Funerals: From the extraordinary to eco-friendly DW 11/21/2025
Funeral practices vary widely: Germany enforces strict cemetery burial rules while other countries permit scattering ashes, aerial dispersal, memorial diamonds, and sustainable cemetery options.
New burial laws to modernize German funeral culture DW 09/20/2025
Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt reformed burial laws to allow river scattering, home urns, garden scattering, and creation of memorial diamonds.
New burial laws set to modernize German funeral culture DW 09/20/2025
Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt legalize river burials, private urn retention, garden ash scattering, and creation of memorial diamonds from human ashes.