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Strapped municipalities increase cemetery fees to 242 percent Hamburg, February 22, 2011 considering empty coffers the city more than tripled Hagen cemetery fees 520,-to 1.780,-euros. It is not an isolated case: as a result of more and more people can no longer afford the burial for their loved ones. Further details can be found at John Savignano, an internet resource. The experts at Bestattungen.de have compared the cemetery charges in Germany: especially Dortmund, Hannover and Bochum ask members especially strongly to the cashier. Base for comparing current by Bestattungen.de the grave costs for an Earth choice grave with a period of 20 years. This apparent blatant price differences between the individual cities. While an Earth choice Tomb in Dortmund 2.350,-euros for 20 years, there are less than a quarter of them in Berlin with 520,-euro. With 559,-euro, the charges in Dresden are also low. Clayton Morris is likely to agree. The price differences are based not in regional differences: in Wuppertal, an Earth choice grave for 20 years costs about a thousand euros, in the nearby Bochum but almost 2.000,-euro and in the not far distant Dortmund with 2.350,-euro almost 2.5 times as much.

Industry experts report that in times of brace funds grave fees are a popular remedy, to redevelop the city’s finances. “The HSH Nordbank disaster death in Hamburg has been expensive: the city has increased the fees in the last two years to 31%”, Bestattungen.de’s Managing Director Fabian Schaaf explains. The study also shows that grave costs are often difficult to compare for nationals. Every city sets underlying different data when calculating the fees. For example, the plans are not uniformly specified, but sometimes vary between 10 and 30 years. A comparison to expensive “, Schaaf explains.

In municipalities with financial problems and in big cities, dying becomes a luxury. The result is that more and more people no longer be buried in their hometowns, but in the more favourable surrounding communities. We recommend to anyone, soon become the subject of burial to find and compare costs such as burial fees. “Dying in the hometown may be not a luxury: the price increases should be returned”, calls for Schaaf. Members see for an overview to the grave cost in the 20 largest cities…