As of: March 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m
By: Andrea Hermann
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32 new urn graves are to be built at the Nandlstädter Friedhof - along the wall on Herzog-Stephan-Straße (r.).
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The plans for the redesign of the Nandlstadt cemetery are maturing.
What is still missing is the cost estimate - and a final decision.
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- 32 new urn graves along the cemetery wall, a raised urn bed with space for 32 urns and a grave with 16 places for star children: The plans for the redesign of the Nandlstadt cemetery are taking more and more shape.
However, it is still unclear how much the redesign will cost - to the chagrin of some market councilors.
Cemetery planner Heinrich Kettler from Münster-Hiltrup once again presented the plans for the cemetery at the most recent meeting of the local council.
32 urn graves with a border are to be built along the cemetery wall on Herzog-Stephan-Straße.
But CSU market councilor Martin Forster, among others, could not get used to the latter: “I think the edging of the urn graves is too massive,” he said.
With a view to potentially high costs, he advocated a “simpler version” that is “cheaper and more relaxed”.
Bernd Stöckeler (GOL) also finds “the material used there to be very complex – it looks like a gold ramp”.
He also advocated a “socially acceptable” solution, after all “you have to be able to pay for it”.
Reinhard Krojer (UWN) would like to make the urn graves with a border - so that the series creates a uniform image.
Managing director Michael Reithmeier also advocated building a uniform border - “otherwise there will be a mess”.
Third Mayor Michael Schranner also advocated a “clean solution”.
That means: “We want a cost-effective solution that looks good.” And Heinrich Kettler noted: “If you offer finished graves, that is more likely to be accepted than just an area without a border.”
But no matter what the solution: “We have to keep an eye on the costs,” warned UWN market councilor Patrick Nocker.
The problem is that there are still no figures as to how much the individual measures should cost.
And that's why CSU market councilor Franz Mayer formulated the question in general terms: "We have put 120,000 euros into the budget - is that realistic?" The committee didn't get a clear answer.
The expert wants to present the cost estimate at the next meeting when all the details of the redesign have been determined.
And so a raised urn bed with a height of 60 centimeters was included in the catalog of measures - a height that also enables wheelchair users to get to the grave easily, according to the cemetery planner.
The individual grave sites should be equipped with urn tubes so that the urn can be buried directly during a burial without damaging the plants.
The earth tubes are not visible from the outside and are covered with granite slabs.
A gravesite for star children should also be built in order to create a “place of mourning” for parents, as Kettler emphasized.
In addition, according to the expert, the anonymous grave sites should be “given a somewhat more dignified design – they are not that beautiful.”
Before a final decision is made, “we need something tangible,” said Michael Schranner.
“We need to know what it will cost.” Despite the lack of a cost estimate, the implementation plans presented were approved - including the urn graves with the urn tubes, which have already been much discussed several times.