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Oct 26, 2019 · A wooden carving of the Kofel (left), and an example of the wooden rack that a Kraxenträger would have worn when on the road (right). These wandering merchants traveled on regional trade routes selling woodcarvings made by Oberammergau woodcarvers.
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The whole inner part of Oberammergau looks like an open-air museum. During the season thousands of tourists stroll through the centre every day. Almost every 2nd house is a souvenir shop, a restaurant or a wood carving shop. All sights can be reached on foot in a few minutes. Worth seeing is the Passion Playhouse in the north of the centre. A littl...
Among connoisseurs the traditional wood carvings from Oberammergau are world famous. Above all Christian motives are represented. There are over 100 (!) wood carvers (wood sculptors) in Oberammergau. The products can be purchased in dozens of shops. Unfortunately, the carvings are not quite cheap, as they are of course without exception genuine han...
An art form that only exists in Upper Bavaria. Oberammergau is probably the place of origin of the painting style Lüftlmalerei. At least, there is no other place where there are so many „Lüftlmalerei“ houses as in Oberammergau. It is a form of facade painting which is very durable. The trick is: The Lüftlbilder are applied to the fresh, still wet p...
Certainly this is the most important sight in Oberammergau. The great, world-famous Passion Plays take place here every 10 years. The next performance years are 2020, 2030… . There are over 1500 actors taking part in some plays! But also outside the performance time the visit of the Passion Play Theatre is interesting. During the day there are guid...
By train it takes just under 2 hours from Munich. You have to change trains in Murnau. There are hourly connections. The small train between Oberammergau and Murnau is coordinated with the timetable from and to Munich. In the southern direction there are some buses daily to Garmisch-Partenkirchen(via the monastery Ettal). If one wants to make a day...
The Passion Play in Oberammergau is one of the most famous religious theater traditions in the world. This event, which used to take place every ten years in the small Bavarian village of Oberammergau, attracts visitors from all parts of the world. Here is a brief overview Origins The Oberammergau Passion Play dates back to 1633. During the Thirty ...
Dec 2, 2012 · The Kofel, Oberammergau’s most distinctive mountain peak. Firewood, neatly stacked outside a traditional-style home. Detail of the Pilatushaus building. The Pilatushaus gardens in late autumn. A cuckoo clock adorns the exterior of a souvenir shop. A mountain goat soaks up the sunshine, with the Kofel overhead. The Forestry Office (Forstamt).
Traditional, family owned wood carving workshop located in Oberammergau, the town of the Passion play: selected art work, contact information.
If you would like to try for yourself, you can book a wood carving course with experienced masters of the trade. If you’d rather purchase a finished piece, you can find a selection at places, such as the Holzschnitzerei Albl .
