village in S Germany, in the state of Bavaria: site of a Passion play performed usually every ten years: pop. 4,700
See Oberammergau in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ōˌbər-ämˈər-gouˌ)
A town of southern Germany in the Bavarian Alps south-southwest of Munich. It is famed for its Passion plays, held every ten years since 1634 in thanksgiving for deliverance from the Black Death in 1633.