I've seen cemeteries in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France (and in Philadelphia) with the stones/markers lined against the fence, and the graves apparently filled with "new" bodies. I suppose the old stuff disintegrates. That would be the plan, right? Ruth At 08:00 AM 9/18/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Hi List, > > >Isn't it true that in Switzerland, as well as other countries, the >cemeteries only keep caskets buried for a limited period of time, then >remove them and replace with new because of the limited space. My >question is what do they do with the caskets and the tombstones after they >are removed from the cemetery? > >Any comments would be appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Robert Rothenbuehler > >[email protected]