AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
The wine festival was official opened on Friday, 5th August, 2016 by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum.
With him in the photo are (from left to right): Brunnenmeister Christian Peter, Fountain Queen Nadine I., Rheingau Wine Queen Louisa Follrich, Oestrich Wine Queen Sophie Egert, Hallgarten Wine Queen Tabea Klepper, the president of the Rheingau wine growers’ association Peter Seyffardt and Town Council Chairman Gerd Krämer.
The 13th Rheingau Wine Festival was official opened on Friday evening (2nd August, 2013) by Mayor Hans-Georg Brum accompanied by the Fountain Queen Annabel I.
With them were local visiting “royalty” Sabine Wagner, the Rheingau Wine Queen and Louisa Follrich, the Hattenheim Wine Queen.
Also visiting the festival on Friday evening were the Mayor an other visitors from the twin town of Rushmoor, along with visitors from Kusadasi in Turkey. [Read more…]
It’s crunch time this week in Oberursel, as first the finance committee and then the town council meet to approve the budget for 2013 – a budget with a deficit.
Over the past few weeks, the politicians in the town have been challenged to come up with ideas on how to save money as part of the “Haushaltssicherungskonzept” (the concept to balance the books), and there have also been discussions going on both on the town’s website and in Facebook. These can have far-reaching consequences for the coming years in the town, as some savings may not be possible straight away.
So what suggestions did the politicians come up with? Well yesterday the OBG – a local political group – put forward their suggestions, and in total they are proposing 26 amendments to the budgets, which I have grouped together here in 16 different points.
They are: [Read more…]
Wine queens and princesses from the Rheingau region at the opening of the wine festival in Oberursel with Brunnenkönigin Vanessa I. and Brunnenmeister Harry Hecker.
From left to right they are:
Dorina Feske (Oestricher Weinkönigin)
Stephanie Kopietz (Kostheimer Weinprinzessin)
Sophie Egert (Oestricher Weinprinzessin)
Elena Berischke (Rheingauer Weinkönigin)
Vanessa I. (Oberurseler Brunnenkönigin)
Louisa Follrich (Hattenheimer Weinprinzessin)
Harry Hecker (Oberurseler Brunnenmeister)
Maren Berg (Erbacher Weinprinzessin)
Daniela Hecht (Erbacher Weinkönigin)
Councillor Peter Crerar, Mayor of Rushmoor, with his wife and Mayoress Norma Francis Crerar, at the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel.
Brunnenkönigin (Fountain Queen) Vanessa I. with Brunnenmeister Harry Hecker at the opening of the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival in Oberursel.
Hans-Georg Brum, Mayor of Oberursel, opening the 12th Rheingau Wine Festival at the Marktplatz on 3rd August 2012
Due to the wine festival taking place on the Marktplatz, the market on Saturday, 4th August, 2012 will be held on the Epinayplatz instead.
From Thursday 2nd until Monday 6th August 2012 the following road in Oberursel will be closed for the wine festival:
There will be no stopping or parking allowed in the following streets:
The parking spaces in front of the Ferdinand-Balzer-Haus will not be available.
The Schlenkergasse will be temporarily made into a two-way street during this time.
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