📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
Altenburger Land, between Zwickau and Leipzig, boasts several protected buildings over a rich cultural landscape, some of which are awaiting renovation: a 110 year old comprehensive school, a Quellenhof in Garbisdorf built in 1552, a timbered house in Lumpzig built over 300 years ago. There you will be helping with the renovation projects by carrying out more traditional handiwork, building with natural resources such as loam and chalk, learning how to restore old lumbers and even doing maintenance work on modern wooden sculptures. Since the town has shown a very open mentality with regards to refugees, you also have the possibility with your camp to work with people who have fled from their own country and to organise your own free time activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
1. Altenburg, indoor accommodation in the school on camp beds. 2 Quellhof Garbisdorf, in tents. 3. The postmill in Lumpzig, in tents. You ll cook your own meals together (with basic cooking facilities)
📍 About the location
At the end of the working day, you are free to discover the town of Altenburg. You can climb old towers here, visit the residential castle, with its own church and world-famous Trost organ, explore the Flasche (bottle) with an all-round picture of Thuringen, go to the Lindenau-Museum and much more. You can also visit the exciting towns of Leipzig, Halle or Berlin. Every Sunday you will change your workplace and accommodation. For this, you will take a bike trip to the next location, allowing you to enjoy the wonderful nature in the surrounding areas, as well discovering castles, mansions, pretty little village churches, lakes and outdoor swimming pools.
⚠️ Requirements
You should enjoy practical, manual and physically demanding work. It s important to enjoy cycling and all participants need to be able to ride a bike. A desire to camp and to live amongst nature is also preferred.
ℹ️ Additional information
If possible: please bring your bike from home with you.