The Eschborn-Frankfurt Cycle Race returned to the 1st May bank holiday this year. Here is the elite race passing Camp King in Oberursel:
The day the terror threat came to Oberursel
May 3, 2015 By 1 Comment
It was Thursday, 30th April, 2015. I don’t know exactly when I read the message, but the post on Facebook at 5.32am simply read “Does anyone what was happening in Oberursel last night? SWAT team, explosives unit… where was it and why?”
Just as I was leaving to head into town the local radio answered the “where” part of that question: near Edeka on the Hohemarkstraße. Somewhere I was about to drive past. Minutes later as I passed the house number 143, there were police vehicles everywhere. I estimate that there were about 10 police cars and at least one van containing special equipment.
Hohemarkstraße 143 in Oberursel where the arrests took place
Soon information started to come out about the arrests of a couple who had been living there, apparently police had searched a flat and a car, finding explosives and firearms. [Read more…]
Frankfurt-Eschborn Cityloop
May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Each year on 1st May (Maifeiertag) the main road out of Oberursel is closed off for a cycle race which this year was re-named as the “Frankfurt-Eschborn Cityloop”. This means that for anything up to 2 hours we are unable to get out of our road. Even the U-Bahn stops running!
Juniors
The answer, of course, is to either get out early or to stay and watch the race – and the drivers arguing with the police that they need to go somewhere.
U23
My daughter and I opted for the 2nd option this year. To find out more, listen to the podcast:
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
