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ID: 7004703
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004703

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Oberammergau (inhabited place)  Oberammergau (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 011 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.0667  decimal degrees

Note: The town of Oberammergau, located south-southwest of Munich in Bavaria in southern Germany is a summer and winter resort area. It is famous for the passion play presented by the townspeople each decade from May through September since 1634 in fulfillment of a vow made in thanksgiving for the deliverance of the town from a plague. Relying largely upon tourism to support its economy, the town also produces wood carvings, many depicting the passion of Christ and related subjects.

Names:
Oberammergau (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bavaria (state)  ............  Bavaria (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Oberammergau (inhabited place)  ................  Oberammergau (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was medieval center
village (C)
resort center (C)
craftsman settlement (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Oberammergau..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:681
.......................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 141
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 879
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:681
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Oberammergau (Germany) NAF84154173, accessed 17 March 2004
..................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1835468
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 141
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 879
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 2:681
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 17 March 2004

 

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