Oberammergau Church

Oberammergau , Bavarian Alps, Bavaria, Germany
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    Religious site

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    Oberammergau

    ... an overnight stay in a hotel.  This would be something for her to tell the other God-fearing Grannies at church about.  The Passion Play in Oberammergau dates back to 1634, when the inhabitants of the village made a vow to God that if they were ...

  • 2

    Oberammergau and Schloss Linderhof

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    ... staggering around in circles, especially at nine in the morning. This was a feature of many railway stations in Bavaria and Austria. Oberammergau was a fairly small town and, as it was not yet the tourist season, almost devoid of visitors. Many of the ...

  • 3

    Tyrolling along

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    ... not prepared to go that far so we headed north with the intention of turning towards Oberammergau. We stopped off at Wieskirche...another baroque style church. Another beautifully decorated nave and altar...although the word garish comes to mind...lots ...

  • 4

    Oberammergau

    ... MUST SEE in the Allgäu. + Oberammergau This is a picturesque town known for its wood carvings of the cribs of Jesus Christ. Oberammergau is internationally even better known for its Passionsspiele,  an open air theatre. We only had time only for ...

  • 5

    Passion Play Performance!!

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    ... , Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus.  We also purchased a carving for Bucky and Kathy of the Holy Family.  Oberammergau started getting very busy about 10:30.  It was amazing how many people were milling around and shopping quick before the ...

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    Up Early

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    ... UP;-). It's 8..20 a.m. and raining quite steady at the moment I am going to get dressed and have some breakfast. I can hear church bells ringing and see smoke coming from peoples roof tops. Hopefully it will clear up some so that I can go exploring ...

  • 7

    Passion Play

    ... trad dress. A desire for apple strudel over came me at this point and we withdrew to a little Teehaus further up the street. After strudel time we continued on our time travel. Whirtkirke a fantastic Rocco church is visited before arriving in ...

  • 8

    Germany -- land of our ancestors!

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    ... -- land of Mozart and the Sound of Music!  The weather is still great.  Just right.  Then on to Oberammergau in Germany for the Passion Play on Thursday. Ahh, Salzburg was as we remembered, except getting ready for Octoberfest, so lots of ...

  • 9

    This is my favorite city so far!!!!

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    ... ’t turn them down! At last, we were on our way to our hotel.  My group from ND/MN was staying right in Oberammergau at the Schliferhof Hotel, but some of the group was staying in a couple of the outlying villages.  For once it’s a ...