AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
On the last day of the open-air pool season, entry to the swimming pool (Freibad) in Oberursel will be free of charge before the pool closes for demolition work to start on the changing rooms to make way for the new indoor pool. It is set to re-open for the summer season in 2014.
That last day is tomorrow: Sunday, 16th September, 2012 between 7am and 7pm.
Congratulations to Herr Bogomir Gradisnik of Oberursel who is 90 years old today.
The Verbraucherzentrale (consumers’ association) will be offering individual energy saving consultations in the Rathaus in Oberursel on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 between 2pm and 6pm.
Appointments cost €5 for 30 minutes, and €2.50 for each 15 minutes after that. They need to be arranged in advance by calling 06171 502-310.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering an afternoon of Bingo on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 between 2.30pm and 4.30pm in the “Altes Hospital” (Hospitalstraße 9).
Anyone who is interested is invited to come along and try their luck!
The Bürgerversammlung about the new swimming pool last week appears to have a lasting effect on many in Oberursel, because in the space of just a few days the political landscape in the town has changed dramatically.
Let me try and explain the past few years in simple terms first:
1. The indoor pool in the town was closed because the roof was deemed unstable.
2. The coalition of CDU and FDP wanted to sell of a sports field (Altkönigsportplatz) and the swimming pool car park to finance a new building, and an architect came up with a design to include a sauna and modernise the outside pool at the same time.
3. At the town parliament elections last year, the SPD, Green party and OBG were all behind the swimming pool, but did not want to sell of the sports field, and although the CDU remained the largest party in the parliament, the SPD/Green/OBG coalition gained a majority.
4. SPD/Green/OBG drew up a coalition agreement that they would build a new swimming pool, but would borrow at most only 20% of the capital needed to do so and would not sell of the sports field.
5. It was then decided just to build a new indoor pool and leave space for a sauna, moving work on the outdoor pool to a later date.
6. Planning permission was given, changes to Bebauungspläne were approved, and companies started giving quotes on the cost of actually building it.
7. A few weeks ago they even held a press conference to announce that building work would be starting soon.
You could say that everything was going swimmingly, until the town’s treasurer explained why the town could not afford to build it. [Read more…]
Congratulations to Ingeborg and Heinz Richter in Oberursel who are celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary today!
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering a 3,000 step walk on Wednesday, 19th September, 2012.
To take part, be at the Christuskirche in the Oberhöchstädter Straße at 3pm.
A benefit concert held in April of this year by the Peter Gabriel Tribute Band “Secret World” raised €1,200 for the new hospice which is being built in the Kronberger Straße.
The photo shows (left) Danny and Marika Franklin from Oberursel’s town hall presenting a cheque to (centre) Maria Kraus and Monika Schäfer from Caritas, with (right) Thomas Eifert and Andreas König from “Secret World”.
The annual Herbsttreiben weekend in Oberursel is being held between the 14th and 16th of September, 2012.
On these days, a handicraft market will take place on the Epinayplatz and in the Kumeliusstraße, cider will be sold on the Marktplatz at the “Ebbelwoi-Vertestigung” and at the “Apfelweingarten” in the Vorstadt, whilst stalls selling French wares will be on the Rathausplatz.
Also on the Marktplatz there will be a market of specialities from Thuringia, and music and entertainment can be expected at both the Marktplatz and the Rathausplatz.
Sunday, 16th September is “verkaufsoffen” and many of the shops in the town centre will be open during the afternoon.
During the entire weekend a miniature railway for children will be running in the Ackergasse and Untere Hainstraße. On Saturday morning the monthly flea market will also be held as usual in the Adenauerallee and Nassauer Straße. [Read more…]
Tuesday night is film night at Café Portstraße, located near the U-Bahn stop “Altstadt”.
As the organisation is not a commercial cinema, they are not allowed to advertise which film will be shown in advance. For Tuesday, 18th September 2012, we are told that it will be a “documentary”. If you do want to know which film will be shown then call 06171 636930 and they will tell you.
Entry costs €3 and the showing starts at 9pm.
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