News about our city and cultural tour offers

We make sure each and every one of your group tours is a resounding success by constantly refreshing and expanding our knowledge of all our destinations. Thuringia is simply bursting with culture! Because there is always a great reason to pay a visit to our neighbours in the “green heart” of Germany, AugustusTours took a trip to Weimar and Eisenach to explore not one but two special highlights.

In order to always stay up to date and to well-advise our customers, we regularly attend trainings. Just recently, our team members Fanny Grabowski and Ulrike Ehlemann went on a little road trip in preparation of the Oberammergau Passion Play, scheduled for the 42nd time in 2020. Only a few days earlier the main roles were announced on a blackboard in front of the theatre, signaling another big step in the planning stage towards this world-famous event. 

The history of the Oberammergau Passion Play goes back to the year 1633. Plagued by pest and negative effects of the Thirty Years’ War, the inhabitants of Oberammergau decided to perform “the game of suffering, dying and rising of our Lord Jesus Christ” every ten years. The play was presented Whitsun 1634 for the first time.