AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Blood can be donated at the Red Cross in Oberursel on Friday, 14th July 2017 between 3.30pm and 8pm. The Red Cross is located at Marxstraße 28, opposite the U-Bahn station “Lahnstraße”.
To donate you must be healthy and between 18 and 68 years of age. If you have not donated before, then you must not be over 60. You must take some form of identification with you, such as a passport, that contains a photo.
You can read more about what then happens here (in German).
Allotments in the Ebertstraße in Oberursel were broken into sometime between 10pm on Wednesday and 10am on Thursday, 6th July, 2017.
According to police, five sheds were broken into and over a thousand Euros of damage caused by white paint that the thieves sprayed.
It is not yet clear how much was stolen.
Anyone with information is asked to call Oberursel police on 06171 62400.
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Weißkirchen on Wednesday, 12th July 2017.
To take part, be at the “Altes Rathaus” (Urselbachstraße 59) at 9.30am.
The July flea market in the Adenauerallee will take place on Saturday, 15th July, 2017 between 7am and 1pm.
There are 30 places available for anyone wanting to set up a stall at the flea market, and these will be sold in the town hall (Rathaus) on Monday, 10th July, starting at 8am. Proof of identity is required and the places cost €20 each.
Children up to 14 years old do not need to reserve a stall and have a special area marked out for them.
Young people aged 15 and 16 years old need to reserve one of the normal spaces, but they can do so free of charge.
Commercial sellers are not allowed.
delay: 1h
Thieve attempted to steal two valuable mountain bikes that were attached to the roof of a car in the Berliner Straße on Sunday, 2nd July, 2017 sometime between midnight an 10am.
The roof-rack carrying the bikes had a locking mechanism which the thieves were unable to open, but they caused about 500 Euros of damage to the car by scratching it in the attempt.
Police in Oberursel ask anyone who saw anything to call them on 06171 62400.
A 3,000 step walk for senior citizens is taking place in Stierstadt on Tuesday, 11th July 2017.
To take part, be at the bus stop “Altes Rathaus” in Stierstadt at 3pm.
The B456 road connecting Oberursel with Bad Homburg was closed this morning, Tuesday, 4th July, 2017, after an accident.
A 73-year-old man from Hanau was driving his BMW towards Dornholzhausen when, near the Oberstedten exit, he hit the oncoming traffic, first hitting a VW driven by a 60-year-old man. The VW hit the crash barrier and bounced back onto the road.
Meanwhile the BMW continued on the left-hand side of the road and hit another VW, driven by a 26-year-old woman from Bad Homburg, head on. Both drivers were stuck in their vehicles and had to be freed by the emergency services.
The 73-year-old was unconscious at the scene and later died in hospital. The 26-year-old was taken to hospital with serious injuries, although these are not said to be life-threatening.
Three ambulances, two emergency doctors and a number of police and the fire brigade all attended. The road was closed from 7am until 9.30am, causing a considerable amount of traffic to travel through Bad Homburg instead.
The Robert-Kempner-Ring in Camp King is closed to traffic in front of house number 24 to allow a number of utilities to add new connections.
The Altkönigstraße in Oberursel will be closed on Saturday, 8th July, 2017, at the point where the bus stop “Brüder-Winter-Straße” is currently being re-built, to allow for re-surfacing work to take place.
The area between the Altenhöfer Weg and the Altköngstraße will only be accessible by using the Borkenberg.
Due to the Altkönigstraße being closed on Saturday, 8th July, 2017, the bus route 41 will be diverted in both directions.
Between the stops “Im Heidegraben” and the “Homm” roundabout at the junction of the Hohemarkstraße and the Holzweg, the bus will follow route 42 and stop at the bus stops along that route.
The evening bus 45 is not affected.
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