AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
A tour entitled “Das keltische Leben am Fuße des Feldbergs” (celtic life at the foot of the Feldberg) is being held on Saturday, 11th August, 2012 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
The open-air theatre in Oberursel, the “Theater im Park”, is now in its third year at the “new” location in the grounds of the Hohe Mark clinic at the northern end of Oberursel.
And after two years of speaking in the Hessian dialect for the “Datterich” production, this year sees a modern version of a play called “Jedermann”. Originally written in 1911 by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the story sees a rich man meet his maker and have to justify his way of life.
The modern adaptation by director Andreas Walther-Schroth stays with this theme but uses the scenario of a powerful and scruple-less businessman (played by Helmut Langer) who runs a company called the Jedermann AG. [Read more…]
Wine queens and princesses from the Rheingau region at the opening of the wine festival in Oberursel with Brunnenkönigin Vanessa I. and Brunnenmeister Harry Hecker.
From left to right they are:
Dorina Feske (Oestricher Weinkönigin)
Stephanie Kopietz (Kostheimer Weinprinzessin)
Sophie Egert (Oestricher Weinprinzessin)
Elena Berischke (Rheingauer Weinkönigin)
Vanessa I. (Oberurseler Brunnenkönigin)
Louisa Follrich (Hattenheimer Weinprinzessin)
Harry Hecker (Oberurseler Brunnenmeister)
Maren Berg (Erbacher Weinprinzessin)
Daniela Hecht (Erbacher Weinkönigin)
Councillor Peter Crerar, Mayor of Rushmoor, with his wife and Mayoress Norma Francis Crerar, at the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel.
Brunnenkönigin (Fountain Queen) Vanessa I. with Brunnenmeister Harry Hecker at the opening of the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel.
Hans-Georg Brum, Mayor of Oberursel, opening the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival at the Marktplatz on 3rd August 2012
The lost property office (Fundbüro) in Oberursel’s town hall has released a list of items that have been handed in during June and July.
You can browse the list (in German) by clicking here.
Amongst the latest finds are eight ID cards, seven bicycles, a cycle helmet, a digital camera, four purses, three mobile phones, a Blackberry, two MP3 players, a ring, 16 keys and keyrings, a brooch, a bracelet, two watches and various items of clothing.
They can be collected at the Rathaus in room 101A within 6 months of them being handed in. For more information call 06171 502-371 or -262.
Due to the wine festival taking place on the Marktplatz, the market on Saturday, 4th August, 2012 will be held on the Epinayplatz instead.
From Thursday 2nd until Monday 6th August 2012 the following road in Oberursel will be closed for the wine festival:
There will be no stopping or parking allowed in the following streets:
The parking spaces in front of the Ferdinand-Balzer-Haus will not be available.
The Schlenkergasse will be temporarily made into a two-way street during this time.
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