Grave coverings
You do not need a permit for a grave covering that fits within the rules. You will find the rules in the ‘Municipal Cemeteries Ordinance’. Do you want a different grave covering? If so, you will need a permit.
A name plate on the pillar of the scattering field at the Noorderbegraafplaats
Apply for written permission.
A vault
You always need a permit. The rules for this can be found in the ‘Municipal Cemeteries Implementation Decree’.
Application for a grave covering, name plate or vault
Download and complete theApplication form grave covering name plate scattering field memorial (PDF, 62.88 KB) Send the form to the City of Leeuwarden. You can also hand it in at the Town Hall.
Grave covering maintenance
Standard maintenance
When you start paying grave fees for a new private grave, you automatically contribute to the maintenance of the cemetery. You also pay for the maintenance of any grave covering through the grave rights. You also contribute to maintenance when you renew the grave rights for an existing private grave. Maintenance is arranged from the old end date to the new end date.
Non-standard maintenance
For some graves, you do not pay for the maintenance of the cemetery and the grave covering through the grave rights. This applies to graves previously issued for an indefinite period at the Noorderbegraafplaats and Huizumerbegraafplaats. Also at the cemeteries in Grou, Jirnsum, Reduzum, Warten and Wergea, you do not always automatically pay for maintenance through the grave rights. This applies to graves for which a new term of grave rights has not yet started after 1 January 2014. With these graves, you pay a separate maintenance fee.
Charges
| Maintenance of grave coverings / maintenance contribution per year | Charges |
|---|---|
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 1989: Noorderbegraafplaats | € 75.85 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 1989: Huizumerbegraafplaats | € 60.49 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution to former Boarnsterhim cemeteries per grave per year | € 60.49 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution for former Boarnsterhim cemeteries per urn niche per year | € 40.30 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution for memorials in the former Boarnsterhim per m2 per year | € 60.49 |
| Miscellaneous | Charges |
|---|---|
| Carrying out work at the cemetery per employee | |
| Monday to Friday between 08 am and 4.30 pm | € 83.49 |
| Outside the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm from Monday to Friday hourly | € 125.25 |
| Commemorative plaque on the column of the Noorderbegraafplaats scattering field (for 20 years) | € 318.33 |
| Nameplate on grave (for a maximum of the term of the burial right) | € 52.94 |
| Natural stone cover plate on niche in urn wall (for a maximum of the term of the burial right) | € 318.33 |
| Burial vault permit | € 1,900.79 |
| Transcribing private graves in a designated register per grave | € 33.05 |
| Providing a duplicate certificate of the right to bury per grave | € 33.05 |
| Use mobile sound system at a time | € 42.11 |
| Provide a bucket of sand at the funeral | € 12.50 |
More information
More information can be found under the heading’ Deaths and Cemeteries‘.
Laws and regulations
The following regulations can be found on the website Overheid.nl (local):
- Municipal Cemeteries Management Regulation
- Municipal Cemeteries Implementation Decree
- Burial Rights Regulation
A name plate on the pillar of the scattering field at the Noorderbegraafplaats
Apply for written permission.
A vault
You always need a permit. The rules for this can be found in the ‘Municipal Cemeteries Implementation Decree’.
Application for a grave covering, name plate or vault
Download and complete theApplication form grave covering name plate scattering field memorial (PDF, 62.88 KB) Send the form to the City of Leeuwarden. You can also hand it in at the Town Hall.
Grave covering maintenance
Standard maintenance
When you start paying grave fees for a new private grave, you automatically contribute to the maintenance of the cemetery. You also pay for the maintenance of any grave covering through the grave rights. You also contribute to maintenance when you renew the grave rights for an existing private grave. Maintenance is arranged from the old end date to the new end date.
Non-standard maintenance
For some graves, you do not pay for the maintenance of the cemetery and the grave covering through the grave rights. This applies to graves previously issued for an indefinite period at the Noorderbegraafplaats and Huizumerbegraafplaats. Also at the cemeteries in Grou, Jirnsum, Reduzum, Warten and Wergea, you do not always automatically pay for maintenance through the grave rights. This applies to graves for which a new term of grave rights has not yet started after 1 January 2014. With these graves, you pay a separate maintenance fee.
Charges
| Maintenance of grave coverings / maintenance contribution per year | Charges |
|---|---|
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 1989: Noorderbegraafplaats | € 75.85 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 1989: Huizumerbegraafplaats | € 60.49 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution to former Boarnsterhim cemeteries per grave per year | € 60.49 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution for former Boarnsterhim cemeteries per urn niche per year | € 40.30 |
| Transitional arrangement for annual payers for 2014: Maintenance contribution for memorials in the former Boarnsterhim per m2 per year | € 60.49 |
| Miscellaneous | Charges |
|---|---|
| Carrying out work at the cemetery per employee | |
| Monday to Friday between 08 am and 4.30 pm | € 83.49 |
| Outside the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm from Monday to Friday hourly | € 125.25 |
| Commemorative plaque on the column of the Noorderbegraafplaats scattering field (for 20 years) | € 318.33 |
| Nameplate on grave (for a maximum of the term of the burial right) | € 52.94 |
| Natural stone cover plate on niche in urn wall (for a maximum of the term of the burial right) | € 318.33 |
| Burial vault permit | € 1,900.79 |
| Transcribing private graves in a designated register per grave | € 33.05 |
| Providing a duplicate certificate of the right to bury per grave | € 33.05 |
| Use mobile sound system at a time | € 42.11 |
| Provide a bucket of sand at the funeral | € 12.50 |
More information
More information can be found under the heading’ Deaths and Cemeteries‘.
Laws and regulations
The following regulations can be found on the website Overheid.nl (local):
- Municipal Cemeteries Management Regulation
- Municipal Cemeteries Implementation Decree
- Burial Rights Regulation