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 6pm with  an open-air church service at the Marktplatz followed by the official opening with Fountain Queen Carolyn II.

Other highlights include the inauguration of the Feldberg Fountain on Saturday morning in the grounds of the Hohmark Clinic at 11am and the 10km festival run at 10am 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 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?”

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 a flea market taking place in the grounds of the Seniorentreff on Saturday (9am to 10pm) and Sunday (12pm to 10pm).

And this year also sees the return of the closing fireworks at 10.30pm on Monday evening. [Read more…]