Debate about new forms of burial - Kretschmann rejects urns on the mantelpiece - “I'm very conservative in that regard.”
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Kretschmann Upholds Traditional Burial Practices FirmlyThe Prime Minister rejects home urn storage and scattering ashes in the Neckar, maintaining a conservative cemetery policy.
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- Winfried Kretschmann opposes modern burial practices such as placing urns on mantels or scattering ashes in the Neckar river.
- He highlights communal cemetery burials as a significant cultural achievement worth preserving.
- The cemetery regulations have been liberalized to allow Muslim burial rites but will not be further relaxed during his term.
- Kretschmann views liberalization as a sign of increasing individualization but personally does not support this trend.
I am very, very conservative on this issue.— Minister President Winfried Kretschmann explains his stance on modern burial practices.
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