Mayor Hans-Georg Brum opening the Vereinsring 60th anniversary celebrations at the Bleiche in Oberursel, on Thursday, 19th August, 2021, with Fountain Queen Verena I. and her Brunnenmeister Andreas.
The of end Christina II.’s year as Fountain Queen
With just a few days of her reign left, Fountain Queen Christina II. and her Brunnenmeister Jürgen visited the town hall in Oberursel, where they were thanked for their work representing the town by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum and Town Treasurer Thorsten Schorr.
“It was a lovely time” commented Hans-Georg Brum, but continued that everything had to come to an end. He was keen to highlight the difference between Christina and Jürgen, that they where completely opposite in their approach to things, but this mixture had fitted well together. [Read more…]
From the town council: The Fountain Festival, the Carnival, and the Swimming Pool
When the town council met on Thursday, 12th September, 2013, there were no really “big” topics. There was almost no mention of the swimming pool and almost no mention of the state of the town’s finances. In fact, there was quite a bit of agreement about things not to talk about, but to send off to other sub-committees.
Nethertheless, there were still plenty of things to talk about.
One of the more curious set of questions during the evening came from the CDU group, who wanted to know how much the town spend on the annual Brunnenfest (Fountain festival), in particular in 2013. They also wanted to know why the fireworks did not take place this year. A rather strange request, considering that one of the people on the committee that organizes the festival is also a CDU councillor. [Read more…]