For anybody ever stationed at Camp King Oberursel, there is a reunion scheduled for 13 – 16 July 2012.

To learn more about it, visit the group Camp King Oberursel Reunion on Facebook.

I am glad to hear this is happening!

Mountain Lodge/Officers' Club at Camp King

Thanks to AllThingsGerman for pointing out this event!

The other day I took a little detour through Camp King and decided to take some photos showing the old Camp King buildings adjacent to the new German buildings.

Original Camp King house (left) and the new German elementary school

New German housing (left) and the Mountain Lodge

New Camp King Oberursel

The row of red townhouses at Camp King Oberursel (foreground) lead right up to the fence separating its well-heeled residents from the old neighboring settlement of the Rosengärtchen. This high-rise area was built in 1972.

A private investor purchased the former Officers’ Club (a.k.a Mountain Lodge) back in late June 2010.

Three months later, the building is still sitting idle.

Camp King Officers' Club

More on the building’s newer history at Officers’ Club at Camp King finds Investor.

The past Saturday, 28 August, I joined Mr. Kopp’s guided tour through the Camp King areal once more. With about 20 visitors in tow, we walked through Camp King through drizzling rain, sudden sun shine, and heavy showers.

A springlike moment near the Officers' Club Camp King

Nevertheless, it was a good tour and I was glad to see more people showing up (in May 2010, there were only five visitors). The next one is scheduled for May 2011.

Our group touring Camp King in August 2010

For more information on extra tours, contact Manfred Kopp at CampKingOberursel.

Back in May of this year, I had joined Manfred Kopp, our local historian and Camp King archivist, on a tour through Camp King. This tour is only given twice a year, in May and August.

The next guided tour is set for 28 August 2010 at 14:00.

Meeting place: In front of the EDEKA supermarket on Hohemarkstrasse (you can take the U3 and get off at the station Kupferhammerweg)

Tour fee: € 3

I had learned a lot from this tour and I plan on going again. Mr. Kopp is an infinite source of information and this tour is very recommendable to anyone interested in history and future political science.

For more information in German, visit CampKingOberursel

For more information about Camp King in English, visit my other website Pension Sprachschule.