Oberursel (Taunus)

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Oberursel (Taunus)
Map of Germany, position of the city of Oberursel (Taunus) highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '  N , 8 ° 35'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Hochtaunuskreis
Height : 197 m above sea level NHN
Area : 45.37 km 2
Residents: 46,545 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 1026 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 61440
Primaries : 06171, 06172Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : HG, USI
Community key : 06 4 34 008
City structure: 3 districts , 4 districts

City administration address : 		Rathausplatz 1
61440 Oberursel (Taunus)
Website : www.oberursel.de
Mayor : Hans-Georg Brum ( SPD )
Location of the city of Oberursel (Taunus) in the Hochtaunus district
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historical town hall

Oberursel (Taunus) , also spelled Oberorschel in earlier times, with 46,545 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) is the second largest city in the Hochtaunus district after Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and the thirteenth largest in Hesse and borders directly on Frankfurt am Main .

Like the neighboring cities of Königstein , Kronberg and Bad Homburg, Oberursel is known for its preferred and relatively expensive and upscale residential areas. In addition, the city of Oberursel had a purchasing power index of 139.6 percent of the national average in 2017, which is well above the average.

geography

Extension and location of the urban area

The largest north-south extension in Oberursel is 7.2 kilometers, the largest east-west extension 13.0 kilometers.

Height information

  • Krebsmühle (Weißkirchen): 138  m above sea level NN
  • Town hall: 198  m above sea level NN
  • Hohemark : 300  m above sea level NN
  • Highest point in the Taunus: 820  m above sea level. NN

Neighboring communities

Oberursel borders in the northwest on the municipality of Schmitten , in the northeast on the city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , in the southeast on the independent city of Frankfurt am Main , in the south on the city of Steinbach (Taunus) and in the southwest on the cities of Kronberg im Taunus and Königstein in the Taunus .

City structure

In addition to the core town of Oberursel, Oberursel consists of the districts of Bommersheim (approx. 5000 inhabitants), Oberstedten (6421 inhabitants), Stierstadt (5162 inhabitants) and Weißkirchen (4668 inhabitants). According to § 3 of the main statute of the city of Oberursel (Taunus) local districts were formed for the districts of Oberstedten, Stierstadt and Weißkirchen .

Bommersheim was incorporated in 1929. With the regional reform of 1972 in Oberursel, the other districts were added .

climate

Since the Taunushang catches many rain clouds coming from the northwest even before the city limits, the weather in Oberursel is usually a little friendlier than it is predicted for the region. It is called the "Orscheler Sonnenloch", which means the hole in the clouds that cover the sun all around - just not in Oberursel. In the area of ​​the city of Oberursel there is an entry portal into the Hochtaunus Heilklimapark .

history

Oberursel city wall

A document dated April 26, 791 in the Lorsch Codex about a donation to the Lorsch Monastery is considered the first documentary mention of the village "Ursella". A man named Suicger gave the monastery 60 acres , a servant and two farms in the towns of Ursella and Steorstat (Stierstadt). In 880 a church is mentioned as "monasterium ad ursellam", 1317 market traffic is attested. In 1444 the city was granted city rights. The city fortifications were completed two years later. Since the city had grown rapidly in the 15th century, the walls were extended to the east in 1481. In the 1620s a Latin school was opened next to the church; there are no more traces of this today.

In 1535 Oberursel came under the rule of Count Ludwig zu Stolberg and became Protestant. In 1557 Nicolaus Henricus founded a printing company . In 1581 the entire county of Königstein fell to Kurmainz , which led to a re-Catholicization of the city in the course of the Counter Reformation . The city's particularly outstanding trade in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period was cloth-making .

Mattaeus Merian: View of Oberursel (1646)

During the Thirty Years' War the city was destroyed twice, in 1622 and 1645, the population sank from 1600 to 600. In 1645 almost all houses were burned down, only three, the old town hall, a bakery and a house near the market square, did not burn down. That is why the oldest houses in Oberursel's old town date from the 17th century. The neighboring Mittelursel went under completely. As a result, a large milling industry emerged in the Urselbachtal , including paper mills and iron and copper hammers.

1803/1806 Oberursel became Nassau in the course of the secularization of Kurmainz . Despite the now Protestant ruling house, the city remained Catholic. In 1866 Oberursel became Prussian.

In 1858 industrialization took hold with the establishment of a cotton mill in Oberursel. In 1860 Oberursel was connected to the railway between Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and Frankfurt, and in 1899 the local railway was added, which served the Hohemark (today's U3 line of the Frankfurt underground ).

