The Café Portstrasse team are organising outdoor games for children and teenagers aged 12 and over in the Camp King area on Tuesday, 6th August, 2013.
The meeting point is the “Boule” circle, opposite the Kinderhaus, at 4pm.
Streetwork Fun – Outdoor Games in Camp King
July 29, 2013 By
The Café Portstrasse team are organising outdoor games for children and teenagers aged 12 and over in the Camp King area on Monday, 29th July, 2013.
The meeting point is the “Boule” circle, opposite the Kinderhaus, at 4pm.
Beware of the money changing trick
July 26, 2013 By
Oberursel’s police are warning of a thief in the area using a “money changing trick”.
In one recent incident a 76-year-old man had just withdrawn money from the cashpoint in Camp King when he was approached by someone described as being of southern origin who asked him to change some money for him.
When the victim looked into the coin compartment of his purse, the man snatched the notes and disappeared.
He is described as between 25 and 30 years old, 185cm tall and was wearing a white shirt and black shoes.
Remembrance needs places
June 22, 2013 By
“Remembrance needs places” (Erinnerung braucht Orte”) is a talk being given by Gerd Krämer, previously Oberursel’s Mayor, on Thursday, 27th June, 2013 at 6pm in the Kinderhaus, Jean-Sauer-Weg 2, about how important it is not just to talk about history but to have places to go and see the buildings and locations for real.
There will also be a chance to visit the recently opened Camp King archive which is located in the basement of the same building.
A tour of Camp King
May 26, 2013 By
On Saturday, 1st June, 2013 there will be a tour of the area in Oberursel known as “Camp King” with local historian Manfred Kopp.
The tour covers the history of the area from the Reichssiedlungshof in the 1930s, through the time of the Dulag Luft up to the end of the U.S. Army presence in the town.
The meeting point is at the “Kinderhaus” in the Jean-Sauer-Weg at 2pm, and the tour costs 3EUR.
This is an interesting opportunity for local residents to learn more about the history of the area that they live in.
[highlight color=”blue”] The nearest U-Bahn station is “Kupferhammer”. [/highlight]
Eschborn-Frankfurt Cycle Race – Elite pass Camp King
May 2, 2013 By
The Elite group pass Camp-King-Allee on the Hohemarkstraße during the cycle race “Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt” on Wednesday, 1st May, 2013.
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Eschborn-Frankfurt Cycle Race – U23 pass Camp King
May 2, 2013 By
The U23 group pass the U-Bahn level crossing on the Hohemarkstraße during the cycle race “Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt” on Wednesday, 1st May, 2013.
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Easter Egg hunt in Camp King
March 28, 2013 By
The local branch of the SPD are holding their annual Easter Egg hunt in Camp King on Monday, 1st April, 2013.
Children aged up to 10 are invited to be at the “Rondell” between the Waldorf school and the Petanque club at 11am.
- Ostereiersuche für Kleinkinder – link to the Facebook event
Mountain Lodge open to the public
March 21, 2013 By
Last Saturday, 16th March, 2013, visitors to the Camp King area had a rare chance to visit the Mountain Lodge, previously known as building 1027 and the officers’ mess, it was once intended to be the new town hall in Zeppelinheim after being exhibited in Frankfurt, but instead was dismantled and rebuilt at the end of the 1930s in Oberursel.
One of the investors, Stefan Kuhn, was on hand to answer questions about the building and I am grateful to him for permission take and publish photographs of the interior.
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Camp King archive officially opened
March 20, 2013 By
Last Saturday (16th March, 2013) saw a day arrive that many people associated with the Camp King area had been waiting for, none more so than local history Manfred Kopp, when the Camp King archive finally moved into its permanent home at the “Kinderhaus”.
Except that the “Kinderhaus” was not always called that. On the map it may now have the address “Jean-Sauer-Weg 2”, but it was originally called “Haus am Wald” and had the address “Außerhalb 7”. In the post-war period it was called “Haus Florida”, and the U.S. army later called it simply “Haus 997”.
At 11am a group gathered around the entrance to the cellar, next to the artwork “Don’t look back”, among them Mayor Hans-Georg Brum and Deputy Principle Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt, Charisse Phillips. [Read more…]
