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, 16th January, 2016 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 musikhalle portstrasse is holding a “Friday night Jam Session” on Friday, 15th January, 2016, at 8pm.
Entry is free.
The “musikhalle” is located opposite the U-Bahn station “Altstadt” on the U3 line.
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Stierstadt on Tuesday, 12th January, 2016.
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, 12th January, 2016, we are told that it will be a filmed novel. 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.
Sunday, 29th November, 2015 saw the chance for the foreign residents in Oberursel to vote: for a new Ausländerbeirat. The committee, which is supposed to represent the interests of the foreigners in the town. Committee members not only have the right to speak at town council sub-committee meetings, for the past year they have also been able to table motions directly to the council itself.
At the last election five years ago the turnout had only been 3.43%, so one of the targets for this election had been to get more voters to the ballot box. In terms of voters they managed it, but only just: 188 instead of 171 went to the town hall to cast their vote. But due to the increased number of foreigners in the town, the turnout as a percentage sank to a record low of 3.08%. [Read more…]
The Verbraucherzentrale (consumers’ association) will be offering individual energy saving consultations in the Rathaus in Oberursel on Thursday, 7th January, 2016.
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.
The bluebox portstrasse will be showing a film for children aged 8 and over on Friday, 8th January 2016 at 2.45pm.
As the organisation is not a commercial cinema, they are not allowed to advertise which film will be shown in advance. If you do want to know which film will be shown then call 06171 636930 and they will tell you.
The bluebox is located opposite the U-Bahn station “Altstadt” (formerly “Portstraße”).
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Friday, 8th January 2016 between 3.30pm and 8pm. 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).
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