# Oberursel

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.

## Understand

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.

## Get in
### By train

* 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.

## Get around

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.

## See
### Altstadt

* 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).

## Do
### Events

* 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.

## Buy

The street Vorstadt is a pedestrian mall lined with shops.

## Eat

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)

## Sleep

* 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, info.oberursel@dorint.com. The Dorint Hotel in Oberursel is surrounded by a 100,000 m² hotel-owned historical park. from €198 per room/night. (updated Sep 2017)

## Go next

* Bad Homburg
* Frankfurt