During the Second World War , the so-called Dulag Luft , a transit camp of the Luftwaffe, was located in the north of the city . All American and British aircraft crews shot down were interrogated by specialists from the German Air Force. On March 30, 1945 Oberursel was occupied by troops of the 3rd US Army . The US military took over the Dulag site and set up Camp King in the existing buildings . First high-ranking National Socialists such as Reinhard Gehlen and the Hitler assassin Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff were interned and interrogated in the so-called “House Alaska” on Hohemarkstrasse . "Camp King" was an important base for the US armed forces stationed in Germany until the 1990s. Today it is a residential area.

The city of Oberursel hosted the 51st Hessentag from June 10th to 19th, 2011 .

Churches

St. Ursula
Ascent from the market square to the church of St. Ursula

The actual urban area of ​​Oberursel is shaped by Roman Catholicism. A previous church has been mentioned in documents since 880. The Catholic Church of St. Ursula was built from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century. Then it was destroyed and rebuilt twice in the Thirty Years War. In addition to the Catholic Church there is the Evangelical Uniate Church with several parishes. There is also the Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation, which belongs to the Hesse-South church district of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church . The Lutheran masses celebrated on Sundays are unique in Oberursel. The direct neighbor is the Lutheran Theological University of Oberursel , where the Lutheran pastors of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church complete their studies in Evangelical Theology.

St. Ursula

Christ Church

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 56 "  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 44.1"  E

The Christ Church was built in Art Nouveau style in 1913 by the Karlsruhe architects Curjel & Moser and inaugurated in 1914. The construction costs amounted to 226,484.92 marks . The church, which is now a listed building, is the largest Protestant church in Oberursel.

It replaced the previous Protestant church, today's "Ferdinand-Balzer-Haus". This first Protestant church at the Rahmtor, built on October 24, 1855, only had 200 seats. According to the census of December 1, 1910, Oberursel had 3,062 Protestant inhabitants, including Bommersheim, Stierstadt and Weißkirchen.

The building plot was acquired by the gymnastics club in 1911. An exchange of land with the civil parish led to the current design of the area. The church itself is shifted 18 meters to the rear opposite the street, resulting in a forecourt. The war memorial stands next to the church. This is followed by a public park.

The church offers 504 seats in the main room and 464 seats in the galleries. The nave is not divided into naves as in other places of worship, but rather forms an almost square room. In the interior, the altar, pulpit and organ are arranged axially one above the other.

A striking design element of the church are the nine colored glazed windows above the main entrance and on the sides. These works by the expressionist August Babberger represent important milestones in the life of Jesus.

In 1914 the parish bought four bronze bells in b, d ', e' and f sharp 'with a total weight of 5400 kilograms for 14,916 marks. The three larger bells were drawn in as early as 1917 and melted down for armament purposes. Thanks to generous donations, the parish was able to purchase three new bells at the end of 1919. A steel bell in d ′ and two bronze bells in e ′ and f sharp ′. On April 29, 1940, the three bronze bells were drawn in again and melted down. On December 13, 1949, a bronze bell in e ′ was purchased. In 1961 another in h ° was added.

In 1914 an organ was made by EF Walcker & Cie. installed from Ludwigsburg . This organ had 44 registers and almost 3000 pipes up to seven meters in length. In 1966 a new organ was built by the Hillebrand company in Altwarmbüchen. This instrument was revised in 2007 and extended by three new voices to a total of 36 registers.

Next to the church is the memorial for those who died in the First World War . Lina von Schauroth originally designed the monumental column with mosaic for the Women's Peace Church in Frankfurt . After this design was not implemented there in 1919, it was implemented in Oberursel at the instigation of 27 clubs and was inaugurated on October 12, 1930. The column's mosaics are in poor condition. The inscription on the memorial reads: Consolation for the mourning, for glory for the dead, a reminder for the living, for teaching for the young . The square base bears the names of 224 fallen Oberurselern. The column is dominated on one side by a monumental figure of Christ in a light robe. The lower part of the column shows a line of soldiers holding hands. The renovation planned for 2010 is expected to cost 170,000 euros; these are to be raised for the most part through donations. The column is included in the list of cultural monuments.

  • View from St Ursula

  • Christ Church

  • Cenotaph at the Christ Church

  • View of the altar and the Hillebrand organ

Hospital Church

The Catholic Hospital Church was built according to a design by the master mason Johannes Strasser and consecrated on July 1, 1728 by the Mainz Auxiliary Bishop Adolf Schnernauer . The church is consecrated to St. Barbara , from which the popular name Bärbel for the church is derived.

