📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The „Rittergut“, a former big farm, is an educational institution and meeting place. Its located close to Erfurt which is the state capital of Thuringia. With his historical buildings in the small idyllic village of Lützensömmern, the „Rittergut“ is one of the main attractions. With around about 18000 overnight stays annually, the institution is known far beyond the country’s frontiers. This place offers children and teens a lot of extracurricular activities that support the self-development. People from all over Germany and Europe use the building with its extraordinary ambiance for seminars, workshops, family events and for school trips and project days. Everyone, the little ones and the grown-ups, the employees and the volunteers should live up to the motto: Carpe Diem - Seize the day.
💼 What the programme involves
The over 4 acres large property needs regular maintenance, renewal and not to be forgotten expansion of the experiential and environmental education possibilities. The participants of the workcamp will be guided through various projects, which still have to be concretized and decided. The aim is to upgrade the attractiveness of the outdoor area.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In comfortable tents in the beautiful gardens of the estate between trees and flowers (please bring your own mat and sleeping bag!). The showers in the house can be used. There is a cooking place where the volunteers can cook in teams. The food will be provided. There is also a fireplace and a small nice zoo.
📍 About the location
The boarding house is located in a small village in Thuringia, 30 km to the west from Erfurt.
⚠️ Requirements
From the volunteers we expect independence and own initiative.
ℹ️ Additional information
For this workcamp we are inviting to apply volunteers from Italy and Germany.