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 October, 2014 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 Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be offering an afternoon of Bingo on Thursday, 16th October, 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!
Once a month the Bluebox Portstraße holds a Sunday morning breakfast buffet in their cinema.
As the organisation is not a commercial cinema, they are not allowed to advertise which film will be shown in advance. For Sunday, 19th October, 2014, we are told that it will be a “tragic comedy”. If you do want to know which film will be shown or to reserve tickets call 06171 636930.
The showing starts at 11.30am and they are located opposite the U-Bahn stop “Altstadt”.
The musikhalle portstrasse is holding a “Friday night Jam Session” on Friday, 17th October, 2014 at 8pm.
Entry is free.
The “musikhalle” is located opposite the U-Bahn station “Altstadt” on the U3 line.
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 October, 2014, we are told that it will be a 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.
The Seniorentreff in Oberursel will be holding a Stammtisch on Friday, 17th October, 2014 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.
A charge of €7 per person will be made to cover the cost of food and drink.
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Stierstadt on Tuesday, 14th October, 2014.
To take part, be at the bus stop “Altes Rathaus” in Stierstadt at 3pm.
A 22-year-old man from Oberursel visited the local police station at around 6.20pm on Wednesday, 8th October in a Volkswagen car. He went there with the intent to file charges against someone. But during the course of the conversation with the officers, they had reason to believe that he was under the influence of drugs. Blood and urine samples were taken and an investigation was launched.
Afterwards the man asked his brother to come and collect him from the police station. But when his brother arrived in a Fiat car at around 8.10pm, he apparently also showed signs of having taken drugs. He too was required to give samples and may also face charges himself.
At the recent autumn fair in Oberursel, the bosses of the local craftsmen came up with an interesting competition. On Satuday evening (20th September, 2014), they lined up to see who could hammer a nail into a block of wood using the least blows.
The line up of those taking part including a number of people who, although themselves may not be seen in public that often, their names are a common and well-known sight on the side of vans in the town.
The participants of the nail-hitting contest
Some of those taking part needed only three blows to get the nail in properly, others took up to 26.
After the initial round of hitting the names in “normally”, the top four entered a second round using the reverse side of the hammer – the one normally used for taking nails back out again. Dirk Velte, Sven Gottschalk, Gerd Bansa and Martin Henrich had each only needed exactly three blows for their nails.
Gerd Bansa preparing to start the second round
Taking it in turns in the second round, it was Gerd Bansa, who has an interior decorating business, whose nail was first into the wooden block properly.
Police were called to attend three different road traffic accidents on Monday, 6th October, 2014 in Oberursel.
The first occured at around 2pm on Monday afternoon when an 11-year-old girl stepped out without warning in front of a bus at a bus stop in the Zimmersmühlenweg. She was hit by a Ford Fiesta travelling towards Stierstadt and slightly injured.
The next accident was just before 4.30pm on the Nassauer Straße. The 44-year-old driver of an Audi was hit from behind by a VW Polo being driven by a 87-year-old. The Audi driver had braked due to the traffic in front. They sustained light injuries and the damage to the cars was estimated at €2,300.
Finally at 8.45pm, back in the Zimmersmühlenweg the 32-year-old driver of an Audi A5 travelling towards Stierstadt tried to turn around on the main road, at which point they were hit by the car behind them, an Opel being driving by a 19-year-old. The damage here is estimated at €7,400.
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