Mourning hall

Mourning hall in Okriftel

A mourning hall is a building designed for funeral ceremonies , often in a cemetery . With regard to church burials , one also speaks of a funeral hall or cemetery chapel , even if the building is not owned by a church .

function

Funeral hall of the Munich North Cemetery ⊙

Today, the mourning halls are mostly used to store the dead, either in cold rooms or in cool boxes. There is often a storage room in the building for equipment needed for the funeral, such as B. the car to transport the coffin , the lowering mechanism, etc. Mourning halls have been built in the last decades by the municipal side in almost all cemeteries, because the laying out of the dead at home was no longer allowed. But private companies are also involved in the construction of mourning halls, which are open to all denominations and are not tied to any time conditions of the cemetery operation. Such facilities are often referred to in advertising as the house of goodbye . The different types of mourning ceremonies of the various religions can also be taken into account here.

Some mourning halls have a bell tower.

Provisions

The use of the mourning hall is regulated by the municipal cemetery statutes.

See also

• Morgue
• funeral
• Burial obligation
• Funeral Act

Web links

Commons : Mourning Halls  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mourning center with mourning hall (article in the Ärzte Zeitung)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Article in the " Ärzte Zeitung " from October 8, 2007