St. Hedwig

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 42 "  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 44.1"  E

St. Hedwig's Church is a modern building in the north of the city. The Catholic parish of St. Hedwig has existed since December 1, 1960, but initially had no church of its own. The community acquired the property of a former factory (popularly known as the scythe factory or also for the dead) and began building the church after the factory was demolished in June 1963. Domkapitular Hans Seidenather laid the foundation stone on November 15, 1964. On May 14, 1966, the church was consecrated by the Limburg auxiliary bishop Walther Kampe .

The parabolic arched nave of this unusual building is striking. This arched roof is covered with copper sheet and shows the typical verdigris . The massive tower with a height of 32 meters is connected to the nave. The church has 500 seats, plus another 30 seats in the side chapel.

  • St. Hedwig Church, front

  • St. Hedwig Church, side view

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , 28.4% of the population were Protestant , 27.7% Roman Catholic and 43.9% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. The number of Catholics and especially the Protestants has fallen since then and with 53% the people who do not belong to any legally or corporately constituted religious community are a majority of the population. As of December 31, 2019, 23.2% of the population were Protestant and 23.8% Catholic. 53.0% belonged to other denominations or religious communities or were non-denominational . A year earlier - as of December 31, 2018 - 23.9% of the population were Protestant and 24.6% Catholic.

Incorporations

For years, the community of Bommersheim conducted negotiations with Oberursel about incorporation, not least due to the community's inadequate drinking water supply from its own wells. The incorporation was completed on October 1, 1929. On the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse , the communities of Oberstedten , Stierstadt and Weißkirchen were incorporated into the city of Oberursel on April 1, 1972 .

For the area of ​​these three municipalities, local districts with local advisory council and local councilor were established by main statute . The boundaries of the local districts follow the previous district boundaries. A local district was not formed for Bommersheim. Instead, Oberursel has created an advisory board for the interests of the Bommersheim district.

Population development (main residence)

Population development of Oberursel (Taunus) .svg Population development of Oberursel (Taunus) - from 1871
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Population development of Oberursel according to the adjacent table. Above from 1542 to 2018. Below an excerpt from 1871
  • 1542: 01,100
  • 1618: 01,600
  • 1648: 00.600
  • 1799: 07.999
  • 1959: 11,000
  • 1961: 22.207
  • 1970: 24,989
  • 1972: 25,000 (before community reform)
  • 1972: 37,000 (after the municipal reform)
  • 2001: 42,736
  • 2004: 42,839
  • 2005: 42,852
  • 2006: 42,810
  • 2007: 43,014
  • 2008: 43,309
  • 2009: 43,425
  • 2010: 43,741
  • 2011: 44,075
  • 2012: 44,500
  • 2013: 44,779
  • 2014: 45,248
  • 2015: 45,723
  • 2016: 45,849 (46,193 according to city information)
  • 2017: 46,069
  • 2018: 46,248

Residents with main residence in Oberursel by district:

  • Core city including Bommersheim: 29,672
  • Oberstedten: 6,423
  • Bull town: 5,336
  • Weißkirchen: 4,762
View over the old town from the St. Ursula Church
Panorama of Frankfurt from St. Ursula

The proportion of foreigners as of December 31, 2015 was 16.6 percent. 120 nationalities are represented. The table shows the eighteen largest groups of foreigners, with 1,009 inhabitants Italians being the largest group.

Country of origin Residents Country of origin Residents Country of origin Residents
Italy 1.009 Croatia 379 Greece 224
Turkey 0.853 France 328 Pakistan 218
Poland 0.820 Spain 303 Portugal 192
Korea (Rep.) 0.724 Afghanistan 295 Morocco 186
America 0.649 Romania 283 Bulgaria 170
Great Britain 0.420 Austria 282 Eritrea 150

politics

City Council

The city council is the highest body of the city. Its political composition is determined every five years in local elections by the city's electorate. Anyone who has reached the age of 18 and is a German or a citizen of one of the other member states of the European Union may vote. Everyone has to have been registered in the city for at least three months.

