Foundations

1. The cantonal law on healthcare forms the basis for the Ordinance on Cemetery and Funeral Services of the Municipality of Glarus Nord and is binding in every case. Cemetery and funeral services are the responsibility of the municipality and are subject to the supervision of the municipal council.

1. The organization of funerals is the responsibility of the Funeral Office. The maintenance and control over the condition of the cemeteries are the responsibility of the Real Estate Department in cooperation with the Funeral Office.

1. Cemetery and burial services are the responsibility of the municipality and are under the supervision of the municipal council.

1. Die Friedhöfe in Bilten, Niederurnen, Oberurnen, Näfels, Mollis, Obstalden und Mühlehorn sind Bestattungsstätten für alle Einwohner von Glarus Nord, unabhängig von Konfessions- oder Religionszugehörigkeit. Dies betrifft ebenfalls die innerhalb des Gemeindegebietes aufgefundenen Leichen, sofern diese nicht an ihrem ehemaligen Wohnort bestattet werden können.

2. Der Friedhof Bilten dient zusätzlich als Bestattungsstätte der evangelisch-reformierten Kirchgemeindemitglieder Bilten-Schänis aus dem politischen Gebiet der Gemeinde Schänis.

2.1 Auf dem Friedhof Niederurnen steht für muslimische Bestattungen ein Gräberfeld für alle Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner des Kantons Glarus zur Verfügung. Auch Verstorbene, welche mindestens 10 Jahre ihren Wohnsitz im Kanton Glarus hatten, können beigesetzt werden.

3. Die Bestattung auswärts Verstorbener, welche nicht in Glarus Nord wohnhaft waren, kann auf Gesuch hin vom Bestattungsamt bewilligt werden. Eine Einwilligung erfolgt jedoch nur bei Kostengutsprache durch die Hinterbliebenen.

4. Sämtliche Kosten werden im Gebührentarif geregelt.

5. Die Bewohner der einzelnen Dörfer haben grundsätzlich Anspruch auf eine Bestattung auf dem Friedhof ihres Dorfes.

1. On the cemeteries, all loud and indecent behavior is to be refrained from. Playing on the cemeteries is not permitted. Bringing dogs is prohibited. Bicycles and vehicles may not be taken onto the grave plots.

2. The use of cemeteries as public thoroughfares or for purposes other than visiting graves and churches is forbidden.

3. The instructions of the Funeral Office and the Property Department are to be followed.

4. Care must be taken with the cemetery facilities and installations as well as with the grave sites.

5. All waste must be disposed of properly and separately in the containers provided in the cemeteries.

1. Damage to buildings, facilities, graves, tombstones, and plantings, as well as the theft of someone else's property, will be prosecuted under criminal law.

2. Entering planted areas as well as breaking off branches and flowers in the cemetery grounds is prohibited.

1. The municipality assumes no liability for any damage to grave plantings or gravestones caused by decay, weather influences, or unlawful acts by third parties, or by force majeure.

1. Die Friedhöfe sind in folgende Gräberkategorien eingeteilt

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | a) | Gräber für Erdbestattungen: | | Kat. E |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | b) | Urnengräber: | | Kat. U |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | c) | Kindergräber (bis zum erfüllten 11. Lebensjahr): | | Kat. K |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | d) | Kindergemeinschaftsgrab für Erd- und Urnenbestattungen (Friedhof Niederurnen): | | Kat. KG |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | e) | Gemeinschaftsgrab: | | Kat. G |

| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | f) **\*** | Gräber für muslimische Bestattungen: | | Kat. M |

2. ...

3. Die Bestattungen haben nach einem durch das Bestattungsamt zu führenden Belegungsplan zu erfolgen.

3.1 Auf dem Friedhof Niederurnen befindet sich ein Gräberfeld mit einem Gemeinschaftsgrab für Kinder und Sternenkinder. Im selben Gräberfeld stehen zudem Kinderreihengräber zur Verfügung. Im Kindergemeinschaftsgrab sowie den Einzelreihengräbern sind Urnenbeisetzungen und Erdbestattungen zulässig.

4. Die Gräber im muslimischen Gräberfeld werden nach Mekka ausgerichtet. Im Übrigen gelten für das muslimische Gräberfeld die Bestimmungen dieser Verordnung.

