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Driving up from Oberursel to visit some friends in Oberreifenberg one afternoon, we passed these wintery scenes.
Sledding at the Sandplacken Pass (669m), which is between Oberursel and Schmitten.
View onto St. Georg Church in Oberreifenberg
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Just yesterday, before we were hit with all that snow coming down today and delaying arrivals and departures from Frankfurt Airport for up to five hours, we decided to go up the Taunus Mountains to find some snow, and the beauty of it.
Yesterday afternoon, we parked our car at the parking lot within the serpentine curve, then hiked up the mountain for a good 30 minutes. Our destination was the Restaurant Fuchstanz to have a bite to eat and a little something to drink.
Germany is full of trees, about a third of land is covered with about 90 billion of them.
It is a 1.6km (one mile) walk from the Große Kurve (serpentine curve) to the Fuchstanz Restaurant.
Time to turn around for a photo.
We can spot the other Frische Luft Geher (fresh air walkers) near the steaming Glühwein (mulled wine) already. There are two restaurants at the top and some outdoor vendors for the ones only wanting a Bratwurst and/or Glühwein. They also serve hot apple juice and a few other small items.
Zum Fuchstanz (lit: to where the foxes dance)
The restaurant is open from Wed – Sunday from 10am – 6pm (tel: 06174 – 2 12 23). Occasionally, they also open on Mondays and Tuesday, all depending on fine weather only.
We ordered Rouladen with dumplings and red cabbage. Rouladen are made from thin strips of beef, then filled with bacon (sometimes seasoned ground beef).
A box asking for a Spende (donation) for Wegemarkierer (trail blazers)
Our visitor got himself a big cup of hot Glühwein.
There are various trails leading to this area:
from Königstein: parking lot at the cemetery
from Falkenstein: Forest Parking Lot (Waldparkplatz)
from Oberursel: Serpentine parking lot or Hohemark
below the Feldberg Mountain : parking lot Windeck oder Teufelsquartier
as well as from Schmitten: parking lot Sandplacken
The Fuchstanz is always worth a visit. Right now, I imagine kids are riding down the trail on their sled. If you don’t have a sled, a big plastic bag might do the job too. It did for our kids when they were young, after the trail had iced over a bit.
Starting the first week in January 2012, the Verkehrsverband Hochtaunus (VHT) has added additional buses between Oberursel-Hohemark (transfer station for U3 to Frankfurt) and the Feldberg.
On Sundays and public holidays: The first bus leaves Oberursel-Hohemark at 9:36 and between 10:36 and 17:36, the bus runs every 30 minutes stopping in Sandplacken, Oberreifenberg, Niederreifenberg on its way to the Feldbergplateau.
The last buses leave the Feldberg at 17:34, 18:04 and 19:04.
On workdays: With fewer passengers to be expected, the buses run only every 60 minutes. The last buses leave the Feldberg at 17:34 and 19:04.
For more information, please visit the VHT website for their regular updates. This schedule will change again once skiing season is over.
Not much happening in terms of snow right now, not even on the Feldberg. German weather update at Wetter Kleiner Feldberg.
On a rare sunny afternoon, we passed these sheep on our way to our forest garden. Note how green the grass is in August in Germany.
Feldberg im Taunus
Visitors to our area always claim how green Germany is. This year there is even more of it as we had little sun, lots of rain, and many dark days.
There is a nasty looking weather front moving in right now, it is time to close all the windows again…
These photos were taken at the Feldberg yesterday morning around 10:30. Mind you, if you do get as cold as these photos convey, bring suitable warm-ups with you (Glühwein in a thermos, heating pillows, etc.). The restaurants do not open before 11 a.m.
This is what you will see on the Feldberg:
Feldberg December 2010
Morning light at the Feldberg/Taunus
These photos are published with friendly permission by my friend, the photographer Boulkaye Klempin.
My name is Maria Shipley. I live in Oberursel, Germany with my husband, son and daughter. I … Read more
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