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The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 14th February, 2015 between 1.30pm and 6pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Ottmar Görge (centre) with Michaela Tappenden and Jürgen Swoboda
It was when Ottmar Görge, now 62 years old, started his placement as a student in Frankfurt in 1974 that he donated blood for the first time. Since then he has been a regular visitor to the Red Cross blood donor days in Oberursel.
Last Saturday (10th January, 2015) he donated blood for the 125th time, for which he received a certificate and pin showing the number of donations from blood donor service representative Jürgen Swoboda (right) and a hamper from Michaela Tappenden (left) of the local Red Cross group.
Asked why he made a point of coming so regularly, he answered “blood is always needed”. Something his brother – a surgeon – once told him.
This photo also appeared on 15th January, 2015 in the Oberurseler Woche.
The monthly blood donation at the Red Cross in the Marxstraße on Saturday, 13th December, 2014 saw a group of donors thanked for their long-term commitment.
Manfred Schneider, 66 years old and himself from Oberursel, donated blood for the 75th time. He started donating 20 years ago when he moved to the town and was himself a trainer at the Red Cross.
Wolfgang Agel, 59 years old and from Bad Homburg had followed the call to come to the neighbouring town for the 125th time, citing the fact that the dates suited him better here. He started donating blood in 1974, which was an important year for him. Not only did he start his national service, but he also got married. He was given special leave to attend the blood donation and used the opportunity to visit his wife.
Kosmas Rehberg, Ulrich Heitbrink, Wolfgang Agel and Manfred Schneider (back row) with Christine Schöck (left) and Michaela Tappenden from the Oberursel Red Cross and Jürgen Swobodo (right) from the Blood Donor Service
Kosmas Rehberg, 56 years old and from Bommersheim also donated for the 125th time. He started donating when he was 18 years old and a neighbour took him along to the then central school in Oberursel. He remembers that back then it was only once each year.
But it was Ulrich Heitbrink, 64 years old, who was the clear leader making his 150th donation. When he started donating at the age of 18 in the North Rhine Palatinate state he was still considered a minor and needed his parents’ permission each time. In 1974 he moved to Stierstadt and finally in 1979 to Weißkirchen, at which point he started donating in Oberursel. “I just wanted to do something good that was easy to do”, he explained.
All four donors received a certificate and pin showing the number of donations that they have made from the Blood Donor Service, along with a hamper for the 125th and 150th donations or a bottle of wine for the 75th from the local Red Cross group.
This article appeared in German in the Oberurseler Woche on Thursday, 8th January, 2015.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 10th January, 2015 between 1.30pm and 6pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the fire station in Weißkirchen (part of Oberursel) on Friday, 26th December, 2014 between 1pm and 5pm. The fire station is located at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 2a.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 13th December, 2014 between 1.30pm and 6pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 8th November, 2014 between 3.30pm and 8pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Saturday, 4th October, 2014 between 3.30pm and 8pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Friday, 5th September, 2014 between 3.30pm and 8pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Blood can be donated at the fire station in Weißkirchen (part of Oberursel) on Wednesday, 30th July, 2014 between 3.45pm and 8pm. The fire station is located at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 2a.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
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