Oberammergau

[ oh-ber-ah-mer-gou ]

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

Oberammergau

/ oːbərˈamərɡau /

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)

East Side tradition has it that every tenth year exacts the largest share of human toil—this might have been Death's Oberammergau!

Her husband treated her in the same way as he treated the crucifix from Oberammergau that he kept in a triptych by his bed.

Here the church has some remarkable modern woodwork from Oberammergau, the gift of Mr. Athelstan Riley.

We still see a relic of this primitive art form in the Oberammergau Passion Play.

For a while the village of Oberammergau was favored, while neighboring villages were stricken.

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