germany

 

  • Note on the statistics of cremations:
    • 1999 was the last year for which figures were available.
    • Eisenach crematorium closed in 2009
    • Krefeld crematorium closed in 2011
    • Weissenfels crematorium closed in 2012
  • Number of crematoria: 155
  • Crematoria situated at:
    • Aachen, Aalen, Ahrensburg, Albstadt, Altenburg, Aschaffenburg, Augsburg, Aurich
    • Baden-Baden, Bayreuth, Berlin (2), Bielefeld, Bochum, Brandenburg, Braubach, Braunschweig, Bremen, Bremerhaven
    • Celle, Chemnitz, Coburg, Cottbus, Cuxhaven
    • Darmstadt, Dessau, Diemelstadt, Döbeln, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Dülmen, Dusseldorf
    • Eberswalde, Eisleben, Emden, Erfurt, Essen
    • Flensburg, Forst (Lausitz), Frankfurt, Freiberg, Friedberg/H (re-opened in 2011), Fürstenzell
    • Geislingen, Geißen, Gera, Göppingen, Görlitz, Gotha, Göttingen, Griefswald, Gröbers
    • Hagen, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Hamburg-Ohlsdorf (opened in 2012), Hameln, Hamm, Hanau, Hannover, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Henningsdorf, Hermeskeil, Herzberg, Hildesheim, Hof, Hohenburg
    • Jena
    • Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kempten, Kiel, Kissing (opened in 2011), Koblenz, Köln, Konstanz, Krefeld (closed in 2011)
    • Lahr, Landau, Leinfelden, Leipzig, Lindau, Lörrach, Lübeck, Lüdenscheid, Ludwigsburg, Ludwigshafen, Lüneburg
    • Magdeburg, Mainburg, Mainz, Mannheim, Mechernich (opened in 2011), Meiningen (opened in 2012), Meissen, Memmingen, Minden, München
    • Neubrandenburg, Nordhausen, Nürnberg
    • Obertshausen, Offenbach, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Osterburken
    • Perleberg, Pforzheim, Plauen, Potsdam
    • Quedlinburg
    • Regensburg, Reichenbach, Reutlingen, Ronneburg, Rostock, Rutesheim
    • Saalfeld, Saarbrücken, Schmalkalden, Schönebeck, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Hall, Schwartenborn, Schweinfurt, Schwerin, Selb, 
      Siegen, Singen, Sonderhausen, Sonneberg, Stade, Stendal, Stuttgart, Südharz, Suhl
    • Tornesch, Traunstein, Tuttlingen
    • Ulm
    • Verden, Villingen-Schwenningen, Vilshofen, Völklingen
    • Waltrop (opened in 2012), Weissenfels (closed in 2012), Werl, Wetzlar, Weimar, Wiesbaden, Wilhelmshaven, Willich, Wuppertal
    • Zittau, Zwickau
Statistics of Cremations
  Cremations Total Deaths % of Deaths
1999 338,469 844,112 40.10
Cremation Organisation:
A national cremation society no longer exists in Germany. Upon reaching its targets, the society was dissolved and they are therefore not able to supply up-to-date Statistics of Cremations.