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Gschnaidt Forest of Death Crosses

Gschnaidt Forest of Death Crosses

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Gschnaidt Forest of Death Crosses

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Location: Altusried, Oberallgäu, Allgäu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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August 15, 2025

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Around 2,000 grave crosses were erected by relatives in the adjacent forest near the pilgrimage chapels – a unique, mystical place of remembrance.

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Lukas Blomquist

October 19, 2020

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Old crosses are collected next to the chapel.

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May 30, 2020

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Hundreds of wooden grave crosses of the deceased have been gathering in the forest around the chapels for many years. In addition to the fact that many of those who have stayed behind do not know what to do with the makeshift grave cross later on (throwing away piety and taking home is somehow not appropriate), the memory of deceased people living in the For the most part, have never known life, a new common home.

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Elevation 10 m

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Location: Altusried, Oberallgäu, Allgäu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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