AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
A Kabishibai Theatre performance for children aged 3 and over will take place in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 14th June, 2014 at 11am.
“Kabishibai” is Japanese and means “paper drama”. A story is told using a small stage and pictures on cards inserted into it.
The story on Saturday is “What is the pig doing on the egg?”.
The performance will last about 45 minutes and tickets costing €2 each are available at the library or by calling 06171 62870.
The Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 15th June 2014 between 10am and 5pm.
Located at the end of the Mainstraße, entry costs €1,50 for adults and €0,50 for children. Children receive one ticket to go on the trains in the entry price, additional tickets are €0,50 each.
To get there, either leave the A661/B455 at “Oberursel-Nord” towards Oberursel, then take the first turning right into the Dornbachstraße. The Mainstraße is on the right-hand side.
By U-Bahn, take the U3 to Lahnstraße and cross the road before turning left into the Dornbachstraße.
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“Jazz meets Mühle” is being held for the third time this year, and slightly earlier in the year as well. The 2014 event takes place on Whitmonday, 9th June and involves as always the mills along the Mühlenwanderweg.
At five places along the route there will be jazz bands playing, with refreshments available and a chance to see the historical buildings from a new perspective.
Although the event itself will be taking place between 11am and 5.30pm, the bands are playing at different times along the route, allowing visitors to experience each one in turn. [Read more…]
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 14th June, 2014 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).
Some of the model ships on the Maasgrundweiher on Sunday, 8th June, 2014.
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A tour entitled “Das keltische Leben am Fuße des Feldbergs” (celtic life at the foot of the Feldberg) is being held on Saturday, 14th June, 2014 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering an afternoon of Bingo on Thursday, 12th June, 2014 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!
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Stierstadt on Tuesday, 10th June, 2014.
To take part, be at the bus stop “Altes Rathaus” in Stierstadt at 3pm.
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, 10th June, 2014, we are told that it will be a theatrical 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.
Saturday (7th June, 2014) was a day of celebration in Oberursel, with 40 guests visiting from the twin town of Epinay-sur-Seine to mark the 50th anniversary of the town twinning.
The day began in the Adenauerallee next to the “Annika fountain” and the cedar tree with a “honey breakfast” and the inauguration of a butineur urbain – a civic bee hive.
Manfred Belz from the local bee keepers’ club gave a short talk on the importance of the bees in the environment, and on the different types of honey that they produce at different times of the year.
The project is being supported by the grammar school in Oberursel, and will eventually be moved to their grounds. Financial assistance is being provided by a charity associated with Frankfurt Airport.
Oberursel’s Mayor Hans-Georg Brum, accompanied by Epinay’s Deputy Mayor Patrice Konieczny, said that the twinning still young and active after 50 years, and that sustainability was a key issue for it. A similar bee-hive was installed last month in Epinay-sur-Seine, and this is seen as a “airlift” connection between the two towns. [Read more…]
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