Costs
A large share of the cost is municipal. That is why no single figure is honest.
Funerals in Switzerland rarely cost what people expect — sometimes less, sometimes a great deal more. The reason is a Swiss peculiarity: a substantial part of the service is municipal, and every Gemeinde (municipality) sets its own tariff.
This page separates the three blocks that make up the bill, so you know which one you can influence.
In most Swiss municipalities a baseline is covered by the community: a simple grave for the period of rest, often the cremation itself, and use of the cemetery chapel.
What is included varies widely. Some municipalities cover cremation in full, others only partly; some charge for the chapel, others do not.
Ask your municipality for its schedule of fees, or let us do it. It is public information and it moves the bill by several hundred francs.
These items are yours, and you control them:
The two items that most often inflate a bill unnoticed: a death notice in a regional daily, and the headstone.
For a simple cremation with a quiet ceremony, many families stay below CHF 5,000 including municipal fees. For a burial with a ceremony, headstone and funeral meal, the total frequently exceeds CHF 10,000.
These are reference points, not promises. The only figure that binds anyone is a written quote for your situation, in your municipality.
Collection, hygienic care, journeys and expenses are part of our flat rate and never appear as an extra. Our offer also carries a line stating explicitly what is not included — that is usually where unpleasant surprises live.
Where the estate does not suffice, the municipality of residence covers a simple but dignified funeral. This is not a favour: it is a legal obligation, and the conditions vary by canton.
Tell us openly. We know the procedure and which municipality asks for what, and it changes nothing about how we accompany the family.
Questions & answers
As a rule yes. Fees for an urn grave are lower and a cremation coffin costs less. In some municipalities the cremation itself is covered by the community.
Not everywhere. Row graves and communal graves do not require one; the municipality often provides the marking. A private headstone commonly falls between CHF 3,000 and CHF 8,000.
The estate first. If it does not suffice, the heirs in statutory order; failing that, the municipality of residence steps in for a simple funeral.
Yes. Many families take on the flowers, the printing or the meal. Tell us what you want to handle and we take it out of the offer.