Information in English about events in Bad Homburg, Oberursel, Friedrichsdorf, Kronberg and Königstein
The Vordertaunus museum is holding a spring market on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March, 2012 between 12 noon and 6pm. The museum is located at the opposite end of the Markplatz to the library.
They will be selling
The Christmas Market in Friedrichsdorf takes place on Saturday, 17th December (11am-10pm) and Sunday, 18th December, 2011 (10am-9pm).
It is being held on the Landgrafenplatz, at one end of the main shopping area.
Friedrichsdorf can be reached by car using the B455 road, or by train from Frankfurt by line S5. The station is also served by the Taunusbahn.
The Christmas Market in Kronberg is being held on Saturday, 10th December (3pm-9pm) and Sunday, 11th December, 2001 (11am-6pm).
It takes place within the old town (Altstadt), at the Berliner Platz and at the castle (Burg).
The Berliner Platz car park is located on the main road running through the town centre, and Kronberg is also easily reached by train as it is the end of the S4 line.
The Christmas Market in Königstein is being held between Friday, 3rd December and Sunday, 5th December, 2011.
The opening times are:
Friday 4pm – 9.30pm
Saturday 11am – 9.30pm
Sunday 11am – 8pm
The market is held between the Kurpark and the Rathausplatz.
To get there from Frankfurt, take the RMV train line 12.
The Christmas Market in Bad Homburg runs from Friday, 25th November until Friday, 23rd December 2011. It is open from 11am to 9pm and is split into two halves.
One part is in front of the Kurhaus in the centre of the town, whilst the other is at the castle (Schloss) at one end of the pedestrian precinct.
Both locations have car parks and most bus services in the town run within a few metres of them.
The Christmas Market in Oberursel takes place between the 24th and 27th of November (2011).
It is open at the following times:
Thursday 24th: 2pm – 10pm
Friday 25th: 2pm – 10pm
Saturday 26th: 12noon – 10pm
Sunday 27th: 12noon – 9pm
The market goes throughout the old part of the town between the Rathausplatz and the Marktplatz.
The annual Herbsttreiben weekend in Oberursel is being held between the 16th and 18th of September, 2011.
On these days, a handicraft market will take place on the Epinayplatz, cider will be sold on the Marktplatz, fresh produce will be sold at a market on the Rathausplatz and stalls selling French wares will be in the Kumeliusstraße.
The French stalls are open every day from 10am to 7pm, the rest open on Friday at 6pm, and on Sunday many of the shops in the town centre will also be open during the afternoon.
The 13th Ritterturnier (Jousting competition) and Mittelalter Markt (Middle Ages market) is being held at the castle in Königstein between the 3rd and 5th of June 2011.
Tickets cost €10 per person, with children up to the age of 16 free if accompanied by an adult.
Königstein is easily reached by train from Frankfurt (Line R12) and the castle stands on a hill above the main shopping area.
For more information visit the tournament homepage or watch the video trailer.