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
       
A total of 45 seats
Parties and constituencies 2016 2011 2006 2001
Share a Seats Share a Seats Share a Seats Share a Seats
Christian Democratic Union of Germany CDU 27.4 12 32.3 15th 41.9 19th 41.2 18th
Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD 24.2 11 23.8 11 29.1 13 29.0 13
Alliance 90 / The Greens GREEN 14.0 06th 19.8 09 11.4 05 10.5 05
Oberurseler Bürgergemeinschaft OBG 13.4 06th 16.6 07th 09.0 04th 06.1 03
Alternative for Germany AfD 09.6 04th - - - - - -
Free Democratic Party FDP 08.0 04th 05.2 02 08.6 04th 08.6 04th
The left LEFT 03.4 02 02.3 01 - - - -
Voters' initiative Livable Oberursel WILO - - - - - - 04.6 02
percentage of invalid votes 02.6 03.5 03.1 02.4
Total seats 45 45 b 45 b 45
Voter turnout in% 52.9 52.0 47.2 54.5
a percentage of the valid votes cast

45 city councilors and the city's local councils had to be elected for the legislative period from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021. Of 34,065 eligible voters, 18,014 voted. As a result, the turnout rose from 52.0 percent in 2011 to 52.9 percent in 2016.

magistrate

The town hall

The magistrate consists of three full-time and fifteen honorary members. Of these, five seats go to the SPD, four to the CDU, three to the Greens, two to the OBG and one seat each to the AfD, FDP and Left Party. The office of a full-time city council is currently vacant. On May 2, 2011, the SPD, Greens and OBG signed a joint coalition agreement. The CDU was thus in the opposition for the first time in over 30 years. Since the local elections in 2016, however, there has been a large coalition of CDU and SPD.

mayor

Hans-Georg Brum, acting mayor of Oberursel

After Gerd Krämer moved to the state government as State Secretary after the CDU Hesse's 2003 election victory, Hans-Georg Brum (SPD), Thorsten Schorr (CDU) and Christoph Müllerleile (independent, but also a CDU member at the time) ran for the office of mayor. On July 20, 2003, Brum prevailed surprisingly clearly in the second ballot with a share of 61.6% of the vote against the second-placed Schorr. Christoph Müllerleile was eliminated in third place after the first ballot. When he was re-elected on June 7, 2009, Brum won 73.4% against Monika Banzer from the CDU. On June 21, 2015, Brum was re-elected. He prevailed with 63.0% against his challenger Thorsten Schorr from the CDU. The next mayoral election is to take place parallel to the local elections on March 14, 2021.

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue a silver shield with two red rafters, above the growing, golden crowned and golden nimbed, red clad St. Ursula, holding up three silver arrows in her right hand and a six-spoke silver wheel in her left.

The originally three rafters refer to the Lords of Eppstein , whose place the city was at the time of their city elevation in 1444, the Mainz wheel on Kurmainz , to which they came in 1581. The coat of arms was officially recognized in 1908 when the number of rafters was reduced to two.

Town twinning

View over Epinayplatz in 2004

Founding place of the AfD

On February 6, 2013, an 18-person group founded the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Oberursel im Taunus . The group included the temporary federal spokesmen Konrad Adam and Bernd Lucke . More than 1,200 interested people came to the first public meeting on March 11, 2013 in Oberursel im Taunus.

Culture and sights

The list of cultural monuments in Oberursel (Taunus) includes the cultural monuments of the city of Oberursel.

Museums

The Vortaunusmuseum on the market square

At Marktplatz 1 there is the Vortaunus Museum , which focuses on the historical city history, early Celtic history ( Heidetränk-Oppidum ) and the soap box race that took place in Oberursel . In addition, the tower museum in the "Hohe Wacht" shows the history of St. Ursula Church and its steeple over the past 1000 years.

City Hall

A town hall in Oberursel has been discussed since 1961. In 1979 the construction of today's town hall across from the town hall began. The town hall was built on the site of the former Götzenmühle for 23 million DM at that time (in today's purchasing power 27 million euros; in the mid-1970s, 7.3 million DM had been assumed). The basis is an underground car park with 250 parking spaces. This was originally designed as a protective bunker for 2500 people. When it opened in 1982, the actual town hall had a cinema, club rooms, a bowling alley and the large concert hall with 1170 seats. The city hall has been operated by the municipal utilities since 1985. In 2001 the cinema was closed for economic reasons.

Old graveyard

music

During the summer holidays , the Kunstgriff association organizes a cultural program for those who stayed at home, the Orschel Summer . In this context, there are open-air concerts by local bands and film screenings on Rathausplatz and in the museum courtyard.

The Förderkreis Liebfrauen organizes classical and contemporary concerts in the Liebfrauenkirche .

Sports

Memorial plaque commemorating the first German soap box race in 1904

The first soapbox race on German soil was held in Oberursel on July 31, 1904.

