AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
A rock concert is being held on the Rathausplatz on Friday, 26th July, 2013 at 7.30pm.
The bands playing will be:
20:00-20:45 Mr. Easy
21:05-21:50 Ben Juelg
22:10-23:00 Elfmorgen
Entry is free.
The event is part of the Orscheler Sommer organised by Kunstgriff e.V.
As part of the Orscheler Sommer and supported by the group Fair Trade Town in Oberursel, the film “Und dann der Regen” (Even the Rain) will be shown on the Rathausplatz on Saturday, 20th July, 2013 at 9.30pm.
A rock concert is being held on the Rathausplatz on Friday, 19th July, 2013 at 7.30pm.
The bands playing will be:
20:00-20:45 Braggpeak
21:05-21:50 Peoples Temper
22:10-23:00 U12
Entry is free.
The event is part of the Orscheler Sommer organised by Kunstgriff e.V.
The Christmas Market in Oberursel was opened on Thursday, 29th November, 2012 by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum, accompanied by the Fountain Queen Vanessa I, City Manager Wolfgang Bräutigam, Fountain Master Harry Hecker, Treasurer Thorsten Schorr, Alderman Wilfried Abt and Council Chairman Dr. Christoph Müllerleile.
The market stretches from the Rathaus through the Vorstadt and Strackgasse to the Marktplatz.
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The 2012 Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt) in Oberursel starts on Thursday, 29th November and continues until Sunday, 2nd December.
The market is open Thursday 4pm-9pm, Friday 2pm-10pm, Saturday 12pm-10pm and Sunday 12pm-9pm, and takes place in front of the town hall (Rathausplatz), along the “Vorstadt” and “Strackgasse”, and on the market square (“Marktplatz”) with around 100 stands in total.
The Marktplatz is the location for the “middle-ages” market, whereas a miniature steam train will be offering rides on the Rathausplatz.
Arts and Crafts
Inside the town hall an arts and crafts fair will be taking place with around 40 stands, including those from the twin towns of Epinay-sur-Seine, Rushmoor and Lomonossow. The fair closes an hour before the Christmas market, except on Thursday.
Concerts
The “Hospitalkirche” Church in the Strackgasse will be hosting a series of concerts over the weekend, with entry free but a donation requested.
Friday 6pm: Flute ensemble from Oberursel music school
Saturday 6pm: Crotchets – the Klezmerensemble of Oberursel’s music school
Sunday 6pm: Youth orchestra and recorder group from the TV Stierstadt.
Advent market in the museum
The Vortaunusmuseum at the Marktplatz will be holding an advent market on Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 12pm-6pm.
Seniorentreff
The “Seniorentreff” will be holding their own Christmas market at Hospitalstraße 9, where they will be selling knitted socks and other hand-made items. There will also be refreshments available including mulled wine. The opening times are: Friday 2pm-9pm and Saturday 10am-9pm.
4 Rooms Open Air Winter Party
The Café Portstrasse will be holding an “Open Air Winter Party” next to the U-Bahn stop “Altstadt” on Thursday between 6pm and 8.30pm, with hot drinks, music, twists, sausages, and a fire show and young people from all parts of the town are invited to start or end their Christmas market tour here.
Road closures
The following roads will be closed during the Christmas Market opening times:
The Untere Hainstraße will be open to two-way traffic.
The Ackergasse will be closed where it meets the Schlenkergasse, allowing traffic to flow via the Schlenkergasse and Weidengasse.
The car park next to the town hall will be closed from Tuesday, 27th November.
The normal market on Wednesday and Saturday will be moved to the Epinayplatz.
The annual Herbsttreiben weekend in Oberursel is being held between the 14th and 16th of September, 2012.
On these days, a handicraft market will take place on the Epinayplatz and in the Kumeliusstraße, cider will be sold on the Marktplatz at the “Ebbelwoi-Vertestigung” and at the “Apfelweingarten” in the Vorstadt, whilst stalls selling French wares will be on the Rathausplatz.
Also on the Marktplatz there will be a market of specialities from Thuringia, and music and entertainment can be expected at both the Marktplatz and the Rathausplatz.
Sunday, 16th September is “verkaufsoffen” and many of the shops in the town centre will be open during the afternoon.
During the entire weekend a miniature railway for children will be running in the Ackergasse and Untere Hainstraße. On Saturday morning the monthly flea market will also be held as usual in the Adenauerallee and Nassauer Straße. [Read more…]
The “Regionalpark Open” was held in Oberursel on Sunday, 2nd September 2012.
Visitors had the chance to try out Pedelecs and Segways, and competitions were held to carry removal boxes on bicycles and for schools to build vehicles that were powered by water.
A miniature locomotive steamed up to give rides on the Rathausplatz during the Christmas Market.
The Rathausplatz in Oberursel during the Christmas Market
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