Olpe becomes green: New trend during burials ensures change!

Olpe becomes green: New trend during burials ensures change!

Olpe, Deutschland - In Olpe, a current cemetery report shows a clear trend: fewer and fewer burials, but a majority of 70 percent of urn burials. This development was presented by Simon Wurm, a young administrative employee of the city. From 2020 to 2023, a total of 1060 burials took place in the local cemetery and in the funeral forest, the latter being increasingly chosen as the preferred resting place for urns. Almost half of the urns are buried in the funeral forest, which is also open to deceased outside the Olper city area, such as Siegener-zeitung.de

The city also plans to expand the resources there in order to meet the growth of demand. Among other things, 15 new trees are to be planted in the funeral forest, which offer space for a total of 450 grave points. In addition to modern urn grave fields, the concept of the "farming garden" also gains popularity, in which flowers and shrubs ensure a natural environment instead of typical gravestones. These new forms of burial not only expand the possibilities of grief culture, but also make the cemetery increasingly greener. The changes are not only reflected in the funeral figures, but also in the design of the cemetery systems. Among other things, the falling maintenance effort plays a crucial role, which proves to be advantageous for many relatives.

new youngsters in the city administration

The city administration Olpe also reports new reinforcements for your team. The trainees Madlen Maiwald and Simon Wurm have started their training and bring a breath of fresh air to the administration. Maiwald is trained as an administrative assistant in different offices, while Wurm starts a dual study of the municipal administrative service. Mayor Peter Weber emphasizes: "The city administration needs qualified young people who are interested in future -oriented topics and support us in implementing them." Your respective training at well -known institutions such as the Study Institute for Local Administration and the University of Police and Public Administration are optimally preparing for your future tasks, such as Lokalplus.nrw reported.