What is Heimat?

June 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

On Tuesday afternoon the local Taunus Zeitung newspaper held a discussion called “Was ist Heimat”?

Taking part were Thomas Gambichler from Dimension Data, Hansjörg Schlegel from Oberursel’s Ausländerbeirat, Gülsah Bayram from the project “Migrants help migrants” and Hilary Peacock, a South African English teacher who lived for many years in Oberursel.  The discussion was chaired by Dr. René Heinen from the newspaper’s book division.

Dr. René Heinen with Thomas Gambichler, Gülsah Bayram, Hilary Peacock and Hansjörg Schlegel

Dr. René Heinen with Thomas Gambichler, Gülsah Bayram, Hilary Peacock and Hansjörg Schlegel

Heimat is a term used in German to mean “home”, but [Read more…]

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Taunus Zeitung at the Hessentag

June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Frankfurter Neue Presse who produce amongst other things the local Taunus Zeitung newspaper are working from a glass editorial office at the Hessentag in Oberursel.

The Taunus Zeitung editorial office in the Deschauer Park at the Hessentag in Oberursel

The Taunus Zeitung editorial office in the Deschauer Park

Inside the glass office, the editorial staff prepare the local pages for the next day’s newspaper, allowing the public outside a glimpse of their work and how they work on the articles that will eventually go into print. [Read more…]

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Read all about us!

April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Last week we were visited by a journalist from our local newspaper, the Taunus Zeitung.

Claudia Rundel had been searching the internet, when she stumbled onto the AllThingsGerman.net blog.  Accompanied by photographer Jens Priedemuth, we talked about how and why the blog was started, the podcasts, the topics that we cover and how many readers we have.

You can read the article today on the newspaper’s website.

Oh, and for the record, we have about 8000 “visitors” each month, not including the sub-sites “The Monday Podcast” and “German Words Explained”.

I’m off to the newsagents…

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