The Penn Stater Magazine

Oberammergau Photos are Up

July 22, 2010 at 1:48 pm Tina Hay 1 comment

I’ve posted about two dozen photos from our day in Oberammergau this past Sunday on the magazine’s Facebook page. The direct link to that photo album is here.

No photos are permitted during the performance of the Passion Play, but there’s a lot to see and photograph in the town itself.

By the way, we spent a lot of time speculating on what “Oberammergau” means. “Ober” means “upper,” and it turns out that “Ammer” is a river in that region of Bavaria. Wikipedia says a “gau” is a region or province, so I guess “Oberammergau” means the upper (or higher-elevation) part of the Ammer River region.

There also is a village nearby called Unterammergau—”unter” meaning “under” or “lower.” Like Oberammergau, it’s one of those words that’s just fun to say.

Tina Hay, editor

NEXT: Where We’ve Been

Entry filed under: Alumni Association. Tags: Ammer River, gau, Oberammergau, Passion play, Passion Play Museum, Unterammergau.