5. Im muslimischen Gräberfeld sind ausschliesslich Erdbestattungen im Sarg zulässig. Die Beisetzung von Urnen oder Asche ist nicht zulässig. Art. 11 dieser Verordnung findet insoweit keine Anwendung.

6. Die Bestattungen erfolgen in einem Sarg aus zersetzbarem Material. Eine Bestattung ausschliesslich im Leinentuch ist nicht zulässig.

7. Eine Reservation einzelner Grabstellen ist nicht möglich. Die Zuteilung der Gräber erfolgt durch das Bestattungsamt nach dem Belegungsplan.

1. Die Gräber haben folgende Ausmasse aufzuweisen

| Kategorie | Länge: | Breite: | Tiefe: | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kat. E | max. 1.8 m **\*** | 0.8 m | 1.2 m | | Kat. U | max. 1.2 m | 0.6 m **\*** | 0.8 m | | Kat. K | max. 1.2 m **\*** | 0.6 m | 1.0 m | | Kat. M **\*** | 2.0 m | 0.8 m | 1.2 m |

1.1 Die Ausmasse der Gräber richten sich nach Massgabe der Tabelle 1 im Anhang.

2. Weisen die bestehenden Gräber andere Ausmasse auf, sind die neuen Gräber dem entsprechenden Gräberfeld auf dem Friedhof anzupassen.

1. The Municipality of Glarus Nord is responsible for the demarcation between graves, rows of graves, and pathways.

2. Each individual gravesite must be clearly delineated. Border enclosures are permitted. They must be executed either with the same material as the gravestone or, if deemed appropriate, supplemented with low plantings. Due consideration must be given to the surrounding environment. This boundary must not be exceeded or overgrown by grave ornaments or plantings.

3. The removal of demarcations is prohibited.

1. The row graves may be occupied as follows

a) Earth burials: 1 coffin and an additional 3 urns

b) Urn burials: up to 4 urns

1. Every newly created grave receives an order number after it has been covered. This number is recorded by the Glarus Nord Funeral Office in the Funeral Register.

1. All graves are subject to a minimum resting period of 20 years.

2. In earth and urn graves that are already occupied, urns may still be interred within 15 years. The legal resting period is not affected or extended by the subsequent interment of urns in existing graves.

3. By interring an urn in an existing grave, the family members acknowledge the legal resting period.

1. The exhumation of a corpse is only permissible upon official order. The excavation of a corpse may only take place in the presence of a medical doctor or the police authorities.

2. The exhumation of urns is only permitted in exceptional cases. If there are important reasons, the burial office may grant an exceptional permit. The excavation must be carried out by a funeral official of the municipality of Glarus Nord. The municipality accepts no liability for any damage to the urn that has already occurred or arises during the excavation.

3. An urn interred at a later date may not be exhumed or relocated when the grave is abolished.

4. The expenses will be invoiced to the client.

**1. After the expiration of the resting period, the Burial Office may order the clearance of grave rows. The annulment of graves will be published in the Official Gazette of the Canton of Glarus, in the respective cemeteries, and at the official posting sites of the municipality.**

**2. Within the specified period, the bereaved must remove the gravestones and plants. If the set period is not utilized, the Burial Office orders the clearance of the graves without any obligation for compensation.**

**3. The inscriptions at the communal urn graves are removed without prior notice after the expiration of the statutory resting period.**

1. The burial of a body must be conducted in a coffin. The coffin must be made of biodegradable material.

2. The details of the coffin (Glarus Model) are governed by a separate agreement with the casket suppliers of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

3. The urns must be made of biodegradable material.

1. The survivors are required to erect a suitable headstone at each row grave at their own expense. It should be convincing through its design in terms of craftsmanship, proportions, motif, inscription, as well as any potential boundary of the grave site, and it should blend into the overall appearance of the cemetery or the relevant grave field.

2. No headstones are permitted at communal urn graves. All communal urn graves may be inscribed at the request and expense of the relatives. The inscription shall be carried out according to the specifications of the burial office.

1. No permit from the municipality of Glarus Nord is required for the erection of gravestones. However, the gravestones must comply with the subsequent Articles 19 to 24.

