In Hessen the “Erster Stadtrat” is who the town council elects to run the town administration in a full time position as deputy to the Mayor.
To find out what the job involves, I spoke to the outgoing incumbent in Oberursel, Christof Fink, a few weeks before he left office:
Each year in Oberursel, an event called “Fischerstechen” takes place on one of the local lakes, the “Maasgrundweiher”. Teams compete to push each other off the end of the boat an into the lake, making it a sort of jousting competition but with boats.
My article about the event this year is on the front page of the Oberurseler Woche. Click here to read it (in German).
Last night in “Orschel2nite” I spoke to Joachim Netz and Birgit Röher from the “Verein zur Förderung der Oberurseler Städtepartnerschaften” about the charity, the twin towns, and their jubilee year:
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