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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Example Sentences

Now, after a two-year delay, the famous Oberammergau Passion Play is finally opening on May 14 — the 42nd staging since its long-ago debut.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

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

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

In Oberammergau, as in many German communities, the numbers paint a mixed and incomplete picture just a few months after the scandal broke into the open.

From New York Times • May 15, 2010

“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

Let's go to Oberammergau for our honeymoon, and don't let us ever go near the theatre again.

From The Limit by Leverson, Ada