Once upon a time …
… crematoria were still looked upon as temples
Up until the 1930s crematoria, also in Germany, were consistently built as sacred buildings, where from an aesthetic point of view there was no lack of dignity and respect. It was far removed from purely purpose-built constructions.
Then there came a time when cremation unfortunately entered the darkest spheres of German history. After the 1940s nobody dared build new crematoria. The whole issue was generally avoided.
It took almost forty years before people started thinking about new buildings in this sector again in this country.
Economic and ecological conditions and the new federal practice slowly to begin issuing permits for private operators to run a crematorium, which up to then had been a state monopoly, all required a general re-orientation.
Unfortunately the new buildings were rarely a continuation of the previous sacred buildings in a more modern version. Rather, they often were buildings that reminded us more of purpose-built constructions and less of places of farewell and dignified mourning.
Up until the 1930s crematoria, also in Germany, were consistently built as sacred buildings, where from an aesthetic point of view there was no lack of dignity and respect. It was far removed from purely purpose-built constructions.
Then there came a time when cremation unfortunately entered the darkest spheres of German history. After the 1940s nobody dared build new crematoria. The whole issue was generally avoided.
It took almost forty years before people started thinking about new buildings in this sector again in this country.
Economic and ecological conditions and the new federal practice slowly to begin issuing permits for private operators to run a crematorium, which up to then had been a state monopoly, all required a general re-orientation.
Unfortunately the new buildings were rarely a continuation of the previous sacred buildings in a more modern version. Rather, they often were buildings that reminded us more of purpose-built constructions and less of places of farewell and dignified mourning.
