VISITOR INFORMATION Passionsspiele Oberammergau Vertriebs GmbH & Co.KG Dorfstr. 3 • D-82487 Oberammergau Tel. +49 (0)8822 835 93 30 www.passionplay-oberammergau.com Arrival and departure to the theatre ....................... 3 Arrival and departure to the theatre By car ...................................................................... 3 From Munich ........................................................... 3 By car From Augsburg ....................................................... 3 There are no public parking spaces in the centre of From Stuttgart ......................................................... 3 Oberammergau. The centre of Oberammergau is part- From Innsbruck ....................................................... 3 ly closed (traffic-calmed). See on page 4 Park & Ride By train/bus ............................................................ 3 parking areas. By plane .................................................................. 4 Munich Airport ....................................................... 4 From Munich: Innsbruck Airport .................................................... 4 Take the motorway A95, exit Murnau, and then drive Memmingen Airport ............................................... 4 in the direction of Oberammergau or go to the end of Park & Ride parking areas (for a fee) ................... 4 the motorway at Eschenlohe and then via Oberau to Parking spaces ....................................................... 4 Oberammergau. Arrival for disabled persons .................................. 4 Arrival for disabled persons From Augsburg: with driving service ................................................ 5 Take the motorway B23 directly to Oberammergau. Admittance ............................................................. 5 From Stuttgart: Passion Play Theatre area ...................................... 5 Take the motorway A7 until Kempten, then B12 until Identity check .......................................................... 5 Marktoberdorf, then B472 until Schongau and then Personalized tickets ................................................ 5 Verification of discount entitlement ....................... 6 B23 to Oberammergau. Admittance times .................................................... 6 From Innsbruck: Ticket loss ................................................................ 6 Via motorway B11 to Mittenwald, B2 via Garmisch-Par- In the theatre .......................................................... 7 tenkirchen and Oberau to Ettal and then Oberam- Information regarding clothing ............................. 7 mergau. Or take the train to Murnau. Prohibited objects ................................................... 7 Support for disabled persons ................................ 7 Sound, film, photo and video recording .............. 8 By train/bus Smoking .................................................................. 8 Travel by train via Augsburg resp. Munich to Murnau. Animals ................................................................... 8 There, take the regional train in the direction of Oberam- Times of performance & seating plan ..................... 8 mergau. You can also ride on directly to Oberau wi- Ticket insurance and ticket redemption ................. 10 thout changing trains and from there take the RVO-bus Ticket insurance .................................................... 10 to Oberammergau. (www.rvo-busse.de, Line 9606) Ticket redemption protection ............................... 10 We recommend a seat reservation in advance for your Payments ...............................................................11 train travel. These seat reservations can be either made Eating and drinking during the break ....................11 at the ticket machines or at the DB service centers. Church services .................................................... 12 Oberammergau Museum ..................................... 13 Travel from Innsbruck by train via Garmisch-Partenkir- Tourist-Information Oberammergau ..................... 14 chen to Oberau and there take one of the buses of RVO Restaurant guide .................................................. 15 to Oberammergau (see above) Location map ....................................................... 18 3 To get to the train schedule enquiry of Deutsche Bahn: to park on the designated disabled parking spaces, www.bahn.de you need a special blue parking permition: the „Par- king Permit for Persons with Disabilities in the European By plane Union“ (according to Sozialverband VdK). Munich Airport: Arrival for disabled persons with driving Take the car or train, see instructions on page 3. service Innsbruck Airport: Please contact the office if you have any questions. Take a car via the motorway B11 to Mittenwald, B2 via Phone +49 (0)8822 835 93 30 Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberau to Ettal and then Oberammergau. Or take the train to Murnau. (see inst- Admittance ructions on page 3) Memmingen Airport: Passion Play Theatre area Take a car via the motorway A96 to Landsberg am An event area with admission checks is set up in front of Lech, B17 direction Füssen/Garmisch-Part./Schongau, the Passion Play Theatre. Please allow sufficient time (at B23 directly to Oberammergau. least 1 hour before the start of the performance). Park & Ride parking areas (for a fee) Identity check Parking area „Festplatz“ and parking area „Kolben- Before you enter the Passion Play Theatre area there will platz“ with shuttle service: There is a shuttle service for be admission controls. Bag and body checks may be the visitors of the Passion Play from 11am to 2pm. This carried out as part of the admission checks. These are shuttle service is available for 1 hour after the event to be tolerated to an appropriate extent. and is only valid on the day of the performance. This Admission into the theatre is only permitted of a valid comfortable shuttle bus takes you from the Park & Ride ticket. The ticket must be shown at the entrance of the parking areas to the Passion Play Theatre (see map on theatre. Admission checks will take place. page 18). Please follow the signs leading to the Park & Ride areas. Personalized tickets Admission is only permitted upon presentation of a va- The town centre is partly closed for traffic. Private cars lid ticket for the performance day. The name of the visi- are not allowed on performance days. tor must be entered on the back of the ticket. Parking spaces At the request of the admission staff, the identity card Apart from the Park & Ride parking areas, there are no must be presented in order to check whether the per- public parking spaces in the centre of Oberammergau. son entered on the ticket is the same as the ticket holder entering the theatre. Arrival for disabled persons During the performance, the ticket must be carried at all A limited number of parking spaces is available near times and presented on request. the theatre (see map on page 18). It is not possible to make a reservation in advance. In order to be allowed For safety reasons, the Passionsspiele Oberammergau 4 5 Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG must have all the names of In the theatre the visitors. Information regarding clothing Commercial sale of the ticket is not permitted. Please note that the Passion Play Theatre is an open- air stage with roofed seats. Therefore, please wear Verification of discount entitlement seasonal comfortable and weather-depending clo- All reduced tickets must be accompanied by proof of thing. entitlement to the reduction. The entitlement must exist on the day of the performance. Reductions in the case Wardrobe can be left in a baggage drop-off point on of reduced fees for pupils, students (until 26 years) and site (see map on page 20). persons with disabilities (degree of disability from 70%) Blankets will be provided for you on site. must be proven at the time of admission with a valid student card, student identity card or severely disabled person‘s identity card as well as the identity card at the Prohibited objects time of admission. If the proof cannot be provided, the The following objects are not permitted in the event difference to the respective fee must be paid at the of- venue (theatre): fice Dorfstraße 3 without reduction before admission. • Food and beverages more than 0,5 litre Admittance times • Bags exceeding the DIN A4 format Please schedule enough time for the identity check at • other objects (such as walking sticks, umbrellas, etc.) the entrance of the event area. We recommend you to count in at least 1 hour for identity checks. Only resealable beverage bottles made of shat- terproof material up to 0,5 litre (no glass bott- Admission to the Passion Play Theatre takes place les) and mini umbrellas may be taken into the the- approx. 30 minutes before the start of the performance. atre. Prohibited objects can be deposited in a The seat must be taken 15 minutes before the beginning baggage drop-off point on site (see map on page 20). of the performance. During performances any electronic devices (e.g. mobi- Please note: Admission is not possible after the start of le phone, smartphone) must be set up in such a way that the performance. they do not interfere with the performance by sound, vibration or light signals (airplane mode). Please inform yourself before your visit about possible changes to the admission times under: Support for disabled persons www.passionplay-oberammergau.com Please note that admission is only possible for persons with a valid ticket. Accompanying persons should