AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Having successfully taken over the town hall last Saturday, Prince Rüdiger 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 pages Daniela Dobbertin (left), Sandy Mohr and Lord Stewart Benjamin I., with Mayor Hans-Georg Brum, and Treasurer Thorsten Schorr in the background.
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.
The money raised this year will mainly be going towards projects to help children in Kenya. With the whole country taking part, it is not unusual to raise over €40 million.
Before they leave they write 20*C+M+B+17 on the door frame, the letters standing for “Christus mansionem benedicat”, or “God protect this house”. [Read more…]
Oberursel’s Christmas Market was opened on Thursday, 24th November, 2016 by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum, accompanied by Stephan Remes (left), Treasurer Thorsten Schorr, and Council Chairman Gerd Krämer (right).
With just a few days of her reign left, Fountain Queen Christina II. and her Brunnenmeister Jürgen visited the town hall in Oberursel, where they were thanked for their work representing the town by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum and Town Treasurer Thorsten Schorr.
“It was a lovely time” commented Hans-Georg Brum, but continued that everything had to come to an end. He was keen to highlight the difference between Christina and Jürgen, that they where completely opposite in their approach to things, but this mixture had fitted well together. [Read more…]
Having successfully taken over the town hall last Saturday, the children’s prince and princess, Leonard I. and Esther I., moved into the Mayor’s office on Wednesday where they intend to run things until Ash Wednesday.
The photo shows them settling into the Mayor’s office with their page Simon Kopp, Lady Stewart Steffi Peinelt and Page Leoni Brum, and with Mayor Hans-Georg Brum (left) and Treasurer Thorsten Schorr (right).
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! Respekt für dich, für mich, für andere – in Bolivien und weltweit!” (bring a blessing – be a blessing! Respect for you, for me, for others – in Bolivia and worldwide) and the money raised will go to help children worldwide, in particular in the Bolivia. With the whole country taking part, it is not unusual to raise over €40 million.
Before they leave they write 20*C+M+B+16 on the door frame, the letters standing for “Christus mansionem benedicat”, or “God protect this house”. [Read more…]
With less than a week to go until voters decide on who they want to be the Mayor in Oberursel, it’s time to start making up my mind who I want to vote for.
Let’s start by looking at those questions that we asked last week.
Five of the questions dealt with things that foreigners in Oberursel affect directly.
The idea of the welcome meeting is something that both candidates would consider doing, and both like the idea of providing more information to new residents. I see little difference here. It’s different with the other four. [Read more…]
Question: Many of the questions have been about communication. How can the foreigners here be better informed? I would claim, that many foreigners do not read a newspaper, in particular because it is not in their native language.
One example for this is the call for candidates for the Ausländerbeirat election. This went out as a classic press release to the newspapers, but there were no information about it in their display cabinet outside the town hall. [Read more…]
Question: The “integration report” was released in Frankfurt this week. Could you envisage such a report in Oberursel? Would you actively support the introduction of such a report after the election?
It is worth noting at this point that the concept of the integration report was presented to the Ausländerbeirat several weeks ago.
Frage: What plans do you have for the area that used to be occupied by temporary classrooms in the Marxstraße?
Although the question was referring to the area between the Red Cross building and Willy-Seck-Straße, the candidates also talked about the future of the area in Im Portugall that will be vacated by the Hans-Thoma-Schule.
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