AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
There will be a book flea market in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 2nd February, 2013 between 10am and 1pm with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
“Finn und der Drache” (Finn and the Dragon) by Irene Wellershoff and Jan Birck is being read in the library on Saturday, 19th January, 2013 at 11am by volunteer Susanne Hermann.
Tickets cost €3 and should be reserved in advance in the library or by calling 06171 62870.
There will be a book flea market in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 5th January, 2013 between 10am and 1pm with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
This week saw the town council in Oberursel sit for the last time in 2012.
With major topics such as the new swimming pool, the budget, childcare costs, and even the station kiosk dealt with previously, this could have been a sitting to tidy up loose ends, and in many ways it was. Except that all of those topics managed to come up again, the latter without even being remotely on the agenda.
At the beginning, the question and answer session revealed that although dogs are required to wear a dog tag to show that the tax for them has been paid, this is not checked unless there is a problem with dogs fouling a particular area.
We learnt of the confusion over the annual cycle races on 1st May, one of which the town is listed as a sponsor for, although the money comes from other sponsors that the town finds. Sub-sponsors if you like. It does not come out of the town budget. [Read more…]
There will be a large book flea market in Oberursel’s library on between Wednesday, 28th November and Saturday, 1st December 2012 with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
This market takes place on the 1st floor and has a larger selection of books than the monthly one, so there are usually foreign-language books there as well.
The opening times are:
Wednesday 10-1 & 3-6
Thursday 10-1 & 3-7
Friday 10-1 & 3-6
Saturday 10-1
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
A book reading for boys aged 7 and over is being held in the library on Monday, 26th November, 2012 between 4pm and 7pm.
Reading the stories will be a detective, a member of Frankfurt airport’s security team with his sniffer dog, and others who will also be talking about their jobs to the boys.
Entry is free, but it is requested that you register in advance by calling the library on 06171 62870.
“Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein” (The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids) from the Brothers Grimm is being read in the library on Saturday, 17th November, 2012 at 11am by volunteer Barbara Petersen.
Tickets cost €3 and should be reserved in advance in the library or by calling 06171 62870.
There will be a book flea market in Oberursel’s library on Saturday, 3rd November 2012 between 10am and 1pm with proceeds going to the library’s supporters’ association.
The library is located at one end of the market square in Oberursel, in the Eppsteinerstraße.
The nearest car parks are “Bleiche” and in the Holzweg. The nearest train station is Altstadt (U3).
A dragon story is being read in the library on Saturday, 25th October, 2012 at 11am by professional storyteller Walburga Kliem.
After the reading the children will be able to make their own shields.
The group “Ursellis Historica” will be there as knights and dressed in clothes from the middle ages and children are also welcome to come along dressed as knights or princesses.
Tickets cost €3 and should be reserved in advancein the library or by calling 06171 62870.
Before the town’s treasurer had presented his budget speech at the council meeting last week, the FDP asked whether, in addition to the child-care costs, it was planned to raise any other charges in 2013?
The answer was yes.
It is planned to raise the annual fee to use the town’s library will from €10 to €15, generating around €11,000 extra income.
The cost of a stand at the monthly flea market in the Adenauerallee or Nassauer Straße will also rise from €15 to €17.50.
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