10 years ago – on 6th February, 2013 – the AfD political party was founded in Oberursel, not something the town is particularly proud of. For their 10th anniversary celebrations, the party were forced to move down the road to Königstein, where 700 demonstrators awaited them:
Visiting the Opel Zoo
The Opel Zoo is one of those places that I have passed so many times in the past 25 years, but until recently had never actually visited.
Located between Kronberg and Königstein on the B455, I used to drive past it every day on the way to work, later on the way to client appointments, and any time that we travel by car towards Cologne.
Actually what I was driving past was the main entrance and part of the car park. In fact the car park is not only much bigger, there is an overflow car park located deep into the woods as well.
The main entrance to the Opel Zoo
The zoo itself is not cheap to visit. [Read more…]
Volker Bouffier in the Hessentag nature park
On Wednesday (15th June) I was at the Maasgrund in Oberursel to join the press pack for Ministerpräsident Volker Bouffier’s tour of the nature park “Der Natur auf der Spur”.
Accompanied by his wife, Ursula, he first visited the National Park Kellerwald-Edersee’s stand, where he was interested in how the local population accepted the rules of the park. [Read more…]