Pension Sprachschule Maria Shipley
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This street, Elvis-Presley-Weg, is only a short street, which takes you along one of the two remaining outer original buildings of Camp King. The wild flowers there are amazing.
In the following photo, you can see the remaining building, and what it looks like today. What looks like a high green container next to the building is a secluded area for the trash containers.
Whoever planted these seeds did a fine job for our environment.
For those with great memories about their time spent at the former Camp King Oberursel, then this shirt might be for you.
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Some of my better-organized and more practical blogger friends might obtain something free in return for promoting this on this blog. I don’t.
Recently, a friend of mine, who had lived in Camp King as a dependent in the late 60s, asked me whether the cherry trees were still around.
I wasn’t sure, and went out to take a walk around the neighborhood once again.
This one is on the Mountain Lodge hill in front of the chapel. Springtime in Germany.
These two were the only cherry trees I could locate.
We passed by on the foot path down the hill from the Mountain Lodge.
I had another look at one of the two remaining original housing buildings and its garden area. Before the area got restructured into a German housing area, I had a friend living in one of the buildings. The garden behind the apartment building (see photo) stretched much further than what you see here.
We used to go there for BBQs in the summer, and sat under the trees which eventually got cut down to make room for this parking strip. It is empty today, as it is Sunday, and all the supermarket employees are home. Behind this strip, construction began for the first row of townhouses.
Have ‘A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees‘ (Little Black Classics 11) from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3euX6AU
Just last year, I had taken a photo of the flowers left on 8 May in memory of Colonel Charles B. King.
Now this year, I’ve noticed the plaque in front is gone. I will notify the office in charge of this.
Our local historian, Manfred Kopp, has gathered all his material about Oberursel and its significance during the WWII era in a presentation called ‘Flieger ohne Flügel’ (Pilots without Wings).
This 53-page article also contains some photos taken during that time (1939 – 1945).
DuLag (Luft)= Durchgangslager: Collection Center
Auswertestelle West: Interrogation Center West
You can view the file here: https://www.campkingoberursel.de/files/Vortrag_2_Kopp_FliegerohneFluegel.pdf
Back to 2021. This house was the former Bieneninstitut (Bee Institute) before WWII, and is now in private hands.
This is the path leading up to the Mountain Lodge at Camp King. Both photos were taken about a week ago. Spring is late this year.
My name is Maria Shipley. I live in Oberursel, Germany, with my husband, son and daughter. The … Read more
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