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Leper's Chapel and Ossuary

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

Landsberg am Lech, Germany

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St Katherine's Memorial Chapel, Landsberg am Lech   pieofthemonth (Atlas Obscura User)
Leper's cemetery Landsberg am Lech   pieofthemonth (Atlas Obscura User)
the small ossuary enclosure, Landsberg am Lech   pieofthemonth (Atlas Obscura User)
ossuary behind the Leper's Chapel   pieofthemonth (Atlas Obscura User)
informational plaque on the St Katherine's chapel   pieofthemonth (Atlas Obscura User)
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Built in the 15th Century as a graveyard and memorial chapel for those who died from leprosy, this small chapel and its quiet, tiny cemetery is now neglected and overgrown with weeds. The sparse remains of a 17th century ossuary can be found in a small enclosure behind the chapel.

After the Second World War, the chapel was repurposed as a memorial to local soldiers that died in the war, and most of the grave markers reflect that time period.  

 

 

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May 19, 2016

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