Oberursel’s Carnival Procession – Sunday, 11th February, 2018

Sunday afternoon sees the annual carnival procession take place in Oberursel, with the usual number of large crowds expected.

The procession will form in the Altkönigstraße and then leave from “Am Rahmtor” at 2.11pm before crossing the Marktplatz and entering the Eppsteiner Str.

On reaching the “Homm-Kreisel” it will turn into the Holzweg and cross the Epinayplatz before entering the Henchenstraße, at the end of which it will turn into the Liebfrauenstraße.

From here it turn left into the Adenauerallee, right into the Aumühlenstraße and right again into the Austraße, before finishing in the Oberhöchstadter Straße around 2½ hours later.

A commentary of the procession will be provided at the Marktplatz, Epinayplatz, Holzweg, Oberhöchstadter Straße, Adenauerallee and in the Aumühlenstraße.

For those not wanting to stand, limited seating at the Marktplatz will be available from 1.30pm onwards at €5 per seat.

There are 159 groups, floats and vehicles registered to take part and after the procession a number of prizes will be awarded to them in the Stadthalle, where the party will start at 4pm.

Road closures and diversions

To allow the roads to be closed to traffic, the town centre will be closed off from 10am.

The Hohemarkstraße will be closed at “Im Diezen”.  Traffic travelling south will be diverted via Im Diezen, Erich-Ollenhauer-Straße, Freiligrathstraße, Herzbergstraße, Liebfrauenstraße, and back onto the Feldbergsraße.

The Feldbergstraße will be closed at the junction with the Kumeliusstraße.  Traffic travelling north will be diverted via the Kumeliusstraße and Berliner Straße back onto the Hohemarkstraße.

Traffic coming from the Königsteinerstraße will be diverted along “An der Heide” towards the Oberhöchstadter Straße, at the end of which it will be diverted into the Lindenstraße and onto the Nassauer Straße.  This diversion will also be in operation for traffic coming from the Nassauer Straße against the normal flow of the one-way streets.

Parking spaces along the route of the procession and the diversion routes will not be available, with “no stopping” signs in place.

The bus routes 41 and 42 will still be operating but will travel around the Homm-Kreisel in the opposite direction to the normal flow of traffic.

It is expected that the roads will re-open sometime after 8pm.

To allow the procession to form in the Altkönigstraße, it will not be possible to enter or leave the Taunabad car park, therefore it has been decided to close the swimming pool for the whole day.

Car parks

The car park “Altstadt” will be closed all day, and those with long-term parking will not be able to enter or leave the car park between 10am and 8pm.

The car parks “Stadthalle” and “City” will be open from 6.30am until 1am and will be offering a special rate of €2.50 for the day.

Bus diversions

Bus routes 41, 42 and 43 will be diverted for the whole day.

Route 41 will avoid the Altkönigstraße and instead continue along the Dornbachstraße, turn into the Lahnstraße and then the Hohemarkstraße.  At the end of the Feldbergstraße it will rejoin its normal route.  The bus stop in the Holzweg will be replaced by one in front of the houses numbers 28 and 29, otherwise the bus stops of route 42 will be used.  Instead of stopping in the Nassauer Straße, it will instead use a temporary bus stop in front of house number 5 in the Feldbergstraße when travelling to Oberstedten.

Route 42 will avoid the Holzweg and the Adenauerallee, instead travelling along the Feldbergstraße.  The bus stop at the station will be replaced by one at the corner the Nassauer Straße, after which the route will continue directly to Bommersheim.

Route 43 will start at the station on the opposite side of the road to normal (ie. it will start on the town side), heading along the Lindenstraße towards the Oberhöchstadter Straße before continuing towards Stierstadt.  In both directions replacement bus stops will be in operation, one of them being on the corner opposite the town hall when travelling towards Weißkirchen.

Routes 44, 45 and 46 will start running at 8.30pm and will also be diverted.  Route 44 will use the route 43 diversion.  Route 45 will be diverted like route 41, and 46 like route 42.

Doughnuts at the Seniorentreff

For those who prefer an afternoon indoors the Seniorentreff will be holding a coffee afternoon with doughnuts at 2.11pm in the Hospitalstraße 9, finishing at 6pm.

Taunabad

The Taunabad car park will be blocked off by the procession assembling, so the swimming pool will be closed all day.