AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
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 June, 2018, we are told that it will be a political 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.
Police in Oberursel are trying to find out who climbed onto the roof of the Feldbergschule sometime between 11am on Thursday, 31st May (Fronleichnam) and Friday, 1st June, 2018.
Two windows were smashed in the incident, causing €1,000 of damage.
Anyone with information is asked to call 06171 62400.
The “Theater im Park” team have been given the use of a car for the next four months to use in preparation for the forthcoming season by their sponsor “Autohaus Marnet”.
The car was handed over at the Rathausplatz on Monday, 4th June, 2018 and will relieve pressure on the normal town hall car pool.
A Kabishibai Theatre performance for children aged 3 and over will take place in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 9th June, 2018 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 “Das kleine Ich bin Ich”.
The performance will last about 45 minutes and tickets costing €2 each are available at the library or by calling 06171 62870.
A tour entitled “Das keltische Leben am Fuße des Feldbergs” (celtic life at the foot of the Feldberg) is being held on Saturday, 9th June, 2018 at 2pm.
The tour starts at the Taunus Information Centre and costs €5 per person, those taking part should have sturdy footwear.
There will be a large book flea market in Oberursel’s library between Wednesday, 6th and Saturday, 9th June, 2018 with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
This market takes place on the 1st floor and has a larger selection of books than the monthly one, so there are usually foreign-language books there as well.
The opening times are:
Wednesday 10-1 & 3-6
Thursday 10-1 & 3-7
Friday 10-1 & 3-6
Saturday 10-1
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
The Dampfbahnclub-Taunus e.V. steam railway in Oberursel will be open to the public on Sunday, 10th June, 2018 between 10am and 5pm.
Located at the end of the Mainstraße, 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.
Entry costs €2 for adults and €1 for children. Tickets cost €1 each, with children receiving their first ticket on entry.
Links
An interview with Matthias Zundel, Chairman
A record number of visitors on the last day of the steam trains
Congratulations to Herr Günter Schmidt from Oberstedten who is 90 years old today.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Friday, 8th June, 2018 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).
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, 5th June, 2018, we are told that it will be a historical 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.
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