DE202016002836U1 - Columbarium in a converted church room - Google Patents

Abstract

Columbarium (1), which is arranged in a converted into a Kolumbarium church space (2), characterized in that in this Kolumbarium (1) is provided Schmuckurnen (3) on at least one made for this purpose substructure (4).

Description

State of the art

The invention is based on a Kolumbarium in a converted church space.

Many churches are experiencing a sharp decline in members and churchgoers. Therefore, in order to save costs, communities are merged. Therefore, there are many unused churches that still cause upkeep costs. In addition, earth burials and cremations are on the rise, as cremations cause less expense and many people want to avoid the sensory-physical perception of death. These tendencies lead to an increase of colbarbaria in churches. The usual practice is to build urn walls or urn steles in which the urns are kept after the funeral. This practice creates a financial risk for the communities, as it is difficult to estimate how the columbarium is accepted. Even if only very few choose the columbarium as the final resting place, the previously built urn walls or urn steles must be pre-financed. Usually the ashes of the deceased in the crematorium are sealed in an ash capsule. The ash capsule is closed in a jewelry urn. In the funeral ceremony, the ash capsule is not visible. The jewelry urn is closed after the funeral in urn walls or urn steles. It has been suggested that jewelery urns be free, e.g. B. set up on the ground.

• – das finanzielle Belastung für die Gemeinde gering hält.
• – die finanzielle Belastung für die Bestattenden gering hält.
• – kostengünstig herzustellen ist.
• – der Individualität des Verstorbenen Rechnung trägt.
• – der Würde des Verstorbenen gerecht zu werden.
• – der Bedeutung und Gestaltung des umgenutzten Kirchenraum Rechnung trägt.
• – Eine gute Erreichbarkeit der Schmuckurnen zu gewährleisten.

The invention has for its object to provide a Kolumbarium in a converted church space, which:

• - keeps the financial burden on the community low.
• - keeps the financial burdens on the undertakers low.
• - is inexpensive to manufacture.
• - takes into account the individuality of the deceased.
• - to do justice to the dignity of the deceased.
• - takes into account the meaning and design of the converted church space.
• - To ensure a good accessibility of the jewelery urns.

The object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1. Further embodiments emerge from the subclaims.

Advantages of the invention

If provision is made in a columbarium, which is set up in a church space converted into a columbarium, to place jewelery urns on substructures made for this purpose, closed urn walls or urn steles can be dispensed with. Substructures are much cheaper than furniture that surround the jewelry urns. This primarily saves costs for the community. However, the cost will also be reduced for each individual who needs to fund a funeral, as the community will have to spend less on each urn place. The financial risk to the community is minimized because a large part of the cost is incurred only when someone is to be buried. To place the jewelery urns on substructures is more dignified than placing them on the floor where the dirt collects. In addition, the cleaning of the floor is easier and thus cheaper, if you can brush through the jewelry urns. If the jewelery urns are accessible to the columbarium visitor, this will do justice to the individuality of the deceased more than if the jewelery urns disappear behind doors. Such doors are reminiscent of number compartments or lockers at railway stations. An accessible urn gives the visitor a face on which thoughts and prayers can be directed.

The invention enables an individual design of the jewelery urns corresponding to the deceased. This is severely limited in pre-built urn walls.

If jewelery urns are placed next to each other and not stacked on top of each other, the jewelery urns can be overlooked, and the room impression of the former church room is not disturbed, or only to a small extent. By "next to each other" is meant that the jewelery urns do not overlap in the floor plan, but they can be arranged at different heights.

If the converted church space is only a part of the total space of the church, the functions can be meaningfully combined. For example, the area near the altar may remain church, so memorial services are held there and the way to the burial place is very short. Services for parts of the merged community are still possible there.

If the substructures are made so that the jewelery urns can be set up at different heights (for example staircase-shaped), the jewelery urns can stand closer together, which is economically favorable for the community. At the same time the accessibility for the visitor is guaranteed.

If the jewelry urns are bolted to the ground, they are secured against falling over and against theft.

If the jewelery urns are arranged in a cross shape, this on the one hand establishes a connection to Christianity, on the other hand it offers room for the mourners to gather in front of the urn.

If parts of the jewelery urns have recesses, individual motifs or writing can be displayed.

Further advantages emerge from the following description of the drawing. In the drawing, an embodiment of the invention is shown. The drawing, the description and the claims contain numerous features in combination. The person skilled in the art will expediently also consider the features individually and combine them into meaningful further combinations.

Show it:

1 Spatial representation of an unused to a columbarium church space,

2 Columbarium as part of a total room of a church,

3 Installation of jewelery urns in the shape of a cross,

4 Embodiment of a jewelery urn,

5 Embodiment of a jewelery urn with base.

Description of an embodiment

One possible embodiment is a church that is a listed building. The community was merged with the neighboring community, which take place all Sunday services in the neighboring community. Two thirds of the benches are removed (at the back of the church). In this area, the use of church use is rededicated to a columbarium. In the front area services continue to be held on special occasions, as well as funeral services.

The jewelry urns are placed on the staircase-shaped substructures after the funeral in the back of the building and then screwed. The lineup is in a cross shape.

The jewelery urn consists of a lower, closed part, which has been prefabricated in a larger quantity and an upper, which is made individually. In the upper part, the name of the deceased and his life data are cut out of the outer surface.

The individual jewelery urns can be designed individually. An inner shell completes the ash capsule completely, the outer shell gives many design options. It perforates and thus represents personal motives and also writing.

Traditionally, people (especially high clergy) were buried again and again in church rooms, usually the whole body, in exceptional cases the ashes of the deceased. These cases should not be understood as a columbarium, but those in which the function of the church space was abandoned in favor of a burial place for deceased after a cremation. Under a church space, which is converted into a columbarium, should be understood the interior above the declared resting place surface. Within a building, therefore, it is possible without a partition: a room used as a church and a room converted into a columbarium.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

columbarium

2

to a columbarium reused church space

3

jewelry box

4

substructure

5

a space converted into a columbarium as a subspace of the total space

6

total space

7

cross shape

8th

recess

Claims (8)

Columbarium ( 1 ), which is in a converted into a columbarium church space ( 2 ), characterized in that in this columbarium ( 1 ), jewelry urns ( 3 ) to at least one substructure manufactured for this purpose ( 4 ) to deliver. Columbarium according to claim 1, characterized in that the jewelery urns ( 3 ) is accessible to the columbarium visitor. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the jewelery urns ( 3 ) are placed side by side only. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the reused church space ( 2 ) only a subspace ( 5 ) of the total space ( 6 ) is the church. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the substructures ( 4 ) are made so that the jewelery urns ( 3 ) are to be set up at different heights. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one jewelery urn ( 3 ) on the substructure ( 4 ) is screwed. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the jewelery urns in a cross shape ( 7 ) are placed. Columbarium according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that parts of the jewelery urns ( 3 ) Recesses ( 8th ) to have.

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