Old tombstones from the Lafnitz are auctioned off for a good cause

An old cemetery in the middle of the water? A village that was once flooded? The fantasies along the Lafnitz in Burgenland’s market town of Allhau on the border with Styria certainly ran away with some: A year ago, an almost 100-year-old tombstone protruded from the middle of the river bed – all around other grave borders were scattered.