Hessentag deficit higher than expected

The town of Oberursel and Hessentag flagsOberursel announced this morning that the deficit due to the Hessentag turned out to be 4.5 million Euro – 1 million more than expected.

One of the main reasons cited is the record number of visitors to the town during the 10 days last June, requiring added security personnel.

More details later on the blog.

 

About Graham Tappenden

Graham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for local newspapers he works as a self-employed IT consultant and online community manager. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.

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