Hotel Schilcherhof

Hiking and biking

by TinKan

There are plenty of trails to go hiking and biking on around the area.

Try renting a bike and riding down the main road along the river. There is alot of wild life to see along the river and many nice places to take a picnic.

Passion play House

by mvtouring

The Passion stage is one of the largest open air stages in the world. The original text of the play stems from more than one source and has been altered several times in the course of its 350 year history. The staging of the play has changed very little since the 1920's. The impressive massive scenes call for up to 800 actors on stage at the same time.
Only citizens of Oberammergau is allowed to partake as actors.

Oberammergau (Town by Ammer river) by Margie Bang

by MissyWQ

"The Passion Play"

This play is presented every ten years.
The stage is open air but the audience sits under a roof. The day we were there it RAINED in the afternoon - I mean LOTS OF WATER (viel wasser). The actors stood in the rain dripping! The audience was dry.
I wonder if they have since covered the stage!

In 2010, hundreds of thousands will flock to the Bavarian village of Oberammergau, Germany, to see the famed Passion Play, a nearly 400-year-old tradition.

The Passion Play depicts the last five days in the life of Jesus Christ, from Palm Sunday to Easter. Preserved throughout the centuries, the Oberammergau Passion Play was performed for the 40th time in 2000, when nearly half a million visitors came to watch 110 performances of the play.

The 41st Passion Play will run daily May through September 2010.

"The place to be at intermission."

We stayed in a small Pension (home) and walked to the stage. A long nap at lunchtime kept us awake during the afternoon show while many fell asleep in the audience.