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 Sunday, 9th September, 2012 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
The “Regionalpark Open” was held in Oberursel on Sunday, 2nd September 2012.
Visitors had the chance to try out Pedelecs and Segways, and competitions were held to carry removal boxes on bicycles and for schools to build vehicles that were powered by water.
A “Bürgerversammlung” – a meeting of the local people – is being held in the Stadthalle on Wednesday, 5th September 2012 at 7.30pm.
The meeting is to inform anyone interested about the current state of the planning for the new swimming pool, due to be built next year in Oberursel.
At the moment the major issues are likely to be the decision to postpone some of the work to a later date and also how the project is to be financed.
Anyone can attend and put forward their point of view. Minutes of the meeting are usually published later on the town’s website.
The bluebox portstrasse will be showing a film for children on Friday, 7th September, 2012 at 2.45pm for a small entry fee.
As the organisation is not a commercial cinema, they are not allowed to advertise which film will be shown in advance. If you do want to know which film will be shown then call 06171 636930 and they will tell you.
The bluebox is located opposite the U-Bahn station “Altstadt” (formerly “Portstraße”).
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be holding a flea market and advent bazaar on Saturday, 8th September, 2012 between 9am and 1pm in the “Altes Hospital” (Hospitalstraße 9).
They will also be serving coffee, tea, cold drinks, grilled sausages and home-made waffles.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 8th September, 2012 between 1.30pm and 6pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
“History is not as boring as some people think… or as some teachers make it” – this is how the chairman of Oberursel’s town parliament Dr. Christoph Müllerleile commented on the 25th anniversary of the Vortaunusmuseum on Saturday afternoon.
The museum, which was first opened in June 1987, had invited local dignitaries and friends of the museum to celebrate the anniversary in the Seifenkisten (soap box) area, with several making congratulatory speeches.
Renate Messer, who runs the museum, opened the proceedings before handing over to Landrat (District Administrator) Ulrich Krebs. He highlighted the unique local history that the area offers, such as the Oppidum Heidetränk celtic settlement and the Bommersheimer Burg – a castle that sadly no longer exists.
Oberursel’s Mayor Hans-Georg Brum highlighted the interest in such local museums, and in the feeling of “Heimat” in particular, in a World where everything seems to be closer together and long-established cultures and traditions begin to merge with each other. [Read more…]
A drunk driver caused over €60,000 of damage and was slightly hurt in Oberstedten on Wednesday evening (29th August).
According to police the person concerned was driving a Mercedes along the Mittelstedter Straße towards the Industriestraße when they hit a parked VW Golf, causing the car to overturn.
The collision was so strong, that a so-called “domino effect” took place, with one car hitting another and damaging a Mini, a BMW, a Touran and a VW Polo.
A garden fence was also damaged.
Hans-Georg Brum (Mayor of Oberursel) and Dr. Wolfgang Scholze (Vice President Environmental Management, Fraport AG) announcing the Regionalpark Open
It’s going to be a big weekend this coming weekend in the so-called “Regionalpark RheinMain”, with events taken place between the Mainspitze where the Main flows into the Rhein and Hanau, and with Oberursel playing a key role.
Linking up all the places along the route is the “Regionalpark Rundroute” which was opened almost exactly a year ago, whilst the idea of the “Regionalpark” has been around a lot longer, and has been supported since 1997 by the Fraport AG – the company that runs Frankfurt’s airport.
The park itself is a network of paths for walking or cycling that enable access to much of the region’s countryside, with lots of things to see and do in the area outside of the larger towns.
Here is a selection of the events taking place around Oberursel:
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