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Hallstatt ossuary (bone chapel)

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There is not enough room in the cemetery so every ten years they would dig up the bones to make room for new deaths.  They placed the bones in a chapel and you can visit it here.

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Hallstatt

Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Alexander Scheutz has been mayor of Hallstatt since 2009.

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