The maize maze in Weißkirchen, a part of Oberursel, opened for this year’s season yesterday.
I went to the opening for the Oberurseler Woche and stayed for lunch:
Oberursel wants to examine selling off real estate
July 20, 2024 By Leave a Comment
Oberursel’s town council decided in their last meeting before the summer break to examine the case for selling of unprofitable properties, most of which are currently rented out below the market rate and need a large number of repairs carried out to them.
My article about the debate is on page 5 in the Oberurseler Woche. Click here to read it online (in German).
What does the “Erster Stadtrat” do?
July 10, 2024 By Leave a Comment
In Hessen the “Erster Stadtrat” is who the town council elects to run the town administration in a full time position as deputy to the Mayor.
To find out what the job involves, I spoke to the outgoing incumbent in Oberursel, Christof Fink, a few weeks before he left office:
