The bone house (beinhaus) in Hallstatt in the Michaelskappelle (St Michael’s Chapel) that dates from the twelfth century.
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4367 x 2911 px | 37 x 24.6 cm | 14.6 x 9.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 August 2009Location:
Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, AustriaMore information:
Hallstatt’s Catholic Cemetery and adjacent Beinhaus (Charnel-House) are fascinating. The Hallstatt graveyard is so small, that after 12 years they would dig up the bones, decorate them, and put them in the chapel. Some of the bones date back to the 1600s; the most recent are from the 1960s (when the Catholic church began to allow cremation and the space issues were not so problematic).