AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be holding a flea market and advent bazaar on Saturday, 13th October, 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.
A disco for over 40s is being held under the name of “TaunusDisco” in the dance school “Tanzschule Pritzer” in the old station building on Saturday, 13th October, 2012.
The music will be a mixture of current music such as “funk” and “soul”, and also some lesser-known pieces such as World Music, all mixed by DJ Param.
Entry is from 9pm and costs 8 Euro.
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Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 13th October, 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).
A tour entitled “Das keltische Leben am Fuße des Feldbergs” (celtic life at the foot of the Feldberg) is being held on Saturday, 13th October, 2012 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
Due to works on the U-Bahn network in Frankfurt at the weekend, the U3 line will not be running as usual.
On Friday evening (5th October, 2012) trains after 10pm and on Saturday (6th October) will terminate at Heddernheim from where a replacement bus service will continue into Frankfurt as far as Dornbusch. A reduced service will be in operation between Dornbusch and Südbahnhof.
On Sunday (7th October), the U3 line will be diverted to Nord-West-Stadt and will terminate at Ginnheim. Buses at Nord-West-Stadt will connect with Dornbusch.
The line U8 will not be running at all during this time, to travel to Riedberg passengers will need to use the line U9.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering an afternoon of Bingo on Thursday, 11th October, 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!
In celebration of Universal Children’s Day (Weltkindertag) the town’s children’s office (Kinderbüro) joined forces with the culture and sport supports’ club and the Lions club to create the a night of culture for Children at locations around the market square in Oberursel that was held on Friday, 21st September, 2012.
The evening began at 6pm at the market (Marktplatz) with the official opening by the clown-duo “Spunk”. After that there were Zumba sessions, fire-breathing workshops, a children’s musical and a balloon release to highlight children’s rights.
At the town’s library, next to the market square, the film “Der rote Ballon” (The Red Balloon) was shown.
The evening was unfortunately cut short when it started to rain at 9pm.
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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, 9th October 2012, we are told that it will be a “drama”. 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.
“What’s a Schnuudedunker” you may ask?
“Schnuudedunker” is the name of the latest act from local comedian “Schüssel”, that premiered at the Brauhaus last Saturday. The event was sold out, and given that the room only had space for 97 guests everyone was in some way close to the stage.
But Schüssel doesn’t stay on the stage all evening. He sings. And some of his songs he writes himself, such as “Ein Euro für die Schüssel, die Schüssel die ist Pleite” (“A Euro for Schüssel, Schüssel is Broke”) and “Jetzt sind wir Pleite in unser’ Städtchen” (“Now we’re broke in out little town”), the first of which he performed cap in hand, leading some members of the audience to really put a Euro in.
The unexpected “collection” came to €27.07, a sachet of ketchup, a sachet of mayonnaise and a sachet of mustard, the financial part of which will be donated to the local charity that he runs. [Read more…]
A new bench was inaugurated in front of the Vortaunusmuseum yesterday by Marion Unger, chairwoman of the Oberursel Local History Society (Verein für Geschichte und Heimatkunde) and Mayor Hans-Georg Brum.
They were accompanied by Renate Messer from the museum and format chairman Dr. Karl-F. Rittershofer.
The society is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and decided to donate the bench at the market square. The plaque was donated by local metal specialist Dirk Velte.
An exhibition about the society’s work is on display at the town hall until Saturday, 3rd November, 2012.
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