Mar 10, 2021

History of Names for the Adenauerallee in Oberursel

In 1724, the street had been referred to as Allee (tree lined promenade), but its official name was Frankfurter Straße. The locals also liked to call it the Frankfurter Chausee (Frankfurt’s country road).

In 1933, the road was named Adolf-Hitler-Anlage.

Adolf-Hitler-Anlage in Oberursel

In 1945, his name was dropped and it became just the Allee again.

“Kastanienallee” in Oberursel

In 1967, the street became the Adenauerallee and it was named after Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 – 1963.

The Adenauerallee connects the main shopping area with the train station. It is also our Flohmarktstraße (flea market road), and under normal circumstances, the flea market is held there every third Saturday of the month.

Sep 12, 2015

Old Oberursel Postcards: Adolf-Hitler-Anlage

The current Adenauerallee in Oberursel, home to the monthly flea market, was at one time called Adolf-Hitler-Anlage, presumably till 1945. At this point of writing, it is unknown what it was named in the years from 1945 – 1967.

After  Konrad Adenauer’s death († 19. April 1967 in Rhöndorf), the street was then named after him. He was our first chancellor to the Federal Republic of Germany (1949 -1963).

I also read somewhere that it was called ‘Krankenkassenallee’ for a while, as the street parallel  to the Adenauerallee (on the left)  also housed all of Oberursel’s Health Insurance agencies.

6370-OBERURSEL-Adolf-Hitler-AnlageOberursel a. Ts. = Oberursel am Taunus

Before Germany got new zip codes after the reunification, Oberursel’s zip code used to be 6370 until 1993. Then a fifth digit was added to make it 61440.

The back of the card carries a penciled message in French, addressed to ‘Ma chère Mami’.

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