This weekend is Brunnenfest

This weekend sees one of the largest festivals in Oberursel take place – the fountain festival or Brunnenfest.

The event kicks off on Friday evening at 5.45pm with  an open-air church service at the Marktplatz followed by the official opening with Fountain Queen Christina II.

Other highlights include the re-inauguration of the Wete Fountain on Saturday morning in Stierstadt at 11am and the 5, 10 and 21.1km festival runs at 10am on Sunday morning at 10am.

For children up to the age of 10 the Kindermeile will be in the Obere Hainstraße on Saturday between 3pm and 6pm and the annual duck race on the Urselbach will be held on Sunday at 3pm with tickets being sold on Saturday in the Obere Hainstraße.

Saturday evening there will also be a talent show for the town’s youth to show what they can do from 5pm until 7pm.  The show is aptly named “Kickfactor: … and what can you do?”

The fun fair is in its usual place on the Bleiche car park as is the craft market in front of the town hall, with the closing fireworks taking place at 10.30pm on Monday evening.

Road closures

The following roads will be closed from Thursday, 28th May 9am until Tuesday, 2nd June:

• Am Rahmtor, Eppsteiner Straße, Weidengasse, Marktplatz, Ackergasse, Schlenkergasse, Portstraße, Heinestraße

The following roads will be closed from Friday, 29th May 6pm until Tuesday, 2nd June:

• Marienstraße, Silcherstraße, Schulstraße, Hollerberg, Im Portugall, Marxstraße, Korfstraße, Obere Hainstraße, Homm-Kreisel in Richtung Eppsteiner Straße

These roads will be closed on Friday from 6pm until 1am on Saturday, 12.30pm on Saturday until 1am on Sunday, 9am on Sunday until 1am on Monday, and 7pm on Monday until 1am on Tuesday.  At other times residents and delivery vehicles will be able to access the roads, although the southern and western parts of the town can only be accessed via the Füllerstraße and Altkönigstraße, whilst the eastern parts can only be accessed via the Homm-Kreisel and Eppsteiner Straße.

There are no access permits for residents during the closure times, although they can apply for parking spaces in the car parks “Altstadt” and “Stadthalle” in advance at the town hall.

Additionally, the following restrictions will apply in the town centre:

• The Hospitalstraße will be one-way from the Schulstraße travelling towards the Korfstraße from Thursday until Tuesday.
• Vehicles leaving the Untere Hainstraße will only be able to turn right towards the Homm-Kreisel
• From Friday until Tuesday vehicles in the Marxstraße will only be able to turn left into Im Portugall
• Vehicles in the Portstraße will only be able to turn right into the Silcherstraße
• At the end of the Obere Hainstraße vehicles will only be able to turn left into the Eppsteiner Straße
• It will not be possible to turn off the Altkönigstraße into the Marienstraße

The following parts of the town will have “no-parking” restrictions in operation:

• An der Herrenmühle, Bleiche, Hegarstraße, Untere Markplatzstraße, Marktplatz, Weidengasse, Wiederholtstraße, Schlenkergasse, St.-Ursula-Gasse, Eppsteiner Straße, Obere Hainstraße
• From Friday: Silcherstraße, Zelterstraße, Im Portugall, Portstraße, Heinestraße, Marxstraße, Steinmühlenweg, Marienstraße
• On Monday after 6pm: the Obergasse above the Bleiche

Some roads will also be closed temporarily on Sunday morning for the run.

The car parks Altstadt, Stadthalle and City will stay open 24 hours from between Wednesday 27th May and Tuesday 2nd June.

Public transport

Bus routes 42, 45 and 49 will be diverted from Thursday morning until Wednesday morning the following week.

The evening services 44 and 45 will be running a half-hourly service, with the last buses leaving around 1am.

Photos of the festival will be on AllThingsGerman.net, our Facebook page and the BrunnenTreff forum.