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„Asche machen.“ – A visit to the largest and most modern crematorium in Germany.
Between meadows and forests, south-east of Koblenz, lies the small village of Dachsenhausen. It is an idyll with exactly two sights: the church and the crematorium. The crematorium is indeed a magnet for visitors; on the „open day“, about 800 people come to visit. The interest is huge, which is probably also due to the fact that the Rhein-Taunus Crematorium is the largest and most modern in Germany – eight facilities in four different sizes, in which cremation takes place all around the clock, up to 120 deceased per day. […]
Judith Könsgen receives visitors where the undertakers arrive with their hearses: At the rolling gate of a hall. „This is where the journey of the deceased begins with us,“ she says in a tone that is neither worried nor distant. The 34-year-old runs the crematorium with her parents and her business partner Tobias Klein. […]
Text: Ruth van Doornik
