Unveiling the restored grave complexes in Kreuzberg cemeteries

On April 9, 2024, a wonderful celebration and opening took place at the Alter Luisenstädtischer and Dreifaltigkeit II cemetery in Berlin, Germany.

About the event

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Evangelischer Friedhofsverband Berlin Stadtmitte unveiled the results of completed restoration work on two remarkable historical grave complexes in the Kreuzberg cemeteries on Bergmannstrasse, along with their innovative repurposing concepts.

Superintendent Dr. Silke Radosh-Hinder dedicated the monumental grave site of the Löblich-Liebau Family at Alter Luisenstädtischer Cemetery to serve as an open-air chapel for funeral services.

The Kunzemann-Bornhagen Mausoleum, meticulously restored in the Dreifaltigkeit II Cemetery, now functions as a mourning farewell room. Here, relatives can spend precious additional time in a dignified ambiance bidding farewell to their departed loved ones.

Funding for these restoration projects was provided by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM), the Berlin State Monuments Office (LDA), and the German Foundation for Monument Protection (DSD), along with contributions from the Evangelischer Friedhofsverband of Berlin Stadtmitte.

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Virtual attendance at farewell ceremonies

Funerária de Terrassa launches the streaming service at Terrassa cemetery that will allow people to attend the farewell ceremonies virtually.

About the streaming service

Funerária de Terrassa makes a streaming service available to families. The incorporation of this new proposal aims to bring the farewell of deceased loved ones closer to people who cannot attend the ceremonies in person.

The project has provided for the installation of a camera in the Multiconfessional Temple and a technological system that allows it the recording and sharing over the Internet of the captured signal.

People who want to choose this option will have a link through which they can do the virtual monitoring of the ceremony through their electronic devices with an Internet connection, and which they can share. During these last months of the year, the service will be offered free of charge and will become optional in early 2023.

Improvement of care and service

Funerária de Terrassa, as a public company, ratifies with this action its commitment to the continuous improvement of care and service, incorporating technological advances and adapting established protocols to make them evolve. 

In this case, the fact of facilitating virtual assistance is particularly interesting in personal situations or geographical locations that make it difficult to attend in person.

Related information at www.funerariaterrassa.cat.

WDEC 2019: Memorial ceremony at Pobrežje Cemetery

On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the memorial ceremony “Memory of peace” took place at Pobrežje Cemetery in Maribor (Slovenia).

About the event

The memorial ceremony took place during the Week of discovering European cemeteries 2019 and was also the main event organized by Pogrebno podjetje Maribor in 2019 to commemorate two important anniversaries - 150 years of operation of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and 140 years of Pobrežje Cemetery. It was dedicated to remembering the people of many cultures and countries which lost their lives in the two world wars in Maribor. The representatives of foreign embassies paid tribute to their memory by placing wreaths at the Peace Monument at Pobrežje Cemetery.

In the central part of the event, a few words about the meaning and role of cemeteries were spoken by the director of Pogrebno podjetje Maribor and president of ASCE, Lidija Pliberšek, Deputy Mayor of Maribor, Samo Peter Medved and Vlasta Nussdorfer, advisor to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, who was the honorary sponsor of the event.

Award for outstanding entrepreneurial achievements

At the ceremony, Pogrebno podjetje Maribor received a prestigious award from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) for exceptional business achievements in the field of municipal services. With its 150 years of operation, it is the oldest Slovene company in this activity. Furthermore, it contributes to the promotion of Slovenia and Slovenian entrepreneurship by being the chairing member of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE).

Everlasting love: till death do us reunite! (Monumental cemetery of Milan)

A walk at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Sunday, February 11th  – 3 pm
Everlasting love: till death do us reunite!

Monument of Peace in Sarajevo

Monument of Peace idea from Maribor moved forward to Sarajevo, where Monument was revealed October 24th 2011.

It is dedicated to all victims, children, wifes and members of international peace missions that lost their lifes in the last war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Within the cemeremony, 3 important speeches were given:

• Sarajevo Canton Premier Fikret Musić
• Lidija Plibersek, ASCE president
• Sarajevo Mayor Professor Doctor Alija Behmen