82 years · 17 January 2026 · Emmenbrücke, LU
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An interactive checklist to guide you through the first administrative and personal steps.
1. Contact the doctor
First 2 hoursIf the death occurs at home, immediately contact the family doctor or the 144 emergency service for the official confirmation of death and the issuance of the medical certificate (essential for all further steps).
2. Choose a funeral home
Organise transport and the first wishes of the deceased.
3. Inform loved ones and the potential employer
Before any public announcement, it is essential to personally inform the family, close friends, and any potential employer of the deceased.
4. Official notification to the Civil Registry Office
Must be done at Regionales Zivilstandsamt Emmen (within 48 hours).
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Emmenbrücke is served by the Regionales Zivilstandsamt Emmen, the regional civil registry office responsible for death declarations in the commune.
To declare a death in Emmenbrücke, contact the Regionales Zivilstandsamt Emmen at Rüeggisingerstrasse 22, 6020 Emmenbrücke. The office can be reached by telephone at +41 41 268 02 32 or by email at zivilstandsamt@emmen.ch. The specific announcement deadline for death declarations is not specified in the available information.
Emmenbrücke manages several cemeteries. The main one is Friedhof Gerliswil (Ghürschweg, 6020 Emmenbrücke).
Friedhof Gerliswil is the main cemetery in Emmenbrücke, located at Ghürschweg, 6020 Emmenbrücke. It offers inhumation, cremation, tombe familiale, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types, with no on-site crematorium.
Friedhof Emmen-Dorf is located in Emmenbrücke at Kirchfeldstrasse, 6032 Emmen. The cemetery offers inhumation, cremation, tombe familiale, and columbarium sepulture types, with no on-site crematorium.