Ossuary

An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: place like a building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains
  • Also known as: “bone house”, “bone-house”, “charnel house”, “charnel-house”, “ossarium”, and “ossuary”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include TAURON Ciepło Sp. z o.o. Zakład Wytwarzania Bielsko-Biała and Bielsko-Biała City Hall.

Power station
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is a power station, which is situated 790 metres northwest of Ossuary.

Town hall
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The is a Neo-Renaissance, historic located at City Hall Square in , administratively within the boundaries of the Biała Śródmieście district and within the registration area of Biała Miasto. is situated 2 km northwest of Ossuary.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 2 km northwest of Ossuary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bielski Syjon and Bystra.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of Gmina Wilkowice, within , , in southern Poland. The village is located in , alongside stream. is situated 5 km south of Ossuary.

Village
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is a village in , , in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina . It is one of the oldest villages in Żywiec Basin. is situated 5 km southeast of Ossuary.

Ossuary

Latitude
49.8069° or 49° 48′ 25″ north
Longitude
19.06107° or 19° 3′ 40″ east
Open location code
8FXXR346+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12087565276
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q255595
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ossuary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صندوق عظام الموتى”
  • Armenian: “Ոսկրատուն”
  • Basque: “Hezurtegi”
  • Bavarian: “Boahaus”
  • Bavarian: “Bõahaus”
  • Breton: “karnel”
  • Breton: “Karnel”
  • Bulgarian: “костница”
  • Bulgarian: “Костница”
  • Catalan: “ossera”
  • Chinese: “納骨堂”
  • Chinese: “藏骨堂”
  • Chinese: “藏骨盒”
  • Chinese: “骨库”
  • Chinese: “骨庫”
  • Czech: “kostnice”
  • Czech: “Kostnice”
  • Czech: “osárium”
  • Danish: “Benhus”
  • Dutch: “beenderhuis”
  • Dutch: “knekelhuis”
  • Dutch: “ossuarium”
  • Dutch: “Ossuarium”
  • Esperanto: “ostejo”
  • Esperanto: “Ostejo”
  • Finnish: “luuhuone”
  • Finnish: “Luuhuone”
  • French: “ossuaire”
  • French: “Ossuaire”
  • German: “Beinhaus”
  • German: “Karner”
  • German: “Ossuar”
  • German: “Ossuarium”
  • Greek: “οστεοφυλάκιο”
  • Hebrew: “גלוסקמה”
  • Hungarian: “csontház”
  • Hungarian: “Csontház”
  • Icelandic: “Beinabúr”
  • Ido: “Osteyo”
  • Indonesian: “Ansuan”
  • Indonesian: “Osuari”
  • Irish: “cnámhlann”
  • Italian: “ossario”
  • Japanese: “納骨塚”
  • Kirghiz: “Оссуарий”
  • Korean: “봉안당”
  • Latin: “ossuarium”
  • Latin: “Ossuarium”
  • Lithuanian: “Osuarijus”
  • Macedonian: “костурница”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ossuarium”
  • Norwegian: “Ossuarium”
  • Persian: “استودان”
  • Polish: “ossuarium”
  • Polish: “Ossuarium”
  • Portuguese: “ossário”
  • Portuguese: “Ossário”
  • Romanian: “Osuar”
  • Russian: “оссуарий”
  • Russian: “Оссуарий”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “kosturnica”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “костурница”
  • Slovak: “kostnica”
  • Slovak: “osárium”
  • Slovenian: “kostnica”
  • Slovenian: “Kostnica”
  • Spanish: “osario”
  • Spanish: “Osario”
  • Swedish: “Benhus”
  • Swedish: “Ossuarium”
  • Swiss German: “Baihuus”
  • Ukrainian: “осуарій”
  • Ukrainian: “Осуарій”
  • Urdu: “استودان”
  • Uzbek: “Ossuariy”
  • Welsh: “Esgyrndy”
  • Western Frisian: “ossuarium”
  • Western Frisian: “Ossuarium”
  • Yue Chinese: “藏骨堂”

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