AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
The monthly flea market in the Adenauerallee in Oberursel will take place on Saturday, 18th May, 2013 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.
Each year at their annual Worldfest, Frankfurt International School award the “Mark E. Ulfers Leadership Award” to an individual who has made an impact on the school community through his or her leadership. This can be a faculty or staff member, a student or a parent.
The award in 2013 went to Kenny Macaulay, who spent five years at the school.
During those years he was involved in numerous ways in improving the level of cooperation and collaboration among the faculty and the administration, such as the establishment of the Sports Management Group. He showed strong leadership with parents and students going beyond the day-to-day coaching and athletics organisation. He worked on a strategy entitled “We will develop and implement plans to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of all FIS community members”. And finally, we were told, his leadership extends beyond FIS. He is a leading member of the ISST Executive Committee that coordinates top level varsity spots tournaments throughout Europe.
Dr. Paul M. Fochtman (left) and Dr. Michael McKay (right) with Alex Macaulay
As Kenny Macaulay was unable to attend the Worldfest, the award was accepted on his behalf by his wife, Alex Macaulay. It was presented by Dr. Paul M. Fochtman, Head of School, and Dr. Michael McKay, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
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, 14th May, 2013, we are told that it will be a film of “love and music”. 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.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be holding a Stammtisch on Friday, 17th May, 2013 between 5pm and 8.30pm in the “Altes Hospital” (Hospitalstraße 9).
The Stammtisch is a place to discuss anything and everything that those attending wish to.
Photos of the stands taken at the Worldfest on Sunday, 5th May, 2013:
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The Lions Club in Oberursel have donated two new benches, together worth €1,500, to the park next to the Adenauerallee.
The benches are dedicated to to Dr. Werner Velten, their president in the years 1986 and 1987 who died in 2009, and Erwin Rathgeb, chairman of the town council between 1977 and 1993 and one of their members, who died in 2010.
They were officially handed over to the town in the presence of the widows of both men and Mayor Hans-Georg Brum.
Hans-Georg Brum with Renate Velten and Inge Rathgeb at the unveiling of the new benches
A lorry and a U-Bahn train have collided at the Zimmersmühlenweg level crossing.
The collision took place on Thursday, 2nd May, 2013 at around 3.35pm, when the driver of a lorry travelling along the Frankfurter Landstraße turned left into the Zimmersmühlenweg and oversaw the U-Bahn coming from Oberursel’s station and travelling towards Bommersheim.
Luckily, no-one was injured and there were only around 20 passengers in the train. The damage is estimated at €23,000 – €20,000 of which is to the U-Bahn. Both the train and the lorry were able to continue their journeys unassisted.
The registry office (“Standesamt”) and the town hall department for cemeteries will be closed on Wednesday, 15th May, 2013 due to training.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering an afternoon of Bingo on Thursday, 16th May, 2013 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!
Police in Oberursel are looking for the driver of BMW 1 series that may have caused damage to another car in the underground car park of the Stadthalle on Thursday, 2nd May, 2013 between 2.45pm and 3.30pm.
A Mercedes parked on level one was damaged on the left-hand side, and police believe this was caused by another car parking or leaving the space next to it. They say that the driver left the scene of the accident, but on searching the car park they found the BMW parked on level two and believe it was involved in the accident. They are now trying to trace the owner.
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