One of the guests is George II, Duke of Meiningen, who coined the historicising theatre style of the period. © Copyright by Gemeinde Oberammergau - site by. The new staging is a great financial strain to the community with the deficit amounting to 88 guilders, even though almost 11,000 visitors come to see the play. In 1880, it was discovered that this text was taken from two even older plays, which had been combined even before 1634. For the first time, reports on the Play are also written in French and English. As early as 1631, infectious diseases spread in Swabia as well as in Bavaria. All the main speaking parts have always been filled by actors who were born in Oberammergau or have lived there for at least 20 years. On 22nd May 1770, the request of Oberammergau is rejected. On 11th September 1801, the Munich government declares Oberammergau’s privilege expired. We went to see the Oberammergau Passion Play in 2010. In these days, a journey from Munich takes two days. He was born in Oberammergau as the son of the Ettal judge. The community erects a fixed stage foundation and buys costumes from Mittenwald and Kohlgrub, where the plays have since discontinued. Pastor Joseph A Daisenberger writes in his chronicles: “It is likely that the story of the Lord’s suffering was acted out before the year 1600, even in Oberammergau, as an act of religious edification, for instance during the fasting period. One Bernhard Steinle is paid as director of the Passion Play in 1700, according to a community bill. By the 18th century, even the graveyard was too small, so they moved to a nearby field, building a new stage for each performance. This report is the first-ever known witness report of the Passion Play. During the entire wintertime the carpenters worked on the cemetery, the joiners in the community stable outside of the village and the painters at Hansjörgenwirt in the upper room. The guests included many members of the clergy, among them Archbishop Gregor von Scherr, Archbishop of Munich Karl Cardinal Reisach and Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Bishop of Broad Church, Dean of Westminster in London. We went that route, and it made things much easier. 16th Play year Maximilian Joseph Freiherr Graf von Montgelas. for powder. The extension of the railway line to Murnau makes the journey easier. Once again, passion plays are forbidden in Bavaria. Following his ordination, he acted briefly as an early mass priest in Oberammergau and then moved to Mehring to act as a pastor there. All of the people taking part in the Passion play or as it is known in German “Passionsspiele”  are ordinary people who carry on pursuing their normal everyday lives such as doctors, teachers, housewives etc. There is also a lovely video on YouTube that provides a sense of what it is like. The Augustinian Clemens Prasser of Rottenbuch (1703- 1770) revises the text. While the Passion Play is an incredible experience, the town of Oberammergau is also full of history and magic. However, this compilation of excerpts from other texts was no independent act of poetry. In 1726, he makes his order vow at the Benedictine monastery Ettal. In the 18th century the ideas of the rationalism found the way in the story of Passion Play. Performances through August 14 start at 2:30 p.m. and end at 10:30 p.m., while those from August 15 to October 2 begin and end an hour earlier. Following a conflict with the community, he leaves his home in 1823 to become an early mass priest in Garmisch. With 4,500 seats in the covered auditorium, the Passionstheater Oberammergau is the largest open-air theater with a covered auditorium in the world. There are several establishments in the village that cater to the large crowds. During the intermission, you will need to have a meal. In this year, the plays of 1800 are continued with four performances in order to decrease the community debt. In the 5th year, in 1674, the context has been upgraded with the use of scenes of the Passion Play of Weilheim and in the 6th year, in 1680, the community decided that, after that Staging of the Play, the performances should take place every ten years thereafter. They are both Certified Culinary Travel Professionals and frequent authors of articles about food & travel. Since its first production it has been performed on open-air stages in the village. The small town was full of activity, and there were people everywhere. Critics such as G. Görres, I. F. Lentner, L. Steub, E. Devrient, M. Deutinger, J. Sepp became aware of the Passion Play and help spread its popularity.

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