📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
The Bärnau-Tachov Historical Park is a new archaeological open-air museum (opened in 2011) that invites you on a journey through time back to everyday life in the 9th to 13th centuries. During your journey, you will roam through an early medieval Slavic village, climb a hilltop castle from the 11th century and end up at the high medieval settlement. Under scientific guidance, life-size reconstructions of medieval houses of this period have been, and will continue to be, built. You will be helping out with the construction of these wooden houses, with their loam and wicker walls and reed roves, as well as participating in the design of natural landscape areas. You will also be helping to organise a museum festival for children and families. There is an additional registration fee of 50€ for participants who are not from Germany.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a dormitory in the old official guard castle near to the park.
The group will prepare and cook meals together.
📍 About the location
You will have the opportunity to go on trips to concentration camp monuments in Flossenbürg, to the KTB Geocentre (derrick) in Windischeschenbach, or to the public observatory in Tirschenreuth. You could also visit our neighbours in the Czech Republic (Pilsen, Prague, Eger). In Bärnau itself there is a German button museum and the “Altglashütte” outdoor forest swimming pool. Bärnau is difficult to reach with public transport, so you need to be organised as a group in order to plan excursions well. You will be able to arrange for a bus to pick you up.
More information at: www.baernau.de; www.geschichtspark.de
⚠️ Requirements
Bärnau is situated in a very idyllic location between the Czech border and the Upper Palatinate Forest. The work in this camp might sometimes be physically demanding.
Special Requirements: Please bring waterproof clothing with you, since all work will take place outside
ℹ️ Additional information
Bärnau is situated in a very idyllic location between the Czech border and the Upper Palatinate Forest. The work in this camp might sometimes be physically demanding.
Special Requirements: Please bring waterproof clothing with you, since all work will take place outside