Camp King’s American Street Names

I remember chuckling a bit when an acquaintance told me of his new address: Elvis-Presley-Weg in Camp King, Oberursel. Well, in the U.S.A. his face even made it onto a stamp. Germans can be a bit more conservative in their choice of street names for new settlements (preferred categories are rivers, flowers, trees, composers, etc.)

Anyway, these three American street names were chosen, among others, by the local magistrate and serve as a good reminder of the former U.S. military occupation here in Oberursel. And having passed by this road sign for a few years, I find nothing unusual about it anymore.