Tag: Burials
Missing pallbearers: “Then the cemetery gardeners put on their black suits” – Bavaria
Giving the deceased their last escort was once a matter of honor. Today, however, people seem to avoid working with death. Undertakers and mayors have recently repeatedly complained that they…
Munich: From dropout to goldsmith artist to undertaker – Munich
For someone whose career is dedicated to the end of life, Lydia Gastroph is almost exuberantly lively. In the first five minutes of the meeting she quickly dashed across the…
Why are we afraid of death? Interview with the ethicist Rupert Scheule – Bavaria
Rupert Scheule founded the first study course on death at the University of Regensburg. Since the winter semester of 2021, master’s students have been able to research dying in the…
Obligation for the second post-mortem examination is further delayed in Bavaria – Bavaria
The introduction of the obligation for a second postmortem examination before cremation is further delayed in Bavaria. It will now be postponed again, the Bavarian Ministry of Health confirmed upon…
Funerals: Regensburg start-up designs urns made of paper
After her father’s death, Kristina Steinhauf despaired of finding an attractive urn. So she built one herself. Today she makes hip paper urns with her company Urnfold. source site
Climate protection in Traunstein: Neutral to Nirvana
According to its own information, a crematorium in southeastern Upper Bavaria now cremates the dead with almost no CO₂ emissions. It’s good that even the Catholic Church no longer has…
Exhibition at the Wöhrder Cemetery in Nuremberg: How gravediggers lived – Bavaria
Anyone who types the word gravedigger into Google will immediately find out who is supposedly one: “Lauterbach is the gravedigger of the healthcare system,” for example, which is of course…
Crematoria want climate-neutral cremation – Bavaria
Crematoria in Germany want to become more climate-friendly. The Traunstein Cremation Center recently presented a project for climate-neutral cremations. “Operations at the Traunstein cremation facility now make it possible for…
Society: Animal burials will soon also be in a church
Company Animal burials will soon also be in a church Pet owners can personalize the ceremony in the church. photo © Silas Stein/dpa For many people, their pet is part…
Japan: only death is free? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that!
People always die, especially in the land of the grey-haired. But burials in Japan are complex and expensive. Special mortuary hotels, where people can say goodbye to their relatives more…