Past news

Shortly after the start of the new school year, the fall semester 2023 also begins at the Adult Education Center (VHS) Frankfurt (Oder). The VHS offers a wide range of educational and meeting opportunities in the areas of languages, health, culture, society, basic education, IT and career. In addition, there is an offer of family education in the Parent-Child Center North of the Adult Education Center.

From August 26, 2023, another PlusBus line will start under the existing brand name PlusBus Oderland-Spree. Line 400 connects Beeskow and Eisenhüttenstadt according to the proven PlusBus criteria such as hourly frequency, direct connections to the train and regular trips on weekends.

The Messe und Veranstaltungs GmbH Frankfurt (Oder) is fit for the future and the demands of the modern event market. With an investment from the European Regional Development Fund, the leading cultural provider in East Brandenburg has been able to implement a number of forward-looking projects for the expansion of digitization in the Kleist Forum, the "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach" Concert Hall, the exhibition halls and the German-Polish Tourist Information Center.

A large number of road construction measures are also taking place this year on the district roads in Märkisch-Oderland. The district of Märkisch-Oderland currently maintains 178 km of district roads. In addition, there are numerous bridge structures and culverts. Extensive maintenance and investment measures are necessary to keep this road network in good condition over the long term.

The civil status registers up to the year 1909, the marriage registers up to 1929 as well as the registers of the incorporated localities and the registers of the Jewish and Catholic communities and the so-called dissidents kept by the local police until 1874 have been digitized. The digitized registers are available online in the Archive Portal-D of the German Digital Library.

In cooperation with the Länderotarkasse, the Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie (DAA) in Frankfurt (Oder) will offer a new retraining course from 01 August 2023. The already existing offer of vocational qualifications is extended by the retraining to the notary clerk.

On July 26, 2024, the Summer Olympics will open in Paris. One year before this major sporting event, seven athletes who train at the performance center at the Frankfurt site of the Brandenburg Olympic Training Center are among the candidates with a chance of participating in the Olympic Games.

The office for youth and social affairs of the city Frankfurt (Oder) looks for the time starting from 01.01.2024 a free carrier of the child and youth welfare service, which would like to continue the offer of the ?early assistance?

The so-called address book is the most important historical reference work about people, streets and institutions. The first volume was published by Friedrich Wilhelm Koscky for the year 1846. The entire household population can be researched with their residential address. Authorities, doctors' offices, schools, churches and institutions are listed as well as businesses, guilds and associations. The right contact could be looked up for every request.

For some time now, the Frankfurt (Oder) urban forester's office has been pursuing the strategy of establishing a stable permanent forest model. In this way, the creation of species-rich and site-adapted mixed forests is to be promoted. These forests hold more water in the soil, allow for natural adaptation processes in response to climate change, and store carbon in wood and soil.