AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Anyone in Oberursel still looking for last-minute Christmas presents may like to make their way to the Rathaus this morning where the last remaining pieces of merchandising will be sold off at half their original price between 9am and 1pm.
There are jackets, t-shirts and polo shirts left, although not in every colour and size. And there are only 16 souvenir mugs left. But there are plenty of caps and hats!
Payment must be made in cash.
The Maislabyrinth – a maze made out of maize – opens for the 2011 season on Sunday, 17th July at 12am, with a visit from the Hessentagspaar at 3pm. The design of this year’s maze is called “Hessentag between 1961 and 2011”.
In addition to the maze itself there is a haystack to climb on and a “maize pool” to “swim” in.
Ice cream, coffee and cakes will also be available.
The maze is open every Sunday between 11am and dusk until 25th September. Entry costs €2.50 for adults, €2 for children aged 10 to 16 and €1.50 for children aged 4 to 9.
To get there by car, travel to the edge of Weißkirchen on the road to Steinbach. There is a track off the road near the yellow “Oberursel Stadtteil Weißkirchen” sign leading towards Frankfurt (ie. left if you have just driving through Weißkirchen, right if you are coming from Steinbach). The maze is about 200m along this track.
If you are coming by train, the nearest station “Weißkirchen-Steinbach” is on the S5 line between Frankfurt and Bad Homburg.
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The Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester (county youth jazz orchestra) will be performing at the Hessentag in Oberursel on Friday, 17th June between 7pm and 9pm on the Raiffeisenbank stage at the Marktplatz.
The group, also known as “Kicks & Sticks”, will be joined by American jazz singer Madeline Bell to perform a repertoire of classic swing from the “Great American Songbook”, led by conductor Wolfgang Diefenbach.
The Markplatz is in the centre of the town and the nearest U-Bahn station is “Oberursel Altstadt”
During the Hessentag “Bonjour Provence!” – specialists for products from the South of France – can be found in the Strackgasse where they will be selling olive and lavender products, home-made soaps, shower gels and air freshener.
The stall will be open from 10am to 11pm in front of house nos. 4-6
You can found out more about their products on the Bonjour Provence! Homepage.
The “Eastend Jazz Band” will be playing “cool jazz” at the Alt-Oberurseler Brauhaus in the Ackergasse on Monday, 13th June, 2011 (Pfingstmontag) between 12pm and 3pm.
The nearest U-Bahn station is “Altstadt” (previously known as “Portstraße”).
Entry is free.
The Schwebebad in Oberursel will be offering tours of the their facilities during the Hessentag (10th-19th June, 2011) in Oberursel.
Visitors will be shown the open floating tanks and the salt lounges.
They are also offering 10% discount of gift vouchers purchased on those days.
The Schwebebad is located in the Strackgasse, just off the market square.
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There is a special treat for Jazz fans taking place on the evening before the Hessentag in Oberursel.
On Thursday, 9th June at 9pm there will be a “Jazz Meeting” at the Musikhalle Portstraße, during which the Jazz musicians who will be holding workshops throughout the main event get together to form a unique jazz band for one evening.
Taking part are Achille Succi (saxophone), Krzysztof Przybylowicz (drums), Jeanmarie Ribis (piano), Dominque Di Piazza (bass) and Michael Sagmeister (guitar).
As this part of Oberursel will be closed off during the night (green zone), it will probably be best to travel by train. Take the U-Bahn to “Altstadt” (previously known as “Portstraße”).
The Datterich will be playing on the open-air stage at the Hohemarkklinik at 8pm on Fridays and Saturday starting on 11th June and finishing on 16th July.
The play is in the local Hessian dialect, and is set in the town of Oberursel itself with lots of recognisable locations mentioned.
To get there by U-Bahn, take the U3 to the end of the link (“Hohemark”) from where it is a short walk.
To order tickets online, click here.
The sport club “Eintracht 1957 Oberursel” is holding their annual international Whitsun Tournament for the 44th time this year which also coincides with the Hessentag in Oberursel.
Taking part are teams from Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Mainz 05, 1. FC Köln, FSV Frankfurt and many others including teams from Austria and Luxembourg.
The first match kicks off on Saturday, 11th June at 9am between 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt.
To get there, take the U-Bahn (U3) to Kupferhammer, cross over the road and into the Eichwäldchenweg. The grounds are on the right-hand side after a short distance.
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The Apfelweinfest is an evening of Comedy and Cabaret at the hr-treff during the Hessentag in Oberursel on Thursday, 16th June, 2011 at 8pm.
Among the comedians taking part are Bodo Bach, Maddin Schneider, Johannes Scherer and Mathias Münch. Music is being provided by the hr-Bigband and the cider barrel will be “opened” by Frankfurt’s mayor Petra Roth.
The evening is due to be recorded for the local “hr-fernsehen” television station and broadcast on 17th June at 10pm.
The hr-treff is located next to Oberursel’s main station.
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