Police asking for witnesses

Police are asking for witnesses to an attempted theft, a broken into car, and an accident.  All of which took place the weekend before last.

Thieves attempted to steal an Aprilia scooter (“Roller”) from the entrance to a courtyard sometime between 3pm on Sunday, 23rd July and 7pm on Monday, 24th July, 2017.  The scooter was locked up and they were unsuccessful, but caused several hundred Euros of damage in the process.

An Audi A3 was broken into on a car park in the Hohemarkstraße between 7pm on Sunday and 12 noon on Monday.  The passenger side window was smashed and a purse stolen from within the car which contained ID and bank cards.

And in “An der Heide” the front of a VW Passat estate (“Kombi”) was damaged between 6pm on Sunday and 11.15am on Monday.  The damage is estimated at €1,000.  The driver of the car that caused the damage drove off without leaving their details.

Witnesses are asked to call police in Oberursel on 06171 62400.

Bus routes diverted next week

Due to the roadworks taking place at the junction of the Zimmersmühlenweg and Frankfurter Landstraße, the buses in Oberursel will be diverted to avoid the area as follows from Monday 24th to Saturday, 29th April (2017): [Read more…]

Three accidents in one day

Police were called to attend three different road traffic accidents on Monday, 6th October, 2014 in Oberursel.

The first occured at around 2pm on Monday afternoon when an 11-year-old girl stepped out without warning in front of a bus at a bus stop in the Zimmersmühlenweg. She was hit by a Ford Fiesta travelling towards Stierstadt and slightly injured.

The next accident was just before 4.30pm on the Nassauer Straße. The 44-year-old driver of an Audi was hit from behind by a VW Polo being driven by a 87-year-old. The Audi driver had braked due to the traffic in front. They sustained light injuries and the damage to the cars was estimated at €2,300.

Finally at 8.45pm, back in the Zimmersmühlenweg the 32-year-old driver of an Audi A5 travelling towards Stierstadt tried to turn around on the main road, at which point they were hit by the car behind them, an Opel being driving by a 19-year-old. The damage here is estimated at €7,400.

Safe stolen in the Zimmersmühlenweg

A safe was removed from a wall in a company office in the Zimmersmühlenweg on the night of 7th/8th January, 2014.

The video surveillance recording shows at least two men involved in the break-in, and it is not known how the managed to enter the premises.

The safe, measuring 35 x 35 x 25cm and weighing 31kg contained cash and a mobile phone.

Three injured in collision between bus and lorry

Three people were slightly injured and around €40,000 of damage was caused last Thursday morning (20th June, 2013) in an accident that took place in the Zimmersmühlenweg.

A bus was turning right onto a park & ride car park and in doing so had to go further out into the road.  The lorry travelling behind failed to stop in time and collided with the bus.

The lorry driver and his passenger were injured, as was an 83-year-old passenger in the bus.

 

Lorry and U-Bahn collided at crossing

A lorry and a U-Bahn train have collided at the Zimmersmühlenweg level crossing.

The collision took place on Thursday, 2nd May, 2013 at around 3.35pm, when the driver of a lorry travelling along the Frankfurter Landstraße turned left into the Zimmersmühlenweg and oversaw the U-Bahn coming from Oberursel’s station and travelling towards Bommersheim.

Luckily, no-one was injured and there were only around 20 passengers in the train.  The damage is estimated at €23,000 – €20,000 of which is to the U-Bahn.  Both the train and the lorry were able to continue their journeys unassisted.

School broken into in the Zimmersmühlenweg

A school in the Zimmersmühlenweg was broken into last weekend between Friday 22nd and Monday 25th of March (2013).

The culprits broke a window and then entered the building looking for items of value.  In one of the rooms they found a safe which was fixed to a wall.  Although they were unable to open it they caused around €500 of damage.

Left turn caused 5-figure damage

The 73-year-old driver of a VW Passat was travelling along the Gablonzer Straße on Wednesday, 20th March, 2013, having come from the Weingärtenumgehung when he decided to turn left into the Zimmersmühlenweg.  Here he ignored a Mazda travelling in the opposite direction which had right-of-way.  The two cars collided, causing €30,000 of damage.

Kurmainzer Straße to be closed for 8 weeks

Roadworks sign - ©Can Stock Photo Inc. / RedKoalaThe Kurmainzer Straße in Weißkirchen is to be closed between 1st October and 30th November 2012 to allow a bridge across the Urselbach to be rebuilt.

Traffic will be diverted along the Ludwig-Erhard-Straße, Zimmersmühlenweg and Weißkirchener Straße.

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Pick your own flowers in Bommersheim

Pick your own flowers in Bommersheim

This field is at the junction of the Frankfurter Landstraße and Zimmersmühlenweg in Bommersheim.  Park on the chippings in front of the bench, pick your own flowers and then leave the appropriate amount in the pot.  Prices start at 20 cents per flower.

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