AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Demolition work has begun on the old indoor swimming pool building in the Altkönigstraße. These photos were taken on Tuesday, 30th April, 2013.
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With both the cycle race “Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt” and the “Altstadt-Duathlon” taking place in Oberursel on Wednesday, 1st May, 2013, a number of roads will be closed with changes to public transport services as well.
The following roads will be closed between approximately 7am and 7.30pm:
Anyone travelling on Wednesday should plan their journey in advance to avoid problems due to the closures, or park their car outside of the area in advance.
Public transport
The U-Bahn U3 will terminate at “Bahnhof Oberursel” between 8.30am and 2pm.
Buses 41 and 42 will not be running until after 2.30pm, with nr. 42 being diverted along the Dornbachstraße, Lahnstraße and Hohemarkstraße to avoid the Altkönigstraße and the Markplatz.
Due to the public holiday on Wednesday, 1st May, 2013, the market on the Epinay-Platz will take place on Tuesday, 30th April instead.
There is a side to the Ausländerbeirat that, until now, has not been mentioned much on this site.
I have written about the committee meetings often enough, but someone who has hardly been mentioned in those articles is Peter Gröbler, the “Geschäftsführer” of the Ausländerbeirat. He is the person who works in the town hall and looks after the day-to-day business as opposed to the elected members who meet every few weeks to discuss things like integration.
Peter Gröbler is the person that foreigners in the town can go to when they need help when they have problem making their way through the bureaucracy of the German state, if they have a problem getting a residence permit, or a work permit, need help applying for benefits, or – worst case – are being threatened with expulsion from the country. [Read more…]
Tuesday night is film night at Bluebox 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, 30th April, 2013, we are told that it will be an adaptation of a play. 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.
A disco entitled “Tanz in den Mai” (dance into May) is being held in the dance school “Tanzschule Pritzer” in the old station building on Tuesday, 30th April, 2013.
The music will be mixed by DJ Param.
Entry is from 9pm and costs 8 Euro.
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The tower of St.Ursula’s Church in Oberursel will be open to the public on Saturday, 4th May, 2013 between 3pm and 5pm.
The tower contains a museum, the belfry and there is also access to the roof where you can get a breathtaking view across the town and its neighbours.
Entry costs €1.50 for adults and €1.00 for children.
There will be a book flea market in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 4th May, 2013 between 10am and 1pm with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
A tour of the old town (Altstadt) part of Oberursel is being offered on Saturday, 4th May, 2013 at 2pm.
The tour starts in front of the Vortaunusmuseum at the Marktplatz at 2pm and costs €3 per person.
“That’s a lot of money” commented Bardo K. as he saw the cheque for the first time.
The cheque in question was a donation from the Lions Club Bad Homburg-Weißer Turm to the charity “Natur und Psychomotorik e.V.” in Oberstedten for €4,367.20 who were holding an open day on their piece of land located in the woods outside of the town.
But if the Lions Club were on their side, the weather certainly was not. After several days of sunshine it started to rain just hours before the open day was due to start, with the heavens opening as it got underway. [Read more…]
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