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One weekend, two festivals, three Mayors

August 11, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

There have been some high-level changes recently at Oberursel’s twin towns.

In May, Councillor Sophia Choudhary was nominated to be the new Mayor of Rushmoor. There the position, which is largely a representative role, is not elected directly but instead by the town council. Not only is Councillor Choudhary the youngest Mayor the borough has ever seen, she is also the first female muslim Mayor that they have had. She uses the title “Mayor”, and not “Mayoress”, joking that the latter is used by her sister Attika, who accompanies her on official engagements. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alexander Korneev, Feyerey, Hans-Georg Brum, Paul Shackley, Sophia Choudhary

9th Oberursel Feyerey

August 3, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

The middle ages will be coming to Oberursel at the weekend when the 9th annual “Feyerey” takes place on the fields next to the “Bachpfädchen”.

Over 68 market stands will offering food and drink, hand-made goods, and items such as soap and honey.

There will be games for children, fire shows, music and dancing, and even shows with birds of prey. Click here for the times of the shows.

The event takes place on the fields between the Mühlenwanderweg and the Marxstraße. To get there, either park on the field between the Marxstraße and the Hohemarkstraße or take the U-Bahn to “Lahnstraße”. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Feyerey, market, middle-ages, Ursellis Historica

17th Rheingau Wine Festival

August 2, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

The 17th Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel is being held between Friday 4th August and Sunday 6th August 2017 on the Marktplatz.

Many of the vineyards at the festival will be familiar to those who have been before, as they have been coming for a number of years and often have their stands in the same place each year.

Visitors can expect to find selected Riesling and Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) wines from towns such as Lorch, Hattenheim, Hochheim, Giesenheim, Erbach, Johannisberg and Oestrich-Winkel.

There will also be a variety of food on offer, including Flammkuchen (Tarte Flambee) and (Zwiebelkuchen) Onion cake.

The festival will be officially opened on Friday evening at 6.30pm. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bus, festival, market, Marktplatz, Rheingau, roads, Wine

Jürgen Ponto Fountain

July 30, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

During the 1970s the Red Army Faction, also known as the RAF, assassinated and kidnapped a number of important figures in West Germany. They also set of a number of bombs at major buildings and U.S. bases.

On 30th July, 1977, they attempted to kidnap Jürgen Ponto, the chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. The attempt when wrong and instead he was shot in his own home in Oberursel.

The fountain between the Rathaus and the Stadthalle is dedicated to him. The designer, Claus Bury, wanted to depict how he was torn away from his family, leaving a gap in their lives. Hence the steps which have been carved out of the main piece of stone and placed some distance away. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Photos Tagged With: Brunnen, Fountain, Jürgen Ponto, RAF, Rote Armee Fraktion

Children try out working with wood in the Rushmoor Park workshop

July 27, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

The children’s workshop that set up camp this week is well known to many children in Oberursel. Klaus Bethold and Roswitha Weißschnur from Leipzig have been coming to the town since the Hessentag in 2011, where they could be found at the Maasgrund. They are regular visitors to the Christmas market and the Waldfest, as well as working together with some of the primary schools in the town.

But this year they are taking part in the Orscheler Sommer events for the first time and are on a site behind the Christuskirche for a whole week. This has its advantages according to Klaus, 75. Anyone can come and they can spend as long as they like trying out the tools. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Adrian, Klaus Bethold, Orscheler Sommer, Roswitha Weißschnur, Rushmoor Park, wood, workshop

The Mouse in the Maize Maze

July 20, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

The Maize Maze opened its doors for the 15th year last weekend, with a motive that will particularly please younger fans. The 3½ hectare maze belonging to the Bickert family contains signs for them to look out for with pictures of characters from the children’s programme “Die Sendung mit der Maus” on them. And there is something to win as well. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Angela Behrs, Ann-Kathrin I., Fountain Queen, Maisgeister, Maislabyrinth, Maize, Maus, Maze, Mouse, opening, Richard Bickert

Missing Person: Julia Weidmann

July 12, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

Police in Bad Homburg are asking for help to find Julia Weidmann. The 32-year-old has not been seen since Monday, 3rd July, 2017, when she left her home in the Haingasse (in Bad Homburg).

Frau Weidmann is 1.65m tall, weighs 54kg, has long dark brown hair and blue eyes. She is probably wearing white or orange trainers.

Due to a psychological illness, it is possible that she may be in danger. She is known to use public transport.

Anyone who sees her is asked to call detectives on 06172 1200. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Julia Weidmann, Missing

U-Bahn replaced with buses in Frankfurt in July

June 30, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

Due to work taking place on the line, the U-Bahn U3 will not be able to travel the entire length of the line to Frankfurt-Südbahnhof.

From Saturday, 1st July until Sunday, 16th July, 2017, the U3 will terminate at Heddernheim. There, a replacement bus service will take passengers to Hügelstraße. The section between Hügelstraße and Südbahnhof will operate as a shuttle service.

From Monday, 17th July until Sunday, 30th July, 2017, the U3 will terminate Hügelstraße. A replacement bus service will take passengers to Dornbusch from where the shuttle service will continue to Südbahnhof.

To get to the centre of Frankfurt quicker, it may be better to take the S-Bahn S5 from Oberursel. To reach some parts of the city, a better alternative may be to change to the U9 in Niederursel, travel to Ginnheim, and then take the tram line 16.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bus, Frankfurt, replacement, U-Bahn

This weekend is Brunnenfest

June 7, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

This weekend sees one of the largest festivals in Oberursel take place – the fountain festival or Brunnenfest.

The event kicks off on Friday evening at 5.30pm with an open-air church service at the Marktplatz followed by the official opening with Fountain Queen Ann-Kathrin I.

Other highlights include the inauguration of the new “Äppelpark” Fountain on Saturday morning in Oberstedten (opposite the new Rewe) at 11am and the 5, 10 and 21.1km festival runs on Sunday morning at 10am.

For children up to the age of 10 the Kindermeile will be in the Obere Hainstraße on Saturday between 3pm and 6pm and the annual duck race on the Urselbach will be held on Sunday at 3pm with tickets being sold on Saturday in the Weidengasse.

Saturday evening there will also be a talent show for the town’s youth to show what they can do from 5pm until 7pm. The show is aptly named “Kickfactor: … and what can you do?”

A children’s disco with face painting is being held in the Ackergasse on Sunday starting at 2pm.

The fun fair is in its usual place on the Bleiche car park as is the craft market in front of the town hall, with the closing fireworks taking place at 10.30pm on Monday evening. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ann-Kathrin I., Brunnenfest, duck race, Fireworks, Fountain festival, Fountain Queen, Kickfactor, Kindermeile

Oberursel’s outdoor pool is 80 years old

June 4, 2017 By Graham Tappenden

Oberursel’s outdoor pool, the “Freibad”, was opened 80 years ago in June 1937. Originally called the “Schwimm-, Licht- und Luftbad”, the buildung work took three years to complete. But it was a long way from the original concept in 1862 until the town made the funds available in 1928 and approved for the water to be taken from the town’s fountains. Before the swimming pool was built, the site was a gravel pit.

The birthday party is set to take place on Whitmonday, 5th June, 2017. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1937, Freibad, Taunabad