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Bone House
A chapel holding about 1,200 skulls, many painted with flowers, names and dates, beside the Catholic church.
- Open
- Spring to autumn
- Price
- Paid; a small fee
- Time Needed
- 20 minutes
- Address
- Kirchenweg 40, 4830 HallstattDirections
- Getting There
- Up the steps from the Marktplatz to the Catholic church.
Why Go
The churchyard was too small for the village, so bones were dug up after some years and stored in the charnel house. From the 18th century families painted the skulls with wreaths and crosses; the last was added in 1995.
Nearby in Hallstatt
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