📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
European Heritage Volunteers
💼 What the programme involves
The European Heritage Volunteers Project will take place at the cemeteries Nr. 1 and Nr. 3, so the oldest and the youngest of the three Jewish cemeteries in Halberstadt. At the oldest cemetery the vegetation around the grave stones will be removed and the moss at the stones will be carefully eliminated in order to prevent the ongoing impairment of the grave stones by plants. In addition, the terrain will be measured and the exact position of every grave stone marked. The arisen plan will serve as base for the detailed documentation of all grave stones at the oldest cemetery in the following years.Although it may seem paradox the state of conservation of the grave stones at the youngest cemetery is the worst one. This situation is caused by the fact that the material that had been used had partly lower quality than the material used for the older grave stones as well as that some gravestones are made of artificial stone. Therefore the documentation will start at the gravestones of the y
🏠 Accommodation on site
shared rooms with beds, warm showers, toilets,The meals will be prepared together as they are part of the community life, what means that everybody will be responsible for the meal at least once during its stay. So it would be very nice if you could bring typical recipes from home in order to introduce each other to the preparation of food from all over the world.
📍 About the location
A Jewish community in Halberstadt had existed since 13th century. The community developed from the middle of the 19th century on into one of the centres of the Jewish orthodoxy and one of the most important Jewish communities in Middle Germany. The three Jewish cemeteries in Halberstadt with in total more than 1,000 grave stones from a period of more than 300 years sire of the clarity of past days. The inscriptions represent a value that has to be saved for upcoming generations and is still waiting to be discovered. At cemetery Nr. 1 that had been used from 1644 till ca. 1800 around 250 of originally more than 1,600 grave stones are preserved. At cemetery Nr. 2 that had been used from ca. 1800 till ca. 1896 around 450 grave stones are preserved. At cemetery Nr. 3 that had been used from ca. 1896 on around 380 grave stones are preserved.The Baroque grave stones at the oldest cemetery are rich decorated and therefore very important from the art history point of view. Important persons ar
ℹ️ Additional information
Motivation letter related to the project and CV photo required