Oberammergau

American  

[oh-ber-ah-mer-gou] / ˌoʊ bərˈɑ mərˌgaʊ /

noun

1. a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.

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Oberammergau British  

/ oːbərˈamərɡau /

noun

1. a village in S Germany, in Bavaria in the foothills of the Alps: famous for its Passion Play, performed by the villagers every ten years (except during the World Wars) since 1634, in thanksgiving for the end of the Black Death. Pop: 5363 (2003 est)

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Oberammergau

And several children of refugees from Africa and elsewhere, who only recently arrived in Oberammergau after fleeing their home countries, were invited to perform.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022

We had been school kids together in Oberammergau, Germany in the mid-1950s.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018

“With what’s going on in the Ettal monastery and elsewhere, they’re losing their base,” said James Shapiro, a literature professor at Columbia University who wrote a book about the Oberammergau play.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2010

It takes place in the German village of Oberammergau.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010

The Oberammergau passion-play is a somewhat sophisticated representative of these liturgical plays; it cannot be called a survival, as it only dates back to 1633.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various