AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
The last meeting of the Ausländerbeirat in 2013 was also the longest this year, lasting a staggering 2½ hours.
One of the reasons was no doubt the visit by members of Amnesty International to talk about the developments in the case of the Yang Family, which have been reported on in detail in a separate article.
But financial discussions also led to a heated and prolonged debate. [Read more…]
Tickets cost €2 and should be reserved in advance in the library or by calling 06171 62870.
The monthly flea market in the Adenauerallee in Oberursel will take place on Saturday, 21st December, 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.
The Verbraucherzentrale (consumers’ association) will be offering individual energy saving consultations in the Rathaus in Oberursel on Thursday, 19th December, 2013.
Appointments cost €5 for 30 minutes, and €2.50 for each 15 minutes after that. They need to be arranged in advance by calling 06171 502-310.
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, 17th December, 2013, we are told that it will be a “literature film”. 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 town council meeting on Thursday, 21st November, 2013, was always going to be centred around the budget for the forthcoming year. But with the debate lasting over two hours, each of the parties was determined to have their say.
It was Councillor Markus Bürgel who kicked off the debate for the CDU, noting that Oberursel had reached the point where savings could no longer be made without the effects being visible. He was critical of the national government in Berlin for taking decisions that the local level then has to pay for, without providing any means of financing them, although he was quick to point out that in the last 15 years almost all national parties had taken part in those decisions.
He commented that savings on services that fall in the “social” area where difficult to make, but that if there was no other option the voluntary services in this area would fall foul of the spending cuts. He called these services the “head of the social department’s toys” (Spielzeuge des Sozialdezernenten)! [Read more…]
Tuesday night is film night at Bluebox Portstraße, located near the U-Bahn stop “Altstadt”.
On Tuesday, 10th December, 2013 the film “Die Taliban – mit Schokolade in den heiligen Kreig” (The Taliban – with chocolate into the holy war) will be shown at 9pm, with doors opening at 8pm.
After the film there will be a chance to chat to director Katrin Eigendorf and two refugees.
The film is being shown in co-operation with the charity “Windrose”.
The musikhalle portstrasse is holding a “Friday night Jam Session” on Friday, 13th December, 2013 at 8pm.
Entry is free.
The “musikhalle” is located opposite the U-Bahn station “Altstadt” on the U3 line.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 14th December, 2013 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 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, 14th December, 2013.
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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