""After more than 42 years we have created a new framework that reconciles the individual ideas and wishes of the people in the state with a dignified act of bidding farewell," said Rhineland-Palatinate Health Minister Clemens Hoch, of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). From October 1, people in the western state will now be able to choose the River Rhine, the Moselle, Lahn or Saar as their final resting place."
"The new legislation, introduced by the coalition government of the SPD, environmentalist Greens and the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), also caters for homebodies: You can request that a loved one keeps your urn in their four walls another first or opt to have your ashes strewn in your garden. Memorial diamonds from human ashes The new laws in Rhine-Palatinate and the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt also enable the creation of "memorial diamonds" from the ashes of the deceased."
Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt overhauled burial laws to expand end-of-life options. From October 1, Rhineland-Palatinate residents can choose the River Rhine, Moselle, Lahn or Saar as burial sites, ending a previous ban on river burials. New rules permit keeping an urn in a private home and scattering ashes in private gardens. Both states allow production of synthetic memorial diamonds grown from extracted carbon at high temperatures, a technique introduced in Switzerland about two decades ago. The reforms drew criticism from the CDU and major Christian churches, which warned about threats to cemeteries and ethical concerns.
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