ONLINE SEMINAR: Design of communal graves in cemeteries

Location:

Online seminar. The event will be held using Webex conference software. Participants must have an internet-enabled device with a camera and microphone. The access link will be sent at least one day before the seminar.

Who might be interested:

Cemetery office managers, cemetery employees from the cemetery practice, stonemasons, cemetery gardeners, undertakers, people interested in the design of grave markers.

What it's about:

Using presentations, participants learn about the criteria for evaluating communal graves, reflect on their own cemetery's facilities, gain ideas for designing communal graves and make contacts with other cemetery operators. 

Detailed description:

Over the past two decades, various concepts for communal grave sites have developed in cemeteries. These include different types of themed graves, grave sites for specific social groups, various offerings that are particularly practical in terms of cost-benefit analysis, and grave sites offered by commercial providers. The aim of cemetery administrations is to ensure the long-term quality of the respective facility. With this goal in mind, a number of legal aspects need to be considered. The seminar will also present communal grave sites in the participants' cemeteries and discuss them in terms of social, economic, ecological, aesthetic-design and legal aspects. Since attention spans tend to be shorter in front of a screen than in person, the seminar is spread over four mornings. In addition to the opportunity to present their own work, the individual seminar units also offer participants plenty of space for questions and discussions.

Speakers:

Gerold Eppler M.A. is a stone sculptor and art educator, deputy managing director of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e.V. (Cemetery and Monument Working Group) and deputy director of the Museum for Sepulchral Culture.

Dr.-Ing. Dagmar Kuhle is a landscape and open space planner and works in the consulting department of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e.V.

Prof. Dr. Torsten F. Barthel is legal advisor to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e. V., Berlin.

Klaus Güß is a graduate engineer in landscape planning and urban development, Kassel.

Registration formalities

Registration deadline: 16 March 2026

Minimum number of participants: 7 people

Maximum number of participants: 10 people

Cost: €325; members of the working group: €275

Registration at:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedhof und Denkmal e. V. (Working Group on Cemeteries and Monuments)
Central Institute and Museum for Sepulchral Culture
Weinbergstraße 25 – 27, 34117 Kassel, Germany
Email: info@sepulkralmuseum.de
Tel.: +49 (0)561 / 918 93-40

www.sepulkralmuseum.de

Cancellation policy:
If you are unable to attend after registering, please notify us by 16 March 2026. Otherwise, we will have to charge you the full fee. You may name a replacement participant at any time free of charge.

Data protection:
Your registration data is required solely for the purpose of registration and is subject to data protection.