The largest sports club in Oberursel is TSG Oberursel . The TSGO has departments for handball, volleyball, basketball, badminton, athletics, judo, dancing (standard and Latin American dances). The offer is supplemented by the areas of "gymnastics and fitness", gymnastics and health sports. The men's handball team plays in the Landesliga Mitte. Since 1976, up to 125 teams from up to 14 nations have participated in the TSGO youth handball tournament "Orscheler Bembel". The TSGO organizes the traditional fountain festival run on the occasion of the Oberurseler Brunnenfest.

The footballers of 1. FC 04 Young Boys Oberursel won the Hessen Cup in the 1951/1952 season under the name FC 04 Oberursel . With the 1. FFV Oberursel a women's soccer team plays in the group league Frankfurt. Another local football club is Eintracht Oberursel . The Oberursel chess club , which was founded in 1921, has also established itself successfully . In 2002 the club won the Hessian blitz chess championship .

With the Oberursel 1901 tennis club , Oberursel is also home to one of the oldest tennis clubs in Germany.

Since 2009 Oberursel has also hosted the German Duathlon Championships on the short distance. The organizer is the triathlon department of the Oberursel swimming club together with the German Triathlon Union . The triathlon department of the SCO has around 100 members and maintains several successful league teams. The sporting figurehead is the first men's team in the 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga.

On June 6, 1937, the Oberursel outdoor pool was opened by Gauleiter Sprenger . The bath had been built by the Reich Labor Service . The construction cost 212,500 Reichsmarks. Entry cost 40 pfennigs for adults and 10 pfennigs for children. After the war, the bath was confiscated by the American occupation forces. In 1953 it was fully released for two days a week and in 1954.

leisure

Former indoor swimming pool

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 29.2 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 57 ″  E

Stadtwerke Oberursel maintains an indoor and outdoor pool, which is in the countryside, but still centrally located. The outdoor pool was built between 1934 and 1936. On June 7, 1937, the pool was officially opened. The Oberursel indoor swimming pool was closed in September 2008 for static reasons. Preservation was controversial because the systems were technically outdated and urgently needed to be renovated. According to the resolution of the city council, renovation should be carried out with a budget of 15 million euros. The new Taunabad was opened in December 2014 .

Schiller Tower

Schiller Tower

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 38.5 "  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 33.1"  E

In honor of Friedrich Schiller , the Schillerturm was built by the citizens of Oberursel and the Taunus Club . The official consecration took place on May 7, 1905. On the 100th anniversary of Schiller's death, May 9, 1905, the tower was opened to the public.

A 12.5-meter-high iron observation tower was mounted on a four-meter-high stone base. The location on the ridge allowed a view of the Taunus, to Frankfurt and over the Rhine-Main area. The tower was in need of renovation in the early 1960s. Because of the trees that had grown in the meantime, the view was no longer given. The city, which had become the owner in 1960, therefore had the metal tower torn down in 1964. The stone pedestal stopped and continued to deteriorate.

In 1986 the base was renovated on the initiative of the Taunus Club. Renovations were carried out again in 2007/2008.

Taunus information center

Regular events

The highlight of every year in Oberursel is the fountain festival in early summer, which attracts thousands of visitors from the surrounding area to the city. Furthermore, the people of Oberursel celebrate the Taunus Carnival parade every year, the Rheingau Wine Festival on the market square and in autumn the Taunuskerb on the Bleiche fairground. On every first weekend in Advent , a Christmas market offers not only food and drinks, but above all homemade Christmas decorations.

Weekly markets take place on the market square in the old town on Saturday mornings and on Epinay Square on Wednesday mornings . In Oberursel-Weißkirchen there is also a market on the parking lot at An der Bleiche on Saturday mornings.

Soap box races have been held in Oberursel since 1904; After a two-year break, this tradition will be resumed in 2009 by the city of Oberursel in cooperation with the “Kunstgriff” association.

Hessentag

The Adenauerallee at the Hessentag 2011

The city of Oberursel was the venue for the 51st Hessentag from June 10th to 19th, 2011.

Economy and Infrastructure

Like some other Taunus cities, Oberursel is considered wealthy and is known for its preferred and relatively expensive residential areas. In addition, the city of Oberursel had a purchasing power index of 139.6 percent of the national average in 2017, which is well above the average. Only the neighboring cities of Königstein with 205.2 percent, Kronberg with 182.1 percent and Bad Homburg with 154.0 percent each recorded a significantly higher value in 2017.

traffic

S-Bahn, U-Bahn and bus connections at the station

Oberursel can be reached via the A 661 motorway (junction Oberursel-Nord - upper end of the motorway - and Oberursel-Mitte ). The nearby Bad Homburg Cross connects with the A5 . The Frankfurt Airport can be reached through this in about 20 minutes.

