Mortuary passport

    Description

    A mortuary passport is required for the transfer of a corpse abroad.

    A mortuary passport is also required for the transfer of a corpse from Hesse to other federal states if their legislation requires a mortuary passport for the transport or burial of the body.

    Online services

    There is currently no online service available for this location.

    Contact point

    To the city or municipal administration of the place of death.

    Contact person

    Stadt Naumburg - Bürgerservice und Verwaltungssteuerung

    Address

    address

    (Rathaus)

    Burgstraße 15

    34311 Naumburg

    Save contact

    No elevator available

    No wheelchair access

    PO box address

    Post office box 20

    34309 Naumburg

    Opening hours

    Montag bis Freitag 8:00 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr
    Montag und Dienstag 14:00 Uhr bis 15:30 Uhr
    Donnerstag 15:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr
    (Abweichungen im Einzelfall möglich)

    Contact

    telephone: 05625 7909-20

    telephone: 05625 7909-21

    telephone: 05625 7909-22

    telephone: 05625 7909-23

    telephone: 05625 7909-24

    telephone: 05625 7909-26

    telephone: 05625 7909-29

    telephone: 05625 7909-63

    telephone: 05625 7909-64

    telephone: 05625 7909-73

    telephone: 05625 7909-75

    fax: 05625 7909-50

    e-mail: verwaltung@naumburg.eu

    Contact person

    Internet

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 04.01.2026

    Language version

    de

    Sprache: de

    Required documents

    • Death certificate or certificate of deferral of certification
    • Morgue certificate
    • Certificate of proper coffin by the undertaker
    • Certificate from the undertaker that the transport is carried out by a vehicle intended for the transport of corpses.
    • if applicable, written power of attorney for the commissioned undertaker
    • in the case of indications of a non-natural death or the body of an unknown person:
      Authorisation from the public prosecutor's office or the district court
    • medical certificate from the health authority, according to which there are no objections to the transport of the corpse, if the deceased suffered from a notifiable disease according to the Infection Protection Act

    Procedure

    The mortuary passport must be requested by the relative responsible for the funeral or by the undertaker responsible for the transport.
     

    Costs

    There is a fee of 28.00 euros for the issuance of a mortuary passport.

    Area of validity

    Hesse

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sport on 05.01.2017

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 15.08.2012

    Technisch geändert on 23.08.2023

    Keywords

    Leichenwesen, Leiche, Bestattungsinstitut, Seebestattung, Feuerbestattung, Leichenpass, Leichenausgrabung, Leichenaufbewahrung, tot, Sterbefall, Bestatter, Bestattung, Feuerbestattungsgesetz, Leichnam, Leichenüberführung, Leichenverordnung, Tod, Leichenwagen, Überführung, Beerdigung, Beerdigungsinstitut, Leichenhalle, Totenschein

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017

    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Technisch erstellt on 07.07.2021

    Technisch geändert on 26.11.2019