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).
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.
Apply 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.
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.
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.
Authorization for the reburial of corpses or urns Issue
For the reburial of bodies or urns in another cemetery or burial site requires a permit.
Death - show
You are required to report the death of a person to the appropriate registrar's office if this has not been done by an institution or the funeral home.
Death abroad Notarization
You can have a death abroad subsequently entered in the German death register.
Death abroad Notarization of deaths on sea-going 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.
Death abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence
If a German citizen dies abroad without residing in Germany, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office under certain conditions.
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.
Mortuary passport - exhibition
If you need a mortuary passport, then you can apply for its issuance at the competent authority.
Receive a 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 can receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
Receive a 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 can receive a parental pension under certain conditions.
Receive a 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.
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.
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.
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.
Receive an orphan's pension 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 fund under certain conditions.
Receive death benefit from agricultural accident insurance
Have you 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? Then agricultural accident insurance will reimburse the costs under certain conditions.
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.
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.
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.
Reimbursement of transfer costs by agricultural accident insurance
Did you pay for the repatriation of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease? If so, you can get the costs reimbursed under certain conditions.
Request excavation of corpses and urns
If you want to have a body or urn excavated for an important reason, you need permission from the relevant authority.
Request multilingual death certificate form
If you need to present a German death certificate in another European country, you can apply for a multilingual form to be issued by the registry office.
Requesting a death certificate for a relative
In the event of death, you can apply for a death certificate as a relative of the deceased.
Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register
If you require a multilingual extract from the civil status register, you can apply for this at the relevant registry office. Extracts are issued, for example, from birth, marriage and civil registers.
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.
Widow's and widower's pensions for surviving dependants under statutory accident insurance
As a widow, widower or part of a civil partnership with the deceased person, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