There is also a country road connection parallel to the left of the underground line between Frankfurt-Niederursel and Oberursel-Weißkirchen, as well as Oberursel-Bommersheim and on the right side parallel to the underground an asphalt path for agricultural traffic, which is primarily used by cyclists and pedestrians .

Several bus lines, including two express buses, connect Oberursel with Königstein, Bad Homburg, Karben, Wiesbaden and Weilrod. In addition, Stadtwerke Oberursel operates nine of its own lines, three of which are only used in the evenings and three as a school bus in daily operation. Note: Since December 10, 2017, the Frankfurt underground trains have been running 24 hours a day, so the night bus service to Frankfurt has been discontinued here.

The station is approached by the U3 , which has a total of 11 stations in Oberursel and ends at the Oberursel-Hohemark station , the S5 ( Homburger Bahn ), which before that at two stations in the city: "Oberursel-Stierstadt" and "Oberursel- Weißkirchen / Steinbach “stops, as well as the Taunusbahn (see also: Railway stations in Oberursel ).

From 1899 Oberursel also had an inner-city rail line. The Frankfurter Lokalbahn initially operated a steam train from the train station to Hohemark , and since 1910 there has been a continuous electric tram and the current underground connection from Hohemark via Oberursel-Bahnhof and Frankfurt-Heddernheim to downtown Frankfurt , part of today's U3 .

Established businesses

Headquarters of the Alte Leipziger in Oberursel

Many internationally known companies are based in Oberursel. A branch focus is given with well-known representatives in the field of insurance and financial services as well as tourism.

The corporate headquarters of the Thomas Cook AG tourism group and Avis / Budget car rental are currently located in Oberursel . The Alte Leipziger should be mentioned as an important representative of the insurance industry .

Oberursel is the (main) headquarters of many internationally active manufacturing companies such as Rolls-Royce , Outotec , Monier Braas, Barth Galvanik or Weppler Filter. In recent times, excellent companies in the field of measurement, control and process engineering such as Horiba Europe, Messko, Meier Gastechnik have settled and established themselves. ZES Zimmer Electronic Systems has been active in the field of precision performance measurement technology in Oberursel for 25 years.

The well-known Japanese car manufacturer Mazda maintains the European Mazda Design Center in the Weißkirchen district, in which, in addition to the two other locations in the United States and Japan, new design studies for the coming generations of vehicles are developed.

On the outskirts of the city is the nationally known clinic Hohe Mark for psychotherapy and psychiatry. It was once a well-known health clinic for the European high nobility and in 1933 it became the sponsorship of the German Community Diakonie Association (DGD) based in Marburg, where it is still located today.

The Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations has had its seat there since 1996 .

Fresenius Kabi maintains some properties in Oberursel, but has its official company headquarters and other properties in Bad Homburg.

Several associations operating across Germany are based in Oberursel.

The textile publisher Zimmer + Rohde is on site.

media

Regular news from Oberursel can be found in the Hochtaunus editions of the Frankfurter Neue Presse and the Frankfurter Rundschau and, to a lesser extent, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . In addition, the Hochtaunusverlag sells the free weekly newspaper Oberurseler Woche . Since September 13, 2010, Gorma Medien has also published the “Oberurseler Stadtkurier”. The ecumenical newspaper of critical Christians , Publik-Forum , has its editorial office in Oberursel.

Oberursel served as the backdrop for the hr production “I was a happy woman” about two different couples. The shooting took place between July and August 2016.

Oberursel has a city library. Their media offerings include book, music and film media. The finch publishing house also has its headquarters in Oberursel and provides educational games and tools for kindergarten and school days.

education

Elementary school middle

Oberursel is the most important school location in the Hochtaunus district. In addition to seven primary schools in all parts of the city, the secondary schools include the Oberursel grammar school , the Erich-Kästner-Schule ( secondary and secondary school with special needs ) and the integrated comprehensive school in Stierstadt .

In special schools there is the Helen-Keller-Schule , a school for the practically educable , and the Hans-Thoma-Schule , a school for learning support and the promotion of physical and motor development.

