📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
The historical Bärnau-Tachov park is a new archaeological open-air museum (opened in 2011), which invites its guests to take a trip through time to the daily life of people living in the 9th to the 13th centuries. During the tour, you can wander through an early-middle-aged Slavic village, scale an 11th century motte castle and arrive at a high middle-aged settlement. Under the guidance of trained professionals, a 1:1 reconstruction of middle-aged houses from this time have been, and will continue to be, built. You will get involved with the construction of these wooden houses with loam and wattle walls and thatched roofs, and on the shaping of the natural and landscape area. Besides this, you’ll be helping to organise a museum festival both for children and the rest of the family.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You’ll be staying in sheltered accommodation with beds near to the historical park. You will prepare and cook meals in groups.
📍 About the location
There are several opportunities for day trips – for example to the concentration camp memorial in Flossenbürg, the KTB Geo-Centre (Drilling Tower) in Windischeschenbach or to the public observatory in Tirschenreuth. You could even visit out neighbours in the Czech Republic (Pilsen, Prague, Eger). In Bärnau itself there is the German Knopfmuseum (button museum) and the Waldfreibad Altglashütte (outdoor pool complex). Bärnau is difficult to reach with public transport, so you’ll need to be prepared to use your talents to organise trips. You’ll be able to book a bus to use for travelling.
⚠️ Requirements
Waterproof work clothes are absolutely necessary, since the work will take place outside.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bärnau is an idyllic location in between the German/Czech border and the Upper Palatinate Forest. The work on this project can at times be physically demanding.