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Oberammergau

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Also known as Ober-Ammergau

Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and around the world for its tradition of mounting decennial Passion Plays since 1633.

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Oberammergau is a small Bavarian town in Germany known for its skilled woodcarvers, its NATO School, and most famously for its Passion Play—a theatrical performance depicting the life and death of Jesus that has been staged every ten years since 1633. The town has maintained this unique cultural tradition for nearly four centuries, making it internationally recognized for this distinctive religious and artistic practice.

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Key facts

German location.name
Oberammergau
German location.type
Gemeinde
German location.image_photo
OberammergauFromKofel.jpg
German location.image_caption
Oberammergau from the summit of Kofel
German location.image_coa
DEU Oberammergau COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Oberammergau in GAP.svg
German location.state
Bavaria
German location.region
Oberbayern
German location.district
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
German location.elevation
837
German location.area
30.06
German location.postal_code
82487
German location.area_code
08822
German location.licence
GAP
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 1 80 125
German location.website
www.gemeinde-oberammergau.de
German location.mayor
Andreas Rödl
German location.leader_term
2020–26

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Passion Play
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Tourism
  • Traditional art
  • Transport
  • Military
  • Tongue-twister
  • Gallery
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and around the world for its tradition of mounting decennial Passion Plays since 1633.

==History== ===Passion Play===

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberammergau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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