Establish the exact grave first
Care can only be prepared properly when the grave can be located unambiguously on site. Have the section, row and grave number, directions and preferably a recent photograph ready.
Clarify before work begins
- the right of use and consent of the responsible person,
- grave type and permitted design,
- requested one-off or recurring work,
- disposal, access to water and working times.
Oberrad site check
Choose the entrance on Burgenlandweg that best matches the burial section; the wooded grounds extend a considerable distance from west to east. No reliable precise points are available for water facilities. Before a care visit, ask where grave-care water can be obtained rather than relying on the interactive map for this detail.
For an urn grave in the Trauerwald or a lawn grave with a central memorial area, first ask which individual planting and memorial items are permitted. These options follow different care principles from a conventional choice grave.
Local rules
City of Frankfurt Green Spaces Office, South cemetery district provides binding information about planting, memorials and commercial grave care. The Dutch Field of Honour commemorates 756 Dutch victims of the Second World War. Other war-grave sections contain 31 dead from the First World War and 2,874 from the Second World War.