In addition, the business- related Feldbergschule , the Hochtaunusschule (different, professionally-oriented branches, including vocational high school and vocational school ) and the Frankfurt International School are located in Oberursel .

There are also the following educational and research facilities in Oberursel:

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Honorary citizenships awarded by democratically elected city council assemblies and municipal councils in the order in which they were awarded.

  • Karl Wilhelm von Meister (1863–1935), district administrator and district president
  • Franz Kexel (1849–1926), principal of the elementary school in Oberursel
  • Josef Füller (1861–1953), long-time mayor of Oberursel
  • Hermann Haack (1879–1954), alderman in Oberstedten
  • August Brill (1879–1964), director of the Turner engineering works
  • Karl Herrmann (1883–1962), alderman in Oberstedten
  • Friedrich Schweig (1874–1964), community representative in Stierstadt
  • Emil Leutloff (1879–1964), City Treasurer of Oberursel
  • Peter Isidor Stillger (1896–1988), secondary school teacher in Stierstadt
  • Heinrich Kappus (1892–1974), Mayor of Oberursel
  • Josef Hartmann (1889–1972), pastor of St. Ursula
  • Karoline (Lina) Himmelhuber (1896–1979), city councilor and social politician in Oberursel
  • Franz Dietz (1901–1979), Mayor of Weißkirchen
  • Franziska Schild (1905–1993), city councilor and social politician in Oberursel
  • Heinrich Beil (1907–1992), Mayor of Oberursel
  • Gustav Lang (1901–1986), head of the city council of Oberursel
  • Lia Wöhr (1911–1994), actually Elisabeth Wöhr, actress, director, dancer, singer and television producer.
  • Heinz Gehrhardt (1905–1994), General Director of Alte Leipziger Insurance in Oberursel and patron, also an honorary citizen of Bad Gandersheim
  • Heinrich Geibel (1918–2002), Mayor of Stierstadt
  • André Lesenne (1924–2006), Councilor for International Relations in Épinay-sur-Seine
  • David Millington Welch (born 1931), Mayor of the Borough of Rushmoor , England
  • Margarete Portefaix (* 1929), educator
  • Manfred Kopp (* 1933), pastor and local history researcher

sons and daughters of the town

  • Leonhard Mertz (around 1430–1498), Franciscan Frater and master organ builder
  • Melchior Acontius (around 1515–1569), humanist and poet
  • Johann Spies (around 1540–1623), printer and publisher
  • Franz Joseph Molitor (1779–1860), religious researcher and teacher
  • Michael Kürtel (1798–1855), mayor in Oberursel and member of the state parliament
  • Georg Fell (1858–1938), locksmith, consumer cooperative, trade unionist, social democrat and manager
  • Robert Aumüller (1878–1953), industrialist, chairman of the sugar industry business group
  • Harold Winter (1887–1969), sculptor and medalist
  • Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (1907–2001), painter, draftsman and caricaturist
  • Walter Jonas (1910–1979), Swiss painter, graphic artist, art critic and the creator of the urbanistic vision Intrapolis
  • Arnold Münster (1912–1990), chemist (physical chemistry)
  • Anton Fischer (1924–2011), businessman and sports official
  • Ernst Kalb (1930–2015), Cathedral Chapter in the Diocese of Mainz
  • Wilfried Straub (1939–2016), football functionary, Vice President of the German Football Association
  • Florian Homm (* 1959), stock market speculator and hedge fund manager

People who had or have their place of residence here

literature

  • Manfred Kopp: Nicolaus Henricus and Cornelius Sutor, citizens and printers of Ursel. A chronicle of the Oberursel printing works from 1557–1622. Oberursel 1964.
  • Freundeskreis St. Ursula Church: The tower of St. Ursula zu Oberursel. Oberursel 1996.
  • Renate Messer: Once upon a time in Oberursel. From the children's car to the soap box. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-100-4 .
  • Gabriele Klempert, Hans-Curt Köster: The Evangelical Christ Church in Oberursel. 1913/14: A programmatic departure in spirit and style. Recordings by Stefan Rothe. The Blue Books , Langewiesche Verlag , Königstein 2014, ISBN 978-3-7845-1082-8 .