**2. Otherwise, an application for an exemption permit must be submitted to the funeral office in advance. This application must contain complete details of all dimensions, material, processing, inscription, and any photograph of the deceased, as well as a clean, detailed drawing in duplicate at a scale of 1:10.**

**3. Alterations to existing gravestones also do not require a permit, provided they comply with the provisions of Articles 19 to 24. Otherwise, an application for an exemption must be submitted as specified under paragraph 2.**

**4. The granting of an exemption permit is free of charge.**

**5. Gravestones that do not comply with the regulation must be corrected by the erector. If this is not done within a set deadline, the gravestones will be removed by the municipal authorities at the expense of the erector.**

1. The following dimensions apply to gravestones (including crosses)

2. For standing gravestones (max. height, max. width, min. thickness)

a) Adult Earth Burials

1. 105 cm, 55 cm, 14 cm

2. 110 cm, 50 cm, 14 cm

3. 120 cm, 40 cm, 17 cm

4. 125 cm, 35 cm, 20 cm

b) Adult Urn Burials

1. 90 cm, 50 cm, 14 cm

2. 100 cm, 40 cm, 12 cm

c) Children

1. 80 cm, 40 cm, 12 cm

3. For recumbent gravestones (ledger slabs) (max. height, max. width, min. thickness), ledger slabs may not protrude more than 18 cm above the ground at the head end (measured from the upper edge)

a) 60 cm, 50 cm, 14 cm

4. The choice of gravestone (standing or recumbent) must be adapted to the respective cemetery. For earth burials, only standing gravestones are permitted.

1. Not permitted for grave markers are: artificial stones, concrete, plastics, clinker, sheet metal, wire, cast iron, porcelain, glass, enamel, fibre cement, plaster, or similar materials.

1. The monument must be crafted flawlessly, either by hand or machine.

2. Painting a stone is not permitted. Inscriptions and reliefs may be color-enhanced. Monuments made of wood, wrought iron, and bronze may be placed on a natural stone base.

1. Schrift und Schmuckformen sollen handwerklich ausgeführt werden und sich harmonisch einfügen.

2. Keramikfotos dürfen eine maximale Grösse von 9 x 12 cm haben.

3. Inschriften in anderer Schriftart und/oder Texte in anderer Sprache sind zulässig, sofern sie den Bestimmungen dieser Verordnung entsprechen. Dem Bestattungsamt ist vorgängig eine deutsche Übersetzung einzureichen. Das Bestattungsamt kann ergänzende Angaben verlangen.

**1. The Placement of Tombstones**

Setting tombstones is permitted no earlier than 9 months after the burial. In the case of urn graves, this waiting period does not apply.

**2. Installation of Tombstones for Every Grave**

A tombstone must be erected for each grave within two years following the interment.

**3. Requirements for Tombstone Installation**

Tombstones must be placed on a substantial foundation slab that is proportionate to their size and weight, and must be professionally connected to this slab. The foundation slab must be at least 6 cm thick and have a protrusion of at least 5 cm at the front and back.

**4. Professional Installation of Tombstones**

The relocation of tombstones must be done professionally. Damages caused during the relocation of tombstones to other graves and monuments, as well as to cemetery facilities and installations, shall be the responsibility of the respective parties responsible for causing them.

**5. Restrictions on Installation Work**

No tombstones may be relocated, nor may repair work be carried out, on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, statutory holidays, or the days preceding them, as well as during wet and frozen ground conditions.

1. Survivors are obligated to ensure the straightening and resetting of dangerously leaning or toppled tombstones.

2. Should the survivors fail to fulfill this obligation, the municipality reserves the right to carry out or have carried out the straightening of the tombstones at the expense of the survivors, or to remove or have removed the tombstone from graves that are no longer maintained.

1. The planting of graves is the responsibility of the relatives. They may either carry out the planting themselves or commission someone to do it. The planting must not in any way impair the overall appearance of the cemetery.

2. The planting of communal graves is the responsibility of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

3. The Real Estate Department supervises the cemetery gardeners.

1. Plants on graves and behind the gravestones that interfere with pathways and neighboring graves and cannot be kept within boundaries through trimming are not permitted.

2. Trees and tall shrubs may not be planted on graves.

3. The relatives are requested to trim overgrown plants or shrubs within a reasonable period. If this is not done within the stipulated timeframe, these will be trimmed or removed at the expense of the bereaved by the cemetery gardener.

4. Flowers and wreaths may be placed on communal graves for a maximum of 30 days after the burial.

1. In the case of neglected graves, the municipality shall notify the relatives, granting them a reasonable period to comply or adjust. Should the relatives fail to respond to this notice, the cemetery gardener will provide the grave with a simple permanent planting at the expense of the relatives.

