„ „My travel guide Oberammergau • Bad Kohlgrub • Ettal • Saulgrub-Altenau • Unterammergau • Bad Bayersoien Sales Guide 2017 - Guide for group tours www.ammergauer-alpen.de/groups Content Good to know ................................................................................ 2 Guided tours in Oberammergau.................................................. 3 Sights in Oberammergau............................................................... 4 „ Passion Play Theatre Oberammergau......................................... 4 „ My classic - Oberammergau House of Pontius Pilate................................................................. 4 Events in Passion Play Theatre Oberammergau 2017........... 5 Parish Church of St. Peter & Paul................................................. 5 Oberammergau Museum.............................................................. 5 Monastery Ettal, Distillery & Brewery......................................... 6 Chees dairy Ammergauer Alps..................................................... 7 Bavarian State Exhibition 2018..................................................... 7 Linderhof Palace & Neuschwanstein Castle................................ 8 Churches & meditation................................................................. 10 Pilgrimage Church of Scourged Saviour...................................... 10 Guided tours 2017 Ammergau Alps Meditation Trail................................................. 10 Monastery church Rottenbuch.................................................... 11 Oberammergau and its history Hikes, walks and more activities in Ammer valley................... 12 A tour through Oberammergau. Find out more about the histo- Places of excursions in the region............................................... 14 ry of Oberammergau by discovering the fresco paintings in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen................................................................ 14 village, sightseeing in the pompous church of St. Peter and Paul. Murnau............................................................................................. 14 Duration 60 - 90 min. Glentleiten Open Air Museum...................................................... 15 Price per group: 110,00 Euro (max. 30 persons, no entrance inclu- Museum of violins in Mittenwald................................................ 15 det) Munich............................................................................................. 15 Overview / Price group offers..................................................... 16 Oberammergau and its Passion Group accomodations................................................................... 18 Detailed guided tour: The history of the Passion Play in Oberam- Information for bus drivers........................................................... 21 mergau illustrated in the Passion Play Theatre. The tour includes Overview map................................................................................ 22 the exhibition in the theatre foyer, visit of the auditorium with slideshow and backstage tour to the wardrobe with exhibition of old costumes. Duration 45 - 60 min. Good to know Price per group: 180,00 Euro (max. 30 persons, incl. entrance) Program elements and recommendations The program elements listed as follows are just a selection of our extensive choice Oberammergau lies nestled within a Foyer and auditorium: Exhibition in the theatre foyer, visit of the of attractive and interesting offers for groups travelling in the Ammergau Alps and nature preserve area second in size in auditorium with slideshow. around. Germany only to the Wattenmeer. Duration 20 min. Price per group: 140,00 Euro (max. 30 persons, incl. entrance), The modules can be booked individually or arranged to form a complete travel pro- The houses feature “Lüftlmalereien” small groups up to 15 Persons: 50,00 Euros (discounted entrance gram. They can be booked directly with the supplier. Gladly we support you in com- (façade paintings) and reflect centu- additionally) bining, planning, booking and carrying through of your group tour in the Ammergau ries of history. Wood carving is a cen- Alps. turies-old art that is lived and taught Oberammergau, its history and Passion here to this day. Combined tour through the village and Passion Play Theatre with Your partner for group travel deeper insights. Gabriele Hierl Ammergauer Alpen GmbH - Zentrale There is something to discover and Duration 90 - 120 min. Tel. + 49 (0) 88 22 / 92 27 40 Tel. + 49 (0) 88 22 / 92 27 40 admire around every corner. The peo- Price per group: 200,00 Euro (max. 30 Persons) [email protected] [email protected] ple live with a passion for the Passion Play. They maintain their old tradi- Oberammergau - an artist village tions and yet are open to new