Recent strikes at child daycare centres have crippled some Kindergartens and left parents using up their holiday to look after their children.
Question: When do you believe the striking child daycare workers will receive a better wage?
EU nationals ask the candidates: 2. Culture Festival
June 9, 2015 By
Question: To enable a better understanding between the cultures, what do you think of holding a cultural event, where each of the cultures is highlighted – including the German culture.
I pointed out that Dr. Zenker of the Ausländerbeirat has said that the committee will not be arranging festivals anymore. And we also have smaller cultural events such as the international village at the fountain festival and Worldfest at FIS. But what about one large festival, which includes German culture as well? [Read more…]
EU nationals ask the candidates: 1. Welcome Meetings
June 8, 2015 By
A couple of weeks ago I asked for questions from EU nationals living in Oberursel to put to the candidates for the Mayoral election.
I have now interviewed both candidates and will be publishing one question each day this week with their answers.
Question: I found out that the Ausländerbeirat existed through the blog “AllThingsGerman”. When I arrived in Oberursel and went to register, no-one told me about this committee or that there office to offer support. What do you think about holding welcome meetings for new residents to tell them about the schools, taxes, and everyday life in the town? e.g. every two months? [Read more…]
EU nationals and the Mayoral Election – which issues are important to you?
May 24, 2015 By
Residents in Oberursel cannot have failed to notice the large posters around the town with photos of the two Mayoral candidates on them. The election takes place on Sunday, 21st June, 2015 and under certain circumstances, EU nationals will also be able to cast their vote.
Those conditions are: [Read more…]
Prince Jürgen I. at the town hall
February 12, 2015 By
Having successfully taken over the town hall last Saturday, Prince Jürgen I. moved into the Mayor’s office on Monday where he intends to run things until Ash Wednesday.
The photo shows him settling into the Mayor’s office with his page Sonja Coy and Lord Stewart Patrick Volz, with Mayor Hans-Georg Brum, Alderman Christof Fink and Treasurer Thorsten Schorr in the background.
Carollers at the town hall
January 9, 2015 By
Carol singers in German do not go from house to house before Christmas eve, they do it afterwards instead – specifically between 27th December and 6th January.
During this time, the so-called “Sternsinger”, organised by the local church and who are sometimes translated as “star boys”, go from house to house to collect for a particular good cause using the year’s motto and dressed as the Three Kings.
This year the motto is “Segen bringen – Segen sein!” (bring a blessing – be a blessing!) and the money raised will go to help children worldwide, in particular in the Philippines. With the whole country taking part, it is not unusual to raise over €40 million.
Before they leave they write 20*C+M+B+15 on the door frame, the letters standing for “Christus mansionem benedicat”, or “God protect this house”. [Read more…]
Interview at Vietnamese Festival
October 4, 2014 By
Oberursel’s Mayor Hans-Georg Brum giving an interview to a Vietnamese television crew at the cultural festival on Sunday, 21st September 2014. He was keen to point out that many people living in northern Frankfurt have Vietnamese roots and that there are a number of Vietnamese restaurants in the area. He saw Vietnam as a “travel destination of future”.
The Ehrenmal – Restored at last to comfort, honour, warn and teach
August 11, 2014 By
For the past three years, I have been following the restoration work of the memorial to those from Oberursel who died in the First World War: The Ehrenmal. The war memorial, which stands next to the Christuskirche at the crossing of the Oberhöchstadter Straße and the Füllerstraße, was badly in need of restoration when the Hessentag took place in the town, but now, thanks to the donations of not only the town itself but many private families, once again is glittering in the evening sunset. With the mosaic pieces returned to the column and the column itself now stabilised, it was a solumn ceremony that took place on Wednesday, 23rd July, 2014 to commemorate the war dead and officialy re-dedicate the memorial. [Read more…]
Photos of the 6th Oberurseler Feyerey
August 2, 2014 By
The 6th Oberurseler Feyerey (middle ages market and festival) took place at the weekend. Here are a collection of photos taken Saturday afternoon:
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Photos of the 14th Rheingau Wine Festival
August 2, 2014 By
The 14th Rheingau Wine Festival was opened on Friday by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum.
With him were Fountain Queen Carolyn II. and Brunnenmeister Harry (left), along with visiting dignitaries the Hattenheim Wine Queen Louisa Follrich and Oestrich Wine Princess Sophie Egert.
