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Oberammergau attractions
Oberammergau attractions
Every 10 years, the Passion Play is performed. The next performance will be in 2020, but you can also visit the Passion Play theater where you can take a tour, in which many different aspects of the play are explained. The tour is usually available from May to October, Tu-Su 10AM, 10:30AM, 11:30AM, 12PM, 12:30PM, 2PM, 3PM, 3:30PM, 4PM, 4:30PM, 5PM. The tour is also available on Mondays during the Holidays.
Most of the buildings in Oberammergau have beautifully detailed murals on them, mostly of biblically significant tableaux.
There is one beautiful Catholic Church in Oberammergau, it has a baroque style, although Oberammergau is known for being a Catholic Town there's also an Evangelic Church.
Near Oberammergau (ca. 5-7 kms) you can find Ettal Abbey. A beautiful Abbey, School, Boarding School, and belive it or not a brewery.
Also you are going to find the Linderhof Castle (Schloss Linderhof) one of King Ludwig II's dream castles. Known by being one of the few finished castles the King actually used (at least as a Holidays residence). There are tours between April and 15 October from 9AM to 6PM and between 16 October to March from 10AM-4PM, the castle is open daily except on 1 January, Shrove Tuesday, 24, 25 and 31 December. The Admission fee for a Palace and park buildings tour is of €7, and in winter only the palace can be visited with the admission fee being €6.
Visit the Kreuzigungsgruppe (Cruxifixion Group) a monument in the Oberammergau Mountains. The monument was a present from King Ludwig II, after witnessing the town's Passion Play in 1870.
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