A first look at Oberursel’s Ausländerbeirat

The last time that I wrote about the term “Ausländerbeirat” I had just voted in Oberursel to elect a new one in November 2010.  At the time I asked what the point of having one was, especially I did not know any of the candidates and the turnout at the election was only 3%.

For the benefit of readers who are not aware of the Ausländerbeirat (other than a voting slip every 5 years), it is an elected parliamentary body that every town in Hessen has where more than 1000 foreigners live.  And only those foreigners are eligible to stand for election and to vote.

As I understand it they have two purposes.  One is to support the integration of foreigners in the local community, and the other is to look at the decisions being made by other committees and the town parliament in order to comment on whether the non-German communities will be particularly affected by them.

Whether they have any power to block any of those decisions, I have yet to discover. [Read more…]

Plans for the FIS extension on-line

The B455 bridge between the two halves of the FIS campus.

The B455 bridge between the two halves of the FIS campus.

The plans (Bebauungsplan) for the extension of Frankfurt International School (FIS) are now on public display at the town hall in Oberursel in the Info-Center on the 4th floor of Building A, and also on-line on the town’s website.

The address to view them is:

http://www.oberursel.de/stadtleben/oberursel/bebauungsplaene/

Any comments or objections must be submitted by 31st August, 2012.

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