Digital cemetery map offers help with orientation

Online Information about Deceased Locations and Available Graves Erkrath – Visitors to the cemeteries in Erkrath can now get an overview of the respective municipal cemeteries in Alt-Erkrath and Hochdahl even before their arrival. At www.erkrath.friedhofsplan.de, interested parties can now access a digital cemetery plan that provides orientation assistance. Additionally, the graves of deceased individuals […]

Visualizing local history

The example of the municipality of Montabaur shows how cemetery administrations can use digital cemetery plans to tell and illustrate regional history on site. In August 2020, the Cologne-based company PBSGEO was awarded the contract to create digital cemetery plans for the municipality of Montabaur in Rhineland-Palatinate. In the data acquisition process, grave data from […]

“Wipperfürth Launches New Internet Database for Cemeteries”

Wipperfürth – “A Technical Solution for a Highly Emotional Story,” said Mayor Michael von Rekowski, describing the new “Digital Grave Site Information System” which he presented on Thursday at the West Cemetery in Wipperfürth. Through its own website, individuals can easily find graves in all seven Wipperfürth cemeteries. Users simply enter the name of the […]