Beinhaus / Ossuary Leuk — Attraction in Leuk

This site is both sad and amazing. Between 15 and 20000 skulls and bones are on display with everyone to see and even touch. The skulls seems of to be of variying gender and ages and some have marks which resembles bullet wounds. The skulls was discovered when restoring the chapel and was initially not assessable. Some skulls “fell“ into discovery upon breaking down one wall. After further investigation statues where found with the skulls and placed in a seperate locked room which is also on display at the opposite site of the church. It intersting how more value seems to be placed on these statues then the human remains..the inscription found at the site is daunting. “What you are, we once were. What we are, you...

This was on my bucket list of creepy religious things to visit and see. Truly creepy and thought provoking. Supposedly a Catholic / evangelical way of honouring the dead. I heard that remains came in from all across the area, which would account for the 20, 00 or so skulls on display. There is also a "plague Jesus" displayed. Well worth a visit to remember “What you are, we once were. What we are, you...

Si tratta di una cappella ossario, un tipo di edificio religioso in cui vengono conservate le ossa dei defunti. L’Ossario di Leuk si trova accanto alla chiesa di San Stefano (St. Stephan), un edificio gotico costruito nel XV secolo. L’ossario contiene circa 20.000 teschi e ossa umane, ordinatamente impilati lungo le pareti.

I teschi sono disposti con grande cura e precisione, molti dei quali mostrano ancora iscrizioni o decorazioni.

Le ossa provengono dagli abitanti del villaggio, raccolte tra il XV e il XIX secolo.

Questo tipo di pratica era comune in aree montane o dove i cimiteri non avevano abbastanza spazio per nuove sepolture. Dopo un certo periodo, i resti venivano esumati e conservati...