Peacing the world together

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SPRING WORKCAMPS

peacing the world together

IBG 01 Grafenhausen (Baden-Wuerttemberg) 16.04.-30.04.2016 RENO/ENVI 12 vols

PROJECT:For the first time, Grafenhausen invites you to an international workcamp! It is a village with 2000 inhabitants in the Black Forest that has quite a lot to offer: for example a “Sculpture Park” with 24 artworks, view points and an open air theatre, in which you are going to work. Grafenhausen is 1000m above sea level – therefore, it might still be pretty cold in April! You definitely have to take warm clothes with you and be prepared that it could be snowy!

WORK: You will have various tasks within the “Sculpture Park”, e.g. renew the paths, exchange the boardwalks through marsh area, renovate a playground, set up a wooden wall covering on the theatre, and so on. You will work mostly with wood, which might be exhausting sometimes, but also includes work like plastering and painting.

ACCOMMODATION:You will be accommodated in a group house where showers and a kitchen are provided. The house is in the middle of the village, so it’s close to a supermarket and your work place.

LOCATION: Grafenhausen is a very nice village within a beautiful landscape. The surrounding area is perfect for hiking trips: There are lakes close-by and it is not even half an hour by car to the Feldberg (highest German mountain outside of the Alps). There are regularly train connections to Freiburg (student city) and Lake Constance. The town itself offers a museum of local history as well as an interactive one where you can test your senses. Also, the famous beer “Tannenzaepfle” is brewed here as well and you might be able to visit the brewery.

NEXT AIRPORT:Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Zürich (Switzerland!)

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Seebrugg

IBG 02 Burk (Bavaria) 20.04. - 04.05.2016 RENO/FEST 8 vols

PROJECT: For the fourth time the small community of Burk invites an international workcamp! Last camps were a big success and so the community is happy to repeat the international experience. During the camp, on the 30^th of April & 1^st of May, the international hiking days are taking place in Burk and the Workcamp will help in this event.

WORK: The group will have different tasks to do: You will help in the organisation of the international hiking day’s event, in which about 2000 hikers will participate. For the first of May you will prepare and install the maypole (Maibaum) and participate in the maypole celebration, which is a popular tradition, particularly in southern Germany. Furthermore, you will do various renovation and maintenance work on the local cemetery, playgrounds and green areas around the community.

ACCOMMODATION: A building in the community. You will cook for yourselves. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

LOCATION: Burk is a small and calm village in Bavaria with 1100 inhabitants. It is surrounded by beautiful nature with forests and hills. It is perfect for walks or hiking.

NEXT AIRPORT:Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Munich

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Ansbach

MEETING POINT: Train station Ansbach

IBG 03 Grimburg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate) 27.04. – 07.05.2016 RENO 10 vols

PROJECT: For the fourth year, a workcamp will take place at the castle Grimburg. Built by the Trier archbishops around 1190, the castle has been destroyed and reconstructed several times. Awakened from its centuries-long sleep in 1978, a local group of volunteers started to reconstruct the castle again, including work on the very impressive castle keep. However, most parts are still a ruin and in the past years, efforts have been made to increase the castle’s accessibility and attractiveness of this unique site. Today, it has become a popular destination for hikers, as well as a site used for weddings, youth activities, historic markets and knights’ festivals. There will be a small castle’s festival on May 5th, where you are invited to join and support the local team.

WORK: The tasks will be to support the maintenance of the castle and do various works on the castles’ ground (cut bushes and grass, protect the masonry). Concrete tasks will be: to improve the steep path leading from one of the towers to the castle’s green, to maintain the historic herb garden and to do some cleaning work in the castle’s and witches museum. The work will depend on the weather conditions. Please be aware that the work can be challenging at times and that you will work outside even in bad weather conditions!

ACCOMMODATION: The group will stay in one of the small towers of the castle – you will feel a bit like you are living as former inhabitants of the castle did. The conditions are very basic; you will use the first floor for sleeping and the ground floor for cooking and eating. There is electricity but no heating (but a campfire right in front of the tower). Toilets and a shower are within 100m. Of course, there is also no internet available. Please bring a sleeping bag and a flashlight.

LOCATION: The castle Grimburg is overlooking the forests and valleys of the region called “Hochwald” (“high forest”). The castle is quite isolated; the next village (the name is also Grimburg) is in a 2km distance, the next shops are in Hermeskeil (10km). The castle is surrounded by nature and you will have the chance to enjoy it (just go for a walk...). Nevertheless you will also meet local people and share time with them or take an excursion to Trier, the oldest German city with 100, 000 inhabitants. Here you can find many historical sights (from the Roman period), many clubs and events (as it is a university town) and all other facilities.

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