📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education.
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💼 What the programme involves
Are you interested in archaeology and historical crafts? Then this camp is the right place for you. You can take part in the construction of the "Zeiteninsel" open-air archaeological museum. Numerous settlement remains from almost all prehistoric cultural periods have been discovered in the Lahntal valley near Niederweimar and Argenstein. The extensive archaeological evidence proves that the region has been permanently inhabited for thousands of years. The first open-air archaeological museum on settlement history in Hessen is being created here to vividly convey the rich findings of archaeology. Five time stations are being built on the site, in which different cultural eras are shown with buildings, farmland and natural vegetation. You will be involved in the completion of various buildings from the Middle Iron Age (around 500 BC). These houses served and still serve different purposes in the museum - from housing to storage and animal husbandry. Under expert guidance, you will learn how to build the walls of the houses from wattle and daub. You may also have the opportunity to try out ancient techniques such as grinding grain, lighting fires (without a lighter) and archery. https://www.zeiteninsel.de/
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a local youth centre in Wolfshausen. The group will prepare and cook meals together. Money for the food shopping is provided to you. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any allergies when registering.
📍 About the location
You will be staying in Wolfhausen, a district of Weimar (Lahn). It is very rural, but there is a train station in Niederweimar from which you can reach the university town of Marburg, with its numerous attractions, in just 7 minutes. Besides this, major cities such as Frankfurt and Kassel are also very easily reachable by train. If you haven't had your fill of archaeology after working, you could also visit the “Römerkastell Saalburg“ archaeological open-air museum near to Frankfurt. Highlights: brilliant work project, very good accommodation, proximity to the metropolis of Frankfurt and the university city of Marburg
camp location: Weimar(Lahn), Hessen; Marburg 7 km, Frankfurt 90 km
⚠️ Requirements
The work involved could sometimes be physically demanding. This camp is designed for participants who are interested in archaeology and historical craftsmanship.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please note: There is a special Teenage Fee of 150€ for international volunteers who applied under 18 in this camp.
