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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 St. Gallen (within 48 hours).
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In St. Gallen, deaths must be declared to the Regionales Zivilstandsamt St. Gallen within a specific timeframe.
Deaths in St. Gallen must be announced to the Regionales Zivilstandsamt St. Gallen within 48 hours. The office is located at Rathaus, 9001 St. Gallen. You can contact them by phone at +41 71 224 52 48 or by email at za@stadt.sg.ch to report a death or obtain further information about the declaration procedure.
St. Gallen manages several cemeteries. The main one is Ostfriedhof (Kesselhaldenstrasse 40/42, 9016 St. Gallen).
Ostfriedhof is a cemetery in St. Gallen located at Kesselhaldenstrasse 40/42, 9016 St. Gallen. It offers inhumation, cremation, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types.
Friedhof Feldli is a cemetery in St. Gallen located at Feldlistrasse 18, 9000 St. Gallen. It offers inhumation, cremation, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types.
Friedhof Bruggen is a cemetery in St. Gallen located at Obere Friedhofstrasse 9, 9014 St. Gallen. It offers inhumation, cremation, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types.
Friedhof St. Georgen is a cemetery in St. Gallen located at St.Georgen-Strasse 98a, 9011 St. Gallen. It offers inhumation, cremation, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types.