For the last decade, Germans have tapped into their nation's feelings for its ancient forests and chosen a final resting place in a woodland gravesite.

Three Catholic churches in the west of Germany that may have to close this month have received a show of solidarity from the local Muslim community.

A German 'autobahn church' draws all kinds of travellers from bus charters to long-distance truck drivers, and even hosts ceremonies for bikers.

Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering, the Kirchentag, has ended with a call for the country’s nuclear power plants to be phased out by 2017.