📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The town of Bopfingen invites an international workcamp for the first time this year! In the past, researchers have found archaeological evidence from the Celtic people that used to live here thousands of years ago in the Iron Age. The project for the next years is going to rebuild some of the houses in Celtic style to demonstrate to tourists how the Celts may have lived in this area.
💼 What the programme involves
Last year, various volunteers in the community of Bopfingen already started building the main house of the celtic housing complex. Your task will be to finish the walls and ground of the house. The working place is set on the top of the hill “Ipf”, so you will be working outside with a wonderful view over the region. All the material you work with is natural materials like clay, wood, stone and concrete.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The group will be staying at the local sport club’s house equipped with all necessary facilities and a kitchen which you can use, too. Please bring your own sleeping bag!
📍 About the location
Bopfingen is a small town in southern Germany. It has a beautiful centre with a lot of houses in old German style. What makes Bopfingen special is the mountain next to the town which is called “Ipf”. It is surrounded by beautiful nature where you can go for a walk or hike. You can see it already from far away with its flat plateau on the top. The “Ipf” has an important historical meaning in this area. In former times the Celts lived there and until today a lot of archaeologists and historians come to explore the region. Around Bopfingen you will find various museums, the romantic historic city of Noerdlingen, the Ries (a large circular meteor impact crater with a diameter of 24 km), and if you would like to visit a bigger city, Ulm is not far away with its famous cathedral and the highest church tower in the world.