Information in English about events in Bad Homburg, Oberursel, Friedrichsdorf, Kronberg and Königstein
The monthly flea market in the Adenauerallee in Oberursel will take place on Saturday, 16th June, 2012 between 7am and 1pm.
The flea market starts at the end of the pedestrian zone and continues the length of the Adenauerallee and over the railway lines towards Bommersheim. One part also takes place in the Nassauer Straße next to the U-Bahn tracks.
To get there by train take either the line U3 or S5 to Oberursel’s main station.
Blood can be donated at Haus Altkönig in Kronberg-Oberhöchstadt (Altkönigstraße 30) on Thursday, 14th June 2012 between 5.30pm and 8.30pm.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
The Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 10th June, 2012 between 10am and 5pm.
Located at the end of the Mainstraße, entry costs €1,50€ for adults and €0,50 for children. Children receive one ticket to go on the trains in the entry price, additional tickets are €0,50 each.
To get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.
By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.
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A tour entitled “Das keltische Leben am Fuße des Feldbergs” (celtic life at the foot of the Feldberg) is being held on Saturday, 9th June, 2012 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be holding a flea market and advent bazaar on Saturday, 9th June, 2012 between 9am and 1pm in the “Altes Hospital” (Hospitalstraße 9).
They will also be serving coffee, tea, cold drinks, grilled sausages and home-made waffles.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 9th June, 2012 between 1.30pm and 6pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering a 3,000 step walk on Wednesday, 6th June, 2012.
To take part, be at the Christuskirche in the Oberhöchstädter Straße at 3pm.
This weekend sees the annual Brunnenfest (Fountain festival) in Oberursel return after missing a year due to the Hessentag.
The festival runs from Friday 1st June until Monday 4th June 2012.
There will be music on stage at the Markplatz from Friday evening onwards and throughout most of the weekend, with a funfair atmosphere at the Bleiche and lots of stands selling food and drink inbetween the Bleiche and the Vorstadt.
An area for children called the Kindermeile will be open on Saturday afternoon from 3pm, and a yellow duck race on the Ursulbach on Sunday afternoon.
The festival closes at 10.30pm on Monday evening with a firework display.
There will be a book flea market in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 2nd June 2012 between 10am and 1pm with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
A tour of the old town (Altstadt) part of Oberursel is being offered on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 at 2pm.
The tour starts in front of the Vordertaunusmuseum at the Marktplatz at 2pm and costs €3 per person.
