Digging types

Several cemeteries in the city area, both church and municipally administered, contain graves of the victims of both World Wars and the National Socialist tyranny.

The memorial site on Lydia-Stowbun-Weg, adjacent to the forest cemetery, is the resting place of several hundred people - men as well as women and children - who lost their lives as a result of deportation and forced labor in Wolfsburg during World War II.

As early as 1945, the Soviet military authorities ordered the erection of the memorial in the center of the burial ground. It commemorates the people buried here, most of whom were of Soviet origin.

Also in the forest cemetery, in the oldest fields since the existence of the complex, there are graves of people who died as a result of forced labor and the effects of war.

In the Wolfsburg Moor, east of the North Cemetery, a wooden memorial cross commemorates the approximate location of several graves of forced laborers who were buried here in 1941/1942, before the cemetery was established on the site of the present memorial on Lydia Stowbun Way.

According to the "Law on the Preservation of the Graves of the Victims of War and Tyranny", these graves remain permanently.

For the burial of miscarried and unborn children, a gravesite can be purchased at the municipal cemeteries or burial in heaven for children at the church cemetery St. Annen. The existing gravesites will initially be left in their current condition and will be integrated into the overall design once the work is completed. The new design of the grave field takes up the motif of the sun in the path structure, which is already depicted on the existing sculpture.

The center is formed by a moon-shaped plaza, which is covered with yellowish colored slabs. Seating stones invite visitors to linger under the tree. An arch-shaped ornamental apple hedge forms the frame and conclusion for the area.

The graves are arranged between ray-shaped paths and planted with low ground cover. Each ray is designed for burials over a four to five year period. The location of the annual graves is indicated by loosely staggered annual stones.

Storage areas for grave decorations are provided in the planting. Grave decorations may no longer be placed on the gravesites themselves.

Gravesites on the Muslim burial ground at the North Cemetery are offered as category I elective gravesites. This means that the periods of use of the gravesites can be extended and re-occupied for a fee after the resting period has expired.

The graves on the Muslim burial ground are available in single and multiple digits. While single-spaced graves only offer a single burial place, multi-spaced graves can be used for several burial places, for example family graves. This type of grave is only available at the North Cemetery.

• Allocation period 30 years, allocation period can be extended
• Further burials and Installation of a grave monument possible
• Obligation of the rightful owner to create a grave bed, to care for and maintain the grave site, gravestone and other structures as well as the slab border
• Leveling after expiry of the right of use, unless extension is possible and desired. Leveling is subject to a charge. The fees for this will be charged for new allocations from 01.01.2011 at the time the grave is purchased. For gravesites that have already been allocated, the fee is payable at the time of capping.

Advance purchase: possible
Grave lining, initial preparation of planting bed with slab edging, support service and leveling: 2,529.65 euros

In contrast to elective graves, row graves are graves that cannot be used after the end of the resting period. not and are always single-digit, i.e. only one burial can take place in this type of grave. Row graves for coffins can be offered in almost all municipal cemeteries with the exception of:

• Ehmen cemetery, Dammstraße
• Ehmen cemetery, Mörser Straße
• old part of the cemetery Hehlingen

A resting period of 15 years is provided for gravesites for deceased persons up to the age of 5. In exceptional cases, it is possible to extend the period of use of the gravesite beyond the resting period.

Gravesites for deceased persons over the age of 5 cannot be extended and have a resting period of 25 years.

Furthermore, it is possible to choose between a lawn row grave with a name stone and a row grave with marking by a uniform monument (only at the Forest, North and South Cemeteries).

It is also possible to choose a gravesite without a marker. However, this type of grave is only offered at the Forest or North Cemeteries.

Special regulations apply to the St. Annen and Rothenfelde cemeteries. Please note the information at the bottom of the page.

Row graves for urns, in contrast to elective graves, are graves that cannot be extended after the end of the resting period and are always single-digit graves, i.e. no further urns can be buried in this type of grave.

Row graves for urns are offered in four variants. Marked graves and graves with name stones are offered at all municipal cemeteries, except at the Ehmen Cemetery, Dammstraße, which is under monument protection.

The gravesite marked by a uniform monumentis available only at the Forest, North and South Cemeteries. Furthermore, there is also the possibility to choose a gravesite without marking . This type of grave is offered at all municipal cemeteries except the Dammstraße Cemetery in Ehmen, which is under monument protection.

Special regulations apply to the St. Annen and Rothenfelde cemeteries. Please note the information at the bottom of the page.

In contrast to row graves, elective graves are graves that can be used for an extended period of time after the expiration of the resting period for a fee and can be reoccupied. You have the option of choosing between elective gravesite I and elective gravesite II.

The so-called elective grave category I is characterized by the fact that the graves are only separated from each other by a slab band and are altogether cheaper to acquire. This type of grave is offered at almost all cemeteries. The Dammstraße cemetery in Ehmen is an exception for reasons of monument protection.

Elective gravesite II, on the other hand, has a free green area around the grave in addition to the slab band. This gravesite is only offered at the Forest Cemetery or the North Cemetery.

In addition to the choice of grave type, you can choose between single- and multiple-digit graves. While single-digit graves offer only one burial place, multi-digit graves allow for multiple burial places, for example family graves.

Furthermore, urns can also be buried in an elective grave for coffins.

Special regulations apply to the St. Annen and Rothenfelde cemeteries. Please note the information at the bottom of the page.

In contrast to row graves, elective graves are graves that can be used and reoccupied after the expiration of the resting period for a fee. You have the option of choosing between elective gravesites I and II.

The so-called category I gravesite is characterized by the fact that the gravesites are only separated from each other by a band of slabs and are altogether less expensive to purchase. This type of grave is offered at almost all cemeteries. The Dammstraße cemetery in Ehmen is an exception for reasons of monument protection.

Gravesite II, on the other hand, has a free green space around the grave in addition to the slab band. This gravesite is offered at the Forest Cemetery or the North Cemetery.

In contrast to coffin graves, the use of an urn gravesite requires in principle a cremation. It is possible to bury up to four urns in one grave.

Special regulations apply to the St. Annen and Rothenfelde cemeteries. Please note the information at the end of the page.