Web links

Commons : Oberursel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Oberursel  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikisource: Vrsel in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - Sources and full texts
Wikisource: Vrsel in the Topographia Colonia et al. (Matthäus Merian)  - Sources and full texts
 Wikinews: Category: Oberursel  - in the news
Wikivoyage: Oberursel  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ a b Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Figures 2017 | 2018. (PDF) In: frankfurt-main.ihk.de. Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt am Main , p. 5 , accessed on January 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Main statutes of the city of Oberursel (Taunus). (PDF) In: oberursel.de. City of Oberursel (Taunus), April 29, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on January 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Karl Josef Minst [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 5), Certificate 3371 April 26th, 791 - Reg. 2312. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 165 , accessed on January 24, 2016 .
  5. ^ Klaus Schatz: History of the Diocese of Limburg. Mainz 1983, p. 43.
  6. ^ Stefan Geck: Dulag Luft / Evaluation Point West . Air Force interrogation camp for Western Allied prisoners of war in World War II. In: European University Writings . Series III [history and its auxiliary sciences]. tape 1057 . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57791-2 , p. 44 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed November 4, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Hessian State Center for Political Education (PDF; 2.1 MB), p. 43.
  8. ↑ Hermann Göring, contrary to some assumptions, was not interned in Oberursel. See Manfred Kopp: In the labyrinth of guilt. US Army Interrogation Center in Oberursel, 1945–1952. In: Yearbook Hochtaunuskreis 2010. Editor of the district committee of the Hochtaunuskreis. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, p. 240.
  9. ^ Church of St. Ursula
  10. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran St. John Congregation of the SELK
  11. ↑ History of the Christ Church (PDF file)
  12. ^ Church leader Hochtaunus. (PDF file; 4.8 MB) accessed on January 14, 2016. P. 50/51.
  13. ↑ Mosaic as a reminder for future generations. In: FAZ , August 27, 2010, p. 61.
  14. ↑ Press release from May 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. City of Oberursel@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oberursel.de  
  15. ↑ Catholic Oberursel
  16. ^ City of Oberursel Religion , 2011 census
  17. ↑ City of Oberursel Facts and Figures Denominations on December 31, 2019 , accessed on July 31, 2020
  18. ↑ City of Oberursel, facts and figures, denominations on December 31, 2018 , accessed on August 5, 2019.
  19. ^ Agreement on the unification of the rural community of Bommersheim with the city of Oberursel (Taunus). ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) City of Oberursel (PDF file; 29 kB)
  20. ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 373 .
  21. ↑ Local advisory boards in Oberursel ( Memento from April 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ↑ a b residents and households. City of Oberursel (Taunus), archived from the original on December 22, 2017 ; accessed on December 22, 2017 .
  23. ↑ residents and households. ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) City of Oberursel. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  24. ↑ Oberursel as a business location. ( Memento from June 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) City of Oberursel. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  25. ↑ Foreigners in Oberursel. ( Memento from April 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) City of Oberursel. Retrieved on August 9, 2016 as of December 23, 2015
  26. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  27. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Results of the municipal elections of 2011 and 2006
  28. ↑ Hessian Statistical Office: Results of the municipal elections of 2001 and 1997
  29. ↑ The magistrate. City of Oberursel, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
  30. ↑ Direct elections in Oberursel. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
  31. ↑ Election dates on the website of the city of Oberursel, accessed on August 12, 2020
  32. ↑ a b Klemens Stadler: German coat of arms - Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3: The municipal coats of arms of the State of Hesse , Bremen 1967, p. 73.
  33. ↑ Time: The Founder's Hour
  34. ↑ Federal Agency for Political Education: Alternative for Germany (AfD)
  35. ↑ Stefanie Heil: A refreshing piece of home. In: Taunus-Zeitung , June 6, 2012, p. 18.
  36. ↑ Planning a swimming pool ( Memento from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  37. ↑ oberursel.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oberursel.de  
  38. ↑ https://www.traffiq.de/traffiq/unternehmen/chronik.html
  39. ↑ History of the engine factory in Oberursel
  40. ↑ Oberursel - a city wants to become a film star. ( Memento from August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: hessenschau.de , accessed on August 9, 2016.
  41. ↑ Fabian Böker: Honor for Kopp. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. October 18, 2017, accessed February 13, 2018 .
  42. ↑ Which speaks clearly for coach Armin Veh - and clearly against him. In: Focus Online. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
  43. ↑ Back to childhood. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse Taunus-Zeitung , January 23, 2017
  44. ↑ Jan Christian Müller: With a lot of feeling. In: fr-online.de. Frankfurter Rundschau, October 5, 2014, accessed on June 2, 2016 .
  45. ↑ Injured professional cyclist Degenkolb wants to come back strong. In: Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
  46. ↑ Haris Seferovic: "I want to go up: Europa League, Champions League" . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 14, 2015, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 1, 2016]).