📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
“Denkmal!Kunst – KunstDenkmal!” (DKKD) is a festival, taking place from 17.08 to 26.08 in the historical town Osterode in the Harz mountains. Historical buildings will be opened to the public and newly brought to life with specially selected works of art and events. As part of the festival, a fortified tower belonging to the town wall will be professionally renovated. Your group will be helping to rebuild the timber framework and the façade of the tower. You will learn manual labour techniques from the past, work with traditional materials and get to know people who are supporting the preservation of historical buildings. You will also help to prepare and organize the festival events.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a former production hall on the Eulenberg campsite; there you will have your own large common room available. You will sleep on mattresses on the floor. Meals will be prepared and cooked together in groups.
http://www.eulenburg-camping.de/campinghotel/matratzenlager/index.php
📍 About the location
There will be arts and cultural events with music, theatre, exhibitions and parties as part of the festival. Osterode is on the edge of the Harz region, which is a very popular tourist and holiday destination thanks to its mountains, stalactite caves, mining museums and forests. The Unesco World Heritage places “Upper Harz Water Management System” and the “Mines of Rammelsberg” are not far away. Your group will visit the concentration camp memorial “Mittelbau-Dora”.
Barbecue area, bowling center and games (such as table football) at the campsite. Pool and History museum (Ritterhaus) in Osterode.
https://www.osterode.de/tourismus/osterode-entdecken/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Harz_Water_Regale
⚠️ Requirements
You should be interested in timber-frame constructions and therefore also keen to learn about building materials and techniques from the past. During the festival working hours may be in the evening.
ℹ️ Additional information
You should be interested in timber-frame constructions and therefore also keen to learn about building materials and techniques from the past. During the festival working hours may be in the evening.