Caption

The funeral forest in Coswig is called Naturruhe Friedewald and is a form of natural burial in which biodegradable urns are buried in the root area of selected trees. It is located in the Friedewald landscape protection area and is supported by the city of Coswig, Coswig, Saxony, Germany

Date

Nov 22, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK26I03_143

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (22.9Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

city urban holiday biological cultivation law alternative forest tree funeral urn environment protection winter wintry nature Hesse Saxony German Europe natural preserve reserve regularization culture shape organic remember marking landscape grow mourn ecofriendly order regulation european life East Germany nature reserve circulation organic product wooded remembrance growth marked Germany area memorial day seminatural landscape conservation travel photography Saxony-Anhalt Friedewald Coswig landscape conservation area natural environment Central Europe biodegradable waste avoidance Dead Sunday Funeral culture Bestattungswald root area town urban environment option woods burial environmental protection in Winter winterly open air Hessen Sachsen nature park protected area regularisation form biological commemorates Marker scenery mourning eco-friendly instruction Eastern Germany forested commemorating marks German Federal Republic space semi-natural landscape preservation landscape protection area natural surrounding Middle Europe garbage avoidance municipal alternate environmental conservation winter time Wintery Hessia State of Saxony Naturpark sanctuary rule countryside grief environmentally friendly nature conservation area commemoration Republic of Germany close to nature landscape protection Landscape protection waste prevention conservation area landscape photo Environmental friendly natural reserve memory FRG near-natural environmental reserve commemorate cities holidays biological cultivations laws alternatives forests trees funerals urns natural preserves reserves regularizations cultures shapes remembering markings landscapes growing regulations nature reserves circulations organic products remembrances areas memorial days landscape conservation areas options forms biologically Markers sceneries rules memories BRD Europe's remembers grows grown mourns NSG natural park landscape photograph landscape shot