Congratulations to Frau Katharina Dagge of Oberursel who is 95 years old today.
Archives for May 2013
Katharina Dagge – 95th Birthday
May 18, 2013 By
Christina and Rolf Hafemann – Diamond Wedding Anniversary
May 18, 2013 By
Congratulations to Christina and Rolf Hafemann in Oberursel who are celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary today!
Tuesday night cinema at Bluebox Portstraße
May 17, 2013 By
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, 21st May, 2013, we are told that it will be a “social drama”. 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.
Music, English and Doctors – the 2nd Station Festival is this weekend
May 17, 2013 By
This weekend (18th/19th May, 2013) will see not only the station festival take place in Oberursel for the second time, but also the official opening of the new building on the opposite side of the road which houses a number of doctors’ surgeries.
The festival starts on both days at 11am and on Saturday night “Roy Hammer and the Pralinées” will be performing at 8pm, open-air and with free entry!
There will be a merry-go-round, bouncy castle, miniature steam train and tours of the new building on offer.
Helen Doron Early English, who are located in the station building, will be singing and dancing on stage in English at 2pm on both days, 4.30pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday. They will also be telling the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar on Saturday at 2.30pm and The Gruffalo on Sunday at 3.30pm.
Drivers should note that the Nassauer Straße will be closed from Saturday 6am until Sunday 7pm between the Feldbergstraße and the Kleine Adenauerallee.
Ursula and Franz König – Golden Wedding Anniversary
May 17, 2013 By
Congratulations to Ursula and Franz König in Oberursel who are celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary today!
Learner driver went the wrong way
May 17, 2013 By
An 18-year-old learner driver was travelling the Berliner Straße on Monday, 6th May, 2013, in an Opel Corsa, heading towards the Nassauer Straße, when he oversaw the one-way-sign at the Freiligrathstraße.
He realised his mistake when he saw cars coming towards him and steered the car to the right.
Unfortunately in doing so he hit the railings between the road and the U-Bahn tracks, causing €750 of damage. The car had to be towed away.
Getting to the root of the Sycamore Tree problem
May 16, 2013 By
There is a tree in the centre of Oberursel that has been receiving quite a bit of attention recently. Called a “Platane”, a type of sycamore tree, it is located at the junction of the Adenauerallee, Oberhöchstadter Straße and the Liebfrauenstraße, next to what used to be called KDM – “Kaufhaus der Mitte”.
Whilst KDM is in the process of being modernised, the crossing itself has been in discussion for re-development at some time in the future, or even re-configuration you might say, considering that part of the discussion focuses on how the traffic lanes should be laid out.
At one point there was talk of planting a replacement tree and removing the current one, but this met with such resistance – even among members of the town council – that just two months ago the town hall scrapped those plans and came up with new ones leaving the tree in place.
“Not a branch will be damaged” claimed the Taunus Zeitung in March. [Read more…]
Changes to refuse collections after Whitsun
May 15, 2013 By
Due to Whit Monday being a bank holiday, the black and green bins in Oberursel will be emptied a day later next week, ie. on Tuesday instead of Monday and Saturday instead of Friday.
The yellow sacks and bins will be emptied as follows:
Area D: Tuesday, 21st May
Area C: Wednesday, 22nd May
Area B: Thursday, 23rd May
Area A: Friday, 24th May
The paper collections (blue) will be emptied as follows:
Area 9: Tuesday, 21st May
Area 10: Wednesday, 22nd May
Area 11: Thursday, 23rd May
Area 12: Friday, 24th May
To find out which area any given street is any, download this PDF file.
Book reading for children aged between 8 and 11
May 12, 2013 By
Klaus Adam, a story teller and actor from Cologne, will be telling his story “Die Geschichte vom Meisterdieb” (The Story of the Master Thief) at the library in Oberursel on Thursday, 16th May, 2013 at 3.30pm.
The story is suitable for children aged between 8 and 11.
Tickets should be booked in advance at the library and cost €3 each.
Two donors – Two hundred donations
May 12, 2013 By
173 people made their way to the Red Cross building in the Marxstraße yesterday (Saturday, 11th May, 2013) to donate blood. For two of them, it was their 100th donation.
Bernd Adler, 65, was the first to arrive. He started donating blood in his home town Bad Hersfeld, but on moving to Schmitten 30 years ago he started donating in Oberursel. “I only come for the Rindswurst (beef sausage)” he joked.
Jürgen Popp, 50, on the other hand has moved from Oberursel to Frankfurt, but he still returns on a regular basis to donate blood rather than going somewhere new. As a professional soldier he has seen for himself how the blood is used in emergency situations in places like Afghanistan.
“It is a great achievement to regularly donate [blood] over so many years” said Jürgen Swoboda of the Red Cross blood donation service. He present both of them with a certificate and a wristwatch engraved with their names, as well as a badge of honour. The also each received a hamper from the local branch.
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