Tag: funerals
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
National mourning and funerals cost nearly £162m
National mourning and funeral for Queen Elizabeth in the UK last September cost British taxpayers £161.7 million (€186 million), according to Treasury figures released on Thursday. Following the Queen’s death…
Funeral culture in transition: “1000 funerals, and none is the same” – Starnberg
Rudolf Zirngibl, fourth-generation undertaker in Starnberg, knows a lot about a person’s last journey. A conversation about life, death and the changing challenges in an extraordinary profession. Interviewed by Peter…
Berlin: district office too slow – funerals last up to two months
Marzahn-Hellersdorf District office too slow: In Berlin, relatives have to wait up to two months for the funeral A cemetery in Berlin. Relatives have to bring a lot of time…
Funerals on the Polish border: “Because everyone is human”
Status: 11/22/2021 5:00 a.m. Dead refugees are repeatedly found near the border with Belarus. The Muslim minority in eastern Poland takes care of the funerals – even if the deceased…
Munich: funerals are now also possible without a coffin – Munich
Since April 1st, the coffin requirement has been lifted in Bavaria. So that this works according to the rules of the rite and the hygienic ordinances, the cemetery administration team…
Everything you need to know about funerals and their challenges for the royal family
People lay flowers for British Prince Philip, who died aged 99, at Windsor Castle, on the outskirts of London, April 9, 2021. – Keita Ikeda / AP / SIPA The…
Flags at half mast, funerals, mourning period… The different stages of the protocol
Prince Philip in 1996. – MARY EVANS / SIPA Prince Philip, husband of the Queen of England Elisabeth II, died this Friday at the age of 99. Flags at half…