At the end of the road blooms the garden of eternity

Next year, the Hörnli Cemetery, Switzerland's largest central cemetery, will celebrate its 75th anniversary. This book deals in detail with the history of the cemetery, from the prehistory to the competition and the political controversy to the last expansion in 2002. However, the work is much more than an anniversary publication: It uses the example of the Hörnli cemetery to show how the burial culture in the canton of Basel-Stadt has developed. It is also an opportunity to present the topic of "dying and death" comprehensively - from end-of-life care at home or in hospital to the final funeral. The work in the cemetery is presented, as are the rites and ceremonies of church-religious or private institutions. The photography sensitively captures both the emotional and the technical. The reference work does e.