Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Oberammergau Germany

Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The town is famous for its production of a Passion Play.

The small town have many houses with colourful painted facades on many of its houses and shops. Each one of them is a piece of unique art.






 
The most impressed me is the hotel we stayed. an old hotel full of the old stuffs decoration...But the room is so so, cold and heater was not working well, breakfast was poor...
 

A lot of baby beds found in the hotel too...
PS. soem information about the The Oberammergau Passion Play here:

The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plague then sweeping the region they would perform a passion play every ten years. The play is now performed in years ending with a zero, as well as in 1934 which was the 300th anniversary and 1984 which was the 350th anniversary (though the 1940 performance was canceled because of the intervention of Second World War). It involves over 2000 actors, singers, instrumentalists and technicians, all residents of the village.
The village is also known as the home of a long tradition of woodcarving; the Bavarian State Woodcarving School is located there.  The streets of central Oberammergau are home to dozens of woodcarver shops, with pieces ranging from religious subjects, to toys, to humorous portraits.

Oberammergau is also famous for its "Lüftlmalerei," or frescoes, of traditional Bavarian themes, fairy tales, religious scenes or architectural trompe-l'œil found on many homes and buildings. Lüftlmalerei is common Upper Bavaria and its name may be derived from an Oberammergau house called Zum Lüftl, which was the home of facade painter Franz Seraph Zwinck (1748–1792).

1 comment:

Paulie said...

What a wonderful adventure!