Leper's Chapel and Ossuary
A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
St Katherine's Memorial Chapel, Landsberg am Lech
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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. Â
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