Congratulations to Herr Heinz Oxantisch of Oberursel who is 90 years old today.
Archives for December 2012
Heinz Oxanitsch – 90th Birthday
December 10, 2012 By
Gesangverein Germania 1873 advent concert
December 10, 2012 By
The Gesangverein Germania 1873 in Weißkirchen will be holding an Advent concert on Sunday, 16th December, 2012 at 6.30pm in the St.Crutzen Church in Weißkirchen.
German and International Christmas songs will be sung by “Die Tontauben”, the Frauenchor and the youth choir “Sound Up!”, with guest appearances by “CanTaunus” and the harp group “Trio Del’ Arpa”.
Entry is free but a donation is requested.
Flea Market in the Adenauerallee
December 9, 2012 By
The monthly flea market in the Adenauerallee in Oberursel will take place on Saturday, 15th December, 2012 between 7am and 1pm.
The flea market starts at the end of the pedestrian zone and continues the length of the Adenauerallee and over the railway lines towards Bommersheim. One part also takes place in the Nassauer Straße next to the U-Bahn tracks.
To get there by train take either the line U3 or S5 to Oberursel’s main station.
Candles and torches for the Kiosk at the station
December 7, 2012 By
Around 20 people gathered at the kiosk next to the U-Bahn platform at Oberursel’s main station this evening (Friday, 7th December, 2012), to once again light candles and torches and hold a vigil in protest over the decision to close the kiosk next Friday.
They will gather again as the kiosk closes for the last time at 5.30pm on Friday, 14th December.
Kurmainzer Straße to re-open
December 7, 2012 By
The Kurmainzer Straße in Weißkirchen is set to re-open at around 3pm this afternoon, Friday, 7th December, 2012.
High-speed Fibre-optic internet
December 7, 2012 By
The days of accessing the internet using an analogue (“dial-up”) modem or ISDN link are long gone for most parts of the Taunus region, with DSL (“broadband”) lines of at least 1MBit/s becoming the norm over the past 10 years and speeds in Oberursel of 25MBit/s available in some areas.
Now the town is preparing to enter the next phase of high-speed internet with the introduction of fibre-optic connections.
Current DSL works over the more traditional copper wires that have been used for telephone cables for over a hundred years, but this system suffers from the fact that the further away from the exchange you live, the slower the reliable line speed is.
This can be clearly demonstrated along the Hohemarkstraße in Oberursel where the line speed degrades from 25MBit/s at the Lahnstraße, near the telephone exchange, to 1MBit/s at the Hohemark, whereby this is only the speed to receive data, sending data is typically about 1/8 of that speed.
Fibre optic cables do not suffer from the same fate, and typically offer speeds of up to 200MBit/s to receive data and 100MBit/s to send it.
So the announcement several months ago that parts of Oberursel’s town centre and the northern end would be upgraded to fibre optic lines caused a lot of excitement. [Read more…]
Making savings… and talking about it
December 6, 2012 By
Two days after the Oberursel’s finance committee voted on the 53 proposals to amend the town’s budget for 2013, the town council sat to actually vote on the budget, with those amendments in place.
Despite the fact that all the points had been discussed individually at the finance committee, the parties took it in turn to make a speech and put forward their view on the budget and the current situation in terms of the town’s finances.
In some cases they went through those amendments – even those that had been turned town – point for point, sometimes with even their own party members showing a distinct lack of interest.
However it was also a chance to criticise the other parties on the council, especially as some had apparently missed a deadline to submit proposals for savings leading to suggestions that maybe they had been waiting to see what the others came up with, something that was strongly denied.
Here are some quotes from those speeches: [Read more…]
Tuesday night cinema at Café Portstraße
December 5, 2012 By
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, 11th December 2012, we are told that it will be a “comedy”. If you do want to know which film will be shown then call 06171 636930 and they will tell you.
The showing starts at 9pm.
3,000 step walk for senior citizens in Stierstadt
December 5, 2012 By
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is being organised in Stierstadt bei Hedi Madl and Herbert Aulbach on Tuesday, 11th December, 2012.
To take part, be at the bus stop “Altes Rathaus” in Stierstadt at 3pm.
All town institutions closed this afternoon
December 5, 2012 By
The town hall, the recycling centre, and all other town institutions will be closed this afternoon (Wednesday, 5th December), from 1.30pm onwards due to a meeting involving all of the town’s staff (“Personalversammlung”).
