GERMANY'S TIRED GRAVEYARDS: When Bodies No Longer Decay

Spiegel Online ^ | January 07, 2008 | Frank Thadeusz

[forkinsocket]

When bodies don't decompose, their graves can't be reused -- a common practice in Germany.

I had no idea that graves were reused in Germany. Do they do this in other places as well?

[Army Air Corps]

I see a horror movie script in this...

[nevergore]

Pictures?

[Red Badger]

Yes..........I think in Hong Kong you have to pay rent......or out you go!........

[evets]

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Stick a wick in them and light them up

[SIDENET]

I had no idea that graves were reused in Germany.

I remember someone telling me this, but I didn't believe it at the time.

[mysterio]

Adiopocere?

[gaijin]

Forgone conclusion: Helen Thomas’ picture will be posted here.

[Tijeras_Slim]

They ought to consider cremation.... after all they know how to build industrial strength crematoriums.

[TheThirdRuffian]

France. I believe Jim Morrison’s rental is up shortly.

[dellbabe68]

Yes, in Columbia (Bogata, for sure)... .I read they do it after three years! Then they get cremated to make room. This is for the very poor.

Some other places if there is no one around for a LONG time to tend your grave.

[stevio]

Boy, you’re good.

[Into the Vortex]

SNORT!

[forkinsocket]

[bill1952]

Beat me to it Slim. :)

This is bizarre.

[JRios1968]

A high moisture content in the subsoil combined with low temperatures and a lack of oxygen are the main culprits.

Yup, another sure sign of Global Warming...

[AnalogReigns]

I think all of Europe (and I’m sure Asia) “reuses” graves—and have done so since at least medieval times. I saw a medieval Jewish graveyard in Prague, Czech Rep. that couldn’t have been much over a quarter acre, and the guide told us they estimated 100,000 were buried there—12 layers deep.

When there is only one churchyard, even after it is full...you just dig a hole and bury...

[dighton]

Adiopocere?

Close. Our words for the day are adipocere and saponification.