Oberursel Voyage Tips and guide

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Oberursel, or Oberursel (Taunus), is a small city in Hesse. The city is in the area of the Taunus mountain range in Hesse, north of Frankfurt.

The highlight of Oberursel is its Altstadt (old town area), a residential area with many half-timbered houses. On its east side is the historic Marktplatz (market place). The streets Strackgasse and Vorstadt connect Marktplatz to the more modern shopping district along a pedestrian mall. As you walk Strackgasse and Vorstadt towards the Marktplatz, you will notice that the buildings become older as they transition from modern to medieval.

• U-Bahn: Take line U3, direction Oberursel (Taunus)-Hohemark, getting off at Oberursel (Taunus) Altstadt. The train leaves Frankfurt Willi-Brandt-Platz every 15 minutes; the trip duration is 33 minutes. From the U-Bahn station, walk along Hohemarkstraße to Eppsteinerstraße to Marktplatz (distance about 450 metres).
• S-Bahn: Take line S-5, direction Friedrichsdorf Bahnhof, getting off at Oberursel (Taunus) Bahnhof. The train leaves Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof every 15 minutes; the trip duration is 17 minutes. Once you arrive at Oberursel (Taunus) Bahnhof, you can either transfer to the U-Bahn for 2 stops or walk 1 km. along Feldbergstraße and Eppsteinerstraße to Marktplatz.

The RMV website has schedules. For 2-5 people travelling together on a day trip from Frankfurt, the RMV group day ticket (Gruppentageskarte) is more economical and more convenient that using single trip tickets.

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Map of Oberursel

Walking is the preferred method of getting around as the Altstadt and central shopping district are both within a kilometre of the U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations.

• 50.2025398.5767681 Marktplatz. a square with many half-timbered buildings. 
• Altes Rathaus (old town hall). 
• Fountain in the square. 
• Statue of a jester and a woman on a mule. The woman is being paraded riding backwards on a mule on Shrove Tuesday as a medieval punishment for striking her husband. 
• 50.2030858.5751512 St. Ursula Church, Ursula-Gasse. 15th century, late Gothic 
  • Many half-timbered houses located behind the Rathaus and around St. Ursula Church.
• 50.2019458.5784683 Hospitalkirche, Strackgasse. 18th century church east of the Marktplatz. 
• 50.20188.57864 Memorial to the holocaust victims from Oberursal, Korfplatz (beside the Hospitalkirche). A small park along Strackgasse contains a sculpture of several people around 2 stone blocks. 
• 50.2025188.5820825 Epinayplatz. A modern square near the Vorstadt pedestrian mall with a fountain around a glass pyramid structure containing an elevator shaft. 
• 50.1833338.4863896 Opel Zoo, Königstein (7 km west of Oberursel town centre).  

• Brunnenfest - The fountain festival in early summer is one of the largest folk festivals in the Hochtaunuskreis district attracting visitors from the entire Rhine-Main region.

The street Vorstadt is a pedestrian mall lined with shops.

There a number of eating places along the Vorstadt pedestrian mall as well as on some of its side streets.

• Alt-Oberurseler Brauhaus, Ackergasse 13, ☏ +49 6171 54370. German food and strong beer. (updated Feb 2016)

• Mövenpick Hotel Frankfurt/Oberursel, Zimmersmühlenweg 35, ☏ +49 6171 5000. 
• Parkhotel Am Taunus (Waldlust), Hohemarkstr. 168, ☏ +49 6171 9200. 
• 50.2016028.5621451 Dorint Hotel Frankfurt/Oberursel, Königsteiner Straße 29 (between Bad Homburg and Kronberg), ☏ +49 6171 2769-0, [email protected]. The Dorint Hotel in Oberursel is surrounded by a 100,000 m² hotel-owned historical park. from €198 per room/night. (updated Sep 2017)

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