📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This ecology-workcamp is the cooperation with the regional office for nature and landscape protection in Tübingen and the regional organisation for the preservation of the cultural heritage. Two hills of a former wine-growing area near the famous old university town of Tübingen in Hirschau are well-known as a habitat for rare and endangered species and have been declared nature reserves. These areas have to be maintained regularly. Bushes and trees should not overrun vegetation, so shelters have to be built for protection.
💼 What the programme involves
Working with experts, woods and meadows have to be cut and cleared and dead wood has to be removed from the protected area.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a municipal building on camp beds. No internet access.
📍 About the location
Tübingen is situated about 50 km south of Stuttgart in a beautiful area of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The cityscape is characterised by historical monuments on the one hand and by new buildings and institutions such as parks, theatres and museums on the other hand.
⚠️ Requirements
Interest in ecological topics, being prepared for physical work.
You will work in a slope position; therefore you have to be properly equipped. Sturdy shoes required!
ℹ️ Additional information
As a vivid university town, Tübingen has numerous pubs and, of course, an active nightlife. It is also a town of historical significance, with many famous half-timbered buildings and the opportunity to punt on the river Neckar (a specialty unique to Tübingen in Germany).