Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:

In summer, Stuttgart hosts a variety of music festivals and events. One of those festivals – called “Umsonst & Draussen” (free of charge & outdoors) – will take place in the middle of Vaihingen, an outer city student- district of Stuttgart. The festival will run for three days, from 2nd to 4th of August (www.ud-stuttgart.de). It is the biggest non-commercial music-politics-culture festival in Stuttgart. “Umsonst & Draussen” is organized in a participative way, where everyone can come and take part. It has been running in that unique and quite anarchic way for over 40 years now! Since 2013, the festival has been hosting workcamps and the international volunteers have become an important part in the festival organisation. By helping to organize this communal festival, you are contributing to a sustainable and inclusive community.

The main tasks will be:

- The setting up of the stage, stalls and tents on the site of the festival, as well as the disassembly at the end.
- Assistance in different areas: bar, stage, organisation, catering etc.

You will also have time to enjoy the festival yourself! Volunteers should be flexible enough to work long and unusual hours – and enjoy music! Speaking or understanding basic German will be a plus. Your group might be asked to give a short presentation of their workcamp on stage!

Description of location and leisure:

With 600,000 inhabitants, Stuttgart is the state-capital of Baden-Württemberg. From museums, to castles and parks, to an afternoon spent shopping, this city offers something for everyone to see! Within a short train ride, you can also enjoy the variety of nature around Stuttgart. The city is surrounded by beautiful vineyards and hills. You could also visit some of the other interesting towns in the area, like Tübingen (approximately 1 hour away) and Ludwigsburg (approximately 30 minutes away), both accessible by public transportation.

The nearest airport: STR in Stuttgart,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Stuttgart Vaihingen
Meeting Point and Time: Please, try and arrive at the accommodation between 11am and 8pm.

Description of accommodation and food:

In the first two days, you will be hosted in a cultural centre in Stuttgart, where there is a kitchen and sanitary facilities. You will be sleeping in the building’s hall, where a stage is. We advise sightseeing in the first two days (Monday and Tuesday). On the third day, you will move to the site of the festival. There you will be camping in a big tent, all together. Please bring your own camping mat and sleeping bag. We encourage you to bring your own tent, if possible!

Food will be available through the food stands, until the end of the camp, so you will not have to cook for yourselves. Sanitary facilities are given, but be aware of very basic festival standards: You will most likely be able to use the showers in the youth centre nearby, otherwise only cold, outdoor showers available and there is limited privacy compared to “regular” accommodations!

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Age : 19-26

PROJECT: The National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald is the newest German National Park to protect the nature. The park was just founded in 2015. The landscape is dominated by huge forests, steep hills, small brooks and ponds, rocks and marshes. Only small hamlets interrupt the nature, a perfect region for plenty of different species but also for hiking.
You will support the National Park Rangers in their work to preserve the habitat of endangered species and to protect ecologically valuable ecosystems. This workcamp will continue the mission of several Workcamps in the past years.

WORK: The Park Rangers of the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald are waiting for your support to preserve the fauna and flora in this unique natural environment and to provide endangered species with their original habitats again. At the same time it is a great opportunity for you to learn a lot about this ecosystem, the rangers