things. Guidance through the history of the village and the over 500 year Imprint old woodcarving tradition and handicraft in Oberammergau. Ammergauer Alpen GmbH In Oberammergau, they live with Duration 90 min. Eugen-Papst-Str. 9a the assurance that there can be no Price per group: 180,00 Euro, small groups up to 15 persons: 70,00 82487 Oberammergau tomorrow without yesterday and Tel.: +49 (0) 8822 / 922 740 Euros (discounted entrance additionally) Fax: +49 (0) 8822 / 922 745 that the good old things will still be [email protected] good in future. True to the old, close The Romans in Oberammergau www.ammergauer–alps.com to nature and open to the new – this Hike to the location of historical pieces, the Rhaetian sanctuary on is what Oberammergau stands for. Döttenbichl and guidance through the early history exhibition at Oberammergau – a vibrant holiday Bildnachweis Oberammergau Museum. Ammergauer Alpen GmbH; Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung, K. Rainer; Matthias Fend; Freilichtmuseum Glentleiten; Gastgeber; Geigenbaumuseum destination whose cultural life and Duration 120 min. Mittenwald; K. Kienberger; Kirchenführer; Mazda - Fotolia.com; Mathias Neubauer; Oberammergau Museum; Passionstheater Oberammergau, Arno enchanting scenery make every visit Price per group: 200,00 Euro (max. 30 persons) Declair; pixabay.com; Horst Preisenhammer; Eberhard Starosczik; Tourismusamt München, Rudolf Sterflinger; Florian Werner; a discovery tour. Class-offers on request. www.zugspitz-region.de, Wolfgang Ehn Max. 30 persons per group 2 3 Events at Passion Play Theatre Oberammergau Every year at July/ August there is great theatre in Ober- The program for the following year will be announced nor- ammergau. „Brandner Kaspar“ and the „Heimatsound Fes- mally in the last quarter of the year. tival“, a rock/pop music festival with bands from the alp regions, are fixed points in the annual theatre program. Tickets and hotel deals for groups please contact us: The new productions this year are the opera „Der Fliegen- de Holländer“ and the drama "Geierwally". The complete Ammergauer Alpen GmbH, Tel.: +49 (0) 8822 / 922 740, „ program and more information about the plays see http:// Email: [email protected] „Sights in Oberammergau www.ammergauer-alpen.de/en/Cultural-pleasure2/Pas- sion-Play-Theatre/Events-in-the-Passion-Play-Theatre. Passion Play Theatre Oberammergau Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul A theatre play of life and death, vowed at a time when Opening hours 08. Mar to 05. Nov, 2017, The original church of Oberammergau had a timber structure the threat of death was very close – this is the origin of Tue. to So., 10:00 am - 5:00 pm . which was so damaged by the beginning of the 18th century that a the story of the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1633. In complete rebuilding was necessary. The creation of the new build- the middle of the Thirty Years` War, after months of suf- From 16. May to 04. October 2020 the 42nd Passion Play ing, in the rococo style, was supervised by Josef Schmuzer. His son fering and death by plague, the people of Oberammergau will take place in Oberammergau. Franz Xaver was the stuccoworker. The right side altar shows a made a vow to perform the “Play of the suffering, death Information & registration particular cross. It is said to be the cross in front of that the Ober- and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ” every ten years. www.passionsspiele-oberammergau.de/en bzw. ammergau villagers took their “passion play” vow in the plague At Pentecost 1634 they fulfilled the vow for the first time www.passionsspiele-oberammergau.de/en/partners as year 1633. It shows Christ on the Cross with Mary and John as well on a stage at the cemetery – positioned directly above the touristic distribution partners and resellers. as “good slaughterer” Dismas and Mary Magdalene. fresh graves of the plague victims. In 1830 the stage was Contact Passion Play: erected on the site of today’s Passion Play Theatre. Passionsspiele Oberammergau Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG. Gruppeninfo: opened daily The new exhibition in the foyer of the Passion Play Theatre Tel.: +49 (0) 8822 / 949 88 77 eMail: sales@oberammer- Churchguide to download: http://pfarrverband-oberammergau. illustrates the development of the Passion Play through the gau.de www.passionsspiele-oberammergau.de de/index.php?id=40 ages. House of Pontius Plate & "Living Workstudio" Oberammergau Museum The building, which got its impressive name from the façade The guided tour "Oberammergau - an artist village" includes the paintings at the garden side of the house, is known as the most Oberammergau Museum (focus on wood carving) and the house famous work of the Oberammergau fresco painter Franz Seraph of Pontius Pilate. The Museum shows