A sponsored walk to Oberstedten and back

The starting point for the sponsored walk near OberstedtenLast Sunday saw a flurry of activity in the woods between the northern end of Oberursel and nearby Oberstedten.  Several hundred children and parents from the local Waldorf school were holding a sponsored walk to raise money for a school  in South Africa.

Although the school itself borders on the area, the start was actually located some distance away in the woods itself – signs led those like myself who had gone to the school instead from the gates along a trail to get there.

Once at the check-in point, the walk itself took a circuit that was about 1 km long, with the walkers being sponsored on a per-lap basis.  Over 300 people were expected to take part.

The sponsorship money raised will be put to use in a project at the Dassenberg Waldorf School in South Africa who have had a partnership with the school in Oberursel for the past 15 years. [Read more…]

Oberursel’s swimming pool problem

Oberursel’s swimming pool is one of the most discussed topics in the town, after the Hessentag.

For many years, one of its problems had been that the pool was either open as an indoor pool (Hallenbad) or an outdoor one (Freibad), but as far as I know not as both at the same time.  This meant that if there was a bad summer, the ticket receipts could be severely affected.

Oberursel's old swimming pool building

Oberursel's old swimming pool building, closed since September 2008

But it was with the closure of the indoor pool in September 2008 that the real problems started.  After the collapse of the roof of a public ice rink in southern Germany, many towns commissioned studies of their public buildings to ensure that they did not suffer the same fate during the winter months, which appeared to be receiving more snow from year to year.

Oberursel’s roof was deemed too unsafe for public swimming, and the indoor pool has not been open since. [Read more…]

Snooker

Ein Snooker-Tisch ©iStockphoto.com/Gannet77Snooker ist eine Variante von Billard jedoch mit ganz anderen Regeln, auch die Bälle sehen anders aus. Snooker ist in England ein sehr beliebtes Spiel, ist aber auch in vielen anderen Ländern verbreitet. Es finden auch Turniere und Weltmeisterschaften statt. Zumeist in Großbritannien, Shanghai, Deutschland und China. Der Hauptsitz des Snooker-Verbands sitzt in Bristol (England).

Der Name Snooker entstand wahrscheinlich 1875, als Indien von Großbritannien besetzt war, und die britischen Offiziere Black-Pool bzw. English Billard gespielt haben. Ein Offizier spielte damals einen Ball so, dass der gegnerische Offizier den Ball nicht spielen konnte. Ob das Absicht oder Zufall war, weiß man nicht. Auf jeden Fall bezeichnete er diesen Offizier als ein “Snooker”. Der Begriff ist eine negative Bezeichnung für einen neuen und noch unerfahrenen Soldaten gewesen. [Read more…]

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