📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
The Schaumburg Youth, Leisure and Education Centre would like your help with laying down an ecological path on their large outdoor grounds, as a walking route with seating space in certain areas and many places where people can relax. Many of the necessary materials are natural items that can be taken from the local surroundings, such as sandstone and woodchips. The Youth, Leisure and Education Centre is run by the district of Schaumburg together with the District Forestry Office, who are also responsible for the educational establishment. This will give you many opportunities to learn about forest ecology and the local fauna and flora.
https://www.schaumburg.de/jbf-centrum
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared rooms in accommodation belonging to the Schaumburg Youth, Leisure and Education Centre. The group will prepare meals together.
📍 About the location
Obernkirchen is the only mountain town in Lower Saxony outside of the Harz range, and it is the northernmost mountain town in Germany. The town is known worldwide for their Oberkirchen sandstone, numerous significant buildings such as the Cologne Cathedral have been built from this stone. 140-million-year-old dinosaur fossils were found in the sandstone which is right next to your accommodation, which of course you will be able to go and visit. If the weather in April allows for it, you can make use of the outdoor area in your accommodation and play football, volleyball or table tennis.
A cosy chimney room and a spacious multipurpose hall are also available for use, so that all guests can have lovely evenings and plan various activities.
Obernkirchen has around 9,000 inhabitants. You can hike up designated routes to learn about the cultural history of the sculpture path. The university and residential town of Stadthagen has 22,000 inhabitants. Here you can take a stroll and admire the lovingly restored half-timbered houses, the museum for the city and the mountains, and the modern pedestrian zone.
www.obernkirchen.de
www.stadthagen.de
⚠️ Requirements
You should be fit enough for work that is sometimes physically demanding.
ℹ️ Additional information
The camp will take place over Easter. Since Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays, you will of course not be working on these days. Therefore, you will be working 6.5 hours on all other weekdays.