hallstatt ossuary

有点像小型人骨教堂，不知道一打开门就是，被吓到了一下墓园整理的很美丽，再走上去的景很美丽蛮值得来看看不同文化的夜总会

在教堂后方,在一座绿化墓区的附近,有一个个洞穴,里面祭祀一堆骷髅头,有点像我们所谓的有应公 万善灵等等祠堂,所以进去时多少会感觉阴风阵阵,对于历史 宗教 有兴趣的朋友不妨在游玩该地方时可以去看。（有灵异体质 八字过轻者,参观前宜慎重考虑）

实际上教堂和头骨室是分开的 教堂的后面有一篇墓地，墓地旁边就是头骨供奉室，里面有很多很多的头骨，头骨上有一些还印有字迹。 有一个老爷爷问我从哪里来，我高速他是中国，他大笑，说你们中国这么整是不是没戏，靠了，感觉好像被鄙视了。然后老爷爷和几个老奶奶就在那里目无旁人的开始唱歌 不过这里算是来到这个百人小镇必去的景点之一了。

据说哈尔施塔特土地小、无法扩大墓地，因此埋葬十多年后挖出遗骨，放在此骨灰堂而腾出墓地。骨灰堂里面较暗，架子上颅骨摆得满满的，有点可怕，幸亏旁边有别的游客。所有的颅骨上画着标志，按介绍，栎叶代表荣誉，月桂树代表胜利，常春藤代表生命，及玫瑰代表爱。从这里也感到了生者向死者表达的敬畏之情。

Very special feeling when entering the small room that contains 1 200 skulls and several long bones. No words can describe it. Silence in this small area is a question of respect, but with the crowds of tourists it may not be possible. Recommending going early in the morning or later in the afternoon when the hordes of tourists by the bus load have not arrived or have finaly left. Paying access and you get a printed explanation. The man at the entrance is very nice, smiling and polite. Worth a visit, definitely.

Some 30 steps up the hill and you get a wonderful view of Hallstatt from above. The entrance to the Ossuary only costs 1,50 Euro and what is hosts is very unique. Check out the chapel behind the church too.

Wanted granddaughter to see this as I had been there before. Unique. I think it interesting to have all the different families together.

We have visited Hallstatt (including the Ossuary) at least a dozen times over a span of forty years and it has always been on our list of must visit places in Austria. Unfortunately, year by year it has become more and more overrun with tourists and more and more commercialized. A tiny village like Hallstatt can only stand so many visitors. We thought late September would be o.k.--not. We asked at the main hotel and they are fully booked through the winter months. Yuck. No doubt, by going back again and again and by talking it up with friends, we contributed to the problem. I'm sorry, Hallstatt, for helping to destroy something I loved, and I'm sad to say we won't be going back again.

The history of the Ossuary is that they ran out of space on the cemetery, and than they decided to take the bones out after being buried for 15-20 years, and painted the skulls with floral motifs.The ossuary is located within the upper chapel in Hallstatt (I don't remember the name), and the fee was 1,5 euro. It won't take more the 5-10 minutes to look at it.

Like other reviewers, I found this site both highly intriguing and a bit unsettling at first. We walked in with no one else around and it was just us and the bones! The history of the site is really interesting and the paintings done on the individual skulls are very intricate and beautiful. The price isn't actually too much and worth it. The walk up to the church and surrounding area is worthwhile in and of itself with beautiful views of the lake and town. There was also one flower bush on one of the graves that was filled with gorgeous butterflies and bees - it was so cool! A memorable part of a memorable day in Hallstatt.

What a collection of bones! I guess it makes sense that you can only bury so many people in this small village before you run out of space. The small chapel was tended by a gatekeeper collecting a small admission fee. Upon entering you are struck by both the volume of bones as well as the detailed decorations on many os the skulls, replete with names and dates in many cases.

I found the ossuary very interesting and informative. There is a sense of peace as you stand and read the names painted on the skulls. It makes it more personnel and relevant. I do resent having to pay to go in, but I guess it is the way of the world....

It's a very small cemetery filled with skulls and bones but it's not at all gruesome or horrifying, in fact it's a unique piece if history that's unforgettable. It's not an easy find at all and even when we google searched it on the spot there's no trace of it---that's how small it is. It's up some flights of steps in a corner with a small entry, manned by a kind elderly lady, and we just paid 1.5Euro per person to enter. As it's very small you cannot linger too long or else you will be in the way. The skulls belonged to men and women and all decorated, dated back to the 12th century. The last skull and bones to be included in this "bone house" was in 1995. Cremation was forbidden in those days and there's lack of sufficient graveyards, leading to this way to preserve and remember the dead.

Very shivering experience. When you see all those skulls in this small room it's a bit frightening, but overall worth the visit and the small fee.

Wind your way a hundred metres up the hill from the town proper to this church and cemetery. Look a little further , pay a couple of euro, and you enter what is basically a medium size room with skulls of all descriptions. They have been painted, decorated, inscripted-just about every form of adornment has been applied to them. Can be a little on the daunting side if you are that way inclined (Mrs JB found it a little morbid), but definetly an interesting spot to spend 30 minutes. Worth a vist ifyou are in Hallstatt