2. If there are no longer any relatives available, the cemetery gardener shall arrange for simple grave decoration using permanent planting at the expense of the municipality.

3. Furthermore, the cemetery gardener is authorized to remove, without prior notice, dead plants, withered wreaths, and cut flowers, as well as inappropriate containers, etc., if they are not replaced or removed by the relatives.

1. Die Todesfallmeldung hat durch die Angehörigen an das Bestattungsamt zu erfolgen. Eine ärztliche Todesbescheinigung ist dafür zwingend vorzulegen. Für Totgeborene ist eine Arztbescheinigung erforderlich.

2. Sind keine Angehörigen ermittelbar, treten an deren Stelle Personen, welche der verstorbenen Person nahestanden. Sind auch keine solche Personen bekannt, ordnet das Bestattungsamt die Bestattung an.

1. Burials and memorial services shall take place on weekdays. On state-recognized Sundays and public holidays, no burials may be conducted.

2. The following burial times apply

a) for Catholics: 10:00 AM

b) for Reformed Protestants: 2:00 PM

3. In the presence of important reasons, the burial office may, upon request of the next of kin and in agreement with the competent parish office, determine a different burial time.

4. For persons of other faiths and those without religious affiliation, the burial office shall determine the time of burial in consultation with the next of kin.

1. The tolling of the grave bell is the responsibility of the church congregations.

1. Within a minimum of 48 and a maximum of 96 hours after the occurrence of death, the body must be buried or cremated.

2. The Funeral Office decides on exceptions. It can extend the burial period to a maximum of 168 hours.

3. Exceptions ordered by superior legal authorities remain reserved.

1. The Burial Office makes the necessary arrangements. It also assists the bereaved in cases of deaths occurring abroad.

1. The interment of urns is generally voluntary.

1. If there is no ecclesiastical participation in a funeral, a secular speaker or a member of the family must announce the personal data of the deceased at the grave.

1. The design of the church funeral service is the responsibility of the competent parish office.

1. All deaths, discoveries of corpses, and notifiable stillbirths occurring within the municipal area of Glarus Nord must be reported to the Funeral Office, for the attention of the Civil Registry Office, by submitting a medical death certificate, no later than within 48 hours.

1. For the laying out of the deceased until the burial or cremation, the mourning halls of Glarus Nord are available. A laying out is also possible in the Glarus Cantonal Hospital or the Rüti ZH Crematorium. The deceased must be transferred immediately with the hearse after being placed in the coffin.

2. Upon request, the urn may be brought to the cemetery hall after cremation and stored there until the interment.

1. Dressing the body is generally the responsibility of the next of kin and will be carried out by Spitex Glarus Nord upon request. It can be done individually and should take into account the dignity of the deceased.

1. Funeral expenses shall be charged to the estate.

2. The fee schedule issued by the municipal council shall apply to the billing of the respective services. Expenses not listed in this fee schedule are to be billed directly to the relatives by the service provider.

3. An administrative fee for the funeral arrangements will be charged. The amount of the funeral flat rate is regulated in the fee schedule.

4. In the case of deaths occurring outside the canton, costs may deviate from the fee schedule and will be charged to the relatives.

5. If the estate is demonstrably unable to cover the costs, they shall be borne by the municipality, provided the deceased had their last place of residence in Glarus Nord.

6. Should a relative make further claims, they shall be responsible for paying the additional costs incurred.

1. Existing burial funds will be managed by the financial administration until the end of their term. New burial funds will no longer be opened by the financial administration.

1. **Niederurnen Cemetery:** No new family graves, double earth graves, or urn wall graves will be leased at the Niederurnen cemetery. Upon expiry of their lease term, these graves will be removed. No new earth burials may take place within the last 20 years of the lease term.

2. **Näfels Cemetery:** At the Näfels cemetery, it is possible to inter Catholic clergy south of the choir.

3. **Obstalden Cemetery:** The planting period is a minimum of 10 years. Thereafter, the grave will be prepared with turf. Further planting is not permitted.

1. Appeals against decisions of the Burial Office can be filed with the Municipal Council within 30 days.

2. Appeals against decisions of the Municipal Council can be filed with the competent cantonal department within 30 days.

1. Eine allfällige rituelle Waschung einer verstorbenen Person ist Sache der Angehörigen beziehungsweise der von ihnen beauftragten Personen oder Organisationen.