Archives for December 2013

English Baking Afternoon at Helen Doron Early English

December 8, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

The Helen Doron Early English centre in Oberursel’s station will be holding an English Baking Afternoon for children aged between 5 and 10, regardless of their level of English, on Saturday, 14th December, 2013 between 2pm and 6pm.

Together they will be baking biscuits, making Christmas decorations, and singing songs together – and learning English at the same time.

To take part, children need to be registered by 12th December with Nicole Greifenstein (n.greifenstein@web.de) and the afternoon costs 15 Euro per child.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Baking, Christmas, English, Helen Doron

Photos of Oberursel’s Christmas Market

December 7, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Other News, Photos Tagged With: Annabel I., Bill Barron, Brian Fagg, Christmas Market, FilzMania, Frank Rust, Hans-Georg Brum, Heribert Didden, Homm-Kreisel, Kurt, Kusadasi, Murat Sarac, Rathaus, roundabout, Rushmoor, Sibylle Sayn-Hieronymi, Town Hall, Ursula Didden, Weihnachtsmarkt

Turn right onto the tracks…

December 6, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

One Mercedes driver showed a little too much trust in her satellite navigation equipment on Friday evening (29th November, 2013).

At the corner of the Hohemarkstraße and Kupferhammerweg, the voice said “turn right”, and turn she did, without realising that the Kuperhammerweg starts 20 metres away on the other side of the U-Bahn tracks.

Instead she turned right onto the tracks, grounding the car.

Trains were halted whilst the car was towed back onto the road. The car was slightly damaged but no-one was hurt.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: Hohemarkstrasse, Kupferhammerweg, sat nav, satellite navigation, Tracks, U-Bahn

More Sat Navs stolen in Oberstedten

December 6, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

A number of cars were broken into in Oberstedten on the night of the 18th/19th November, 2013, and according to police the targets seem to have been the satellite navigation devices.

The cars were located in the Grenzstraße (BMW and Mercedes), Bussardweg (BMW), Dornholzhäuser Straße (BMW) and Lindenbergweg (BMW). Almost all of the cars had had their rear triangular window smashed.

Other cars in that night suffering the same fate were parked in the Kastanienweg and Oberhöchstadter Straße.

The total damage is estimated at €25,000.

Filed Under: Crime, Other News Tagged With: BMW, Bussardweg, Dornholzhaeuser Strasse, Grenzstrasse, Kastanienweg, Lindenbergweg, Mercedes, Oberhoechstadter Strasse, sat nav, satellite navigation

Königsteiner Closed on Saturday

December 5, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

Roadworks sign - ©Can Stock Photo Inc. / RedKoala The Königsteiner Straße will be closed on Saturday, 7th December, 2013 between the junction with the B455 and the sports ground “An der Heide” to allow for tree cutting and a wild boar hunt to take place.

The “Geroldspfad” footpath will also be closed.

Filed Under: Other News, Roadworks Tagged With: Geroldspfad, hunt, Koenigsteiner Strasse, tree-cutting, wild boar, Wildschweinjagd

Freiheit closed on Thursday

December 5, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

The road “Freiheit” will be closed on Thursday, 5th December, 2013 between 7am and 6pm to allow for a crane to be erected.

Filed Under: Other News, Roadworks Tagged With: Closed, crane, Freiheit

3,000 step walk for senior citizens in Stierstadt

December 4, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Stierstadt on Tuesday, 10th December, 2013.

To take part, be at the bus stop “Altes Rathaus” in Stierstadt at 3pm.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: 3000, senior citizens, Stierstadt, walk

Pflanzen Mauk – a new Garden Centre

December 3, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

Last Monday (25th November, 2013) saw the ground-breaking ceremony take place for a new garden centre, set to open mid-2014 in the “Drei Hasen” area of Oberursel.

Pflanzen Mauk is a family-run business which currently has six garden centres in the state of Baden-Wüttemberg with 250 employees. Now they are set to expand into Hessen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Photos Tagged With: Bernd Gaurieder, ceremony, garden, ground-breaking, Hans-Georg Brum, Mauk, Patricia Veer, Pflanzen, Udo Scheffler, Ulrike Boehme

Indoor flea market

December 2, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

A flea market is being held in “Halle 1” in the Erich-Ollenhauer-Straße 29 on Sunday, 8th December, 2013 between 10am and 4pm.

As well the flea market, there will also be games for children, cake, sauages and hot drinks.

The market is being organised by the charity “Förderverein Zauberwald e.V.” and “Halle 1”

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Flea market, Flohmarkt, Halle 1, Zauberwald

Christmas Concert in Stierstadt

December 2, 2013 By Graham Tappenden Leave a Comment

A concert with the Stierstadt “Blasorchester” – a band made up of brass and woodwind instruments – is being held on Sunday, 8th December, 2013 at 4pm in the St.Sebastian church in Stierstadt.

The church can be reached by taking buses 41, 42 or 252 to the “Altes Rathaus” stop, or the S-Bahn S5 to “Stierstadt”.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Blasorchester, brass, Christmas, concert, St.Sebastian, Stierstadt, woodwind