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Oberammergau

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O·ber·am·mer·gau  (br-ämr-gou)
A town of southern Germany in the Bavarian Alps south-southwest of Munich. It is famed for its Passion plays, held every ten years since 1634 in thanksgiving for deliverance from the Black Death in 1633.
Oberammergau (German) [oːbərˈamərgau]
n
(Placename) 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.: 4740 (latest est.)
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On the Continent of Europe, indeed, they still survive, after a fashion, in a single somewhat modernized form, the celebrated Passion Play of Oberammergau.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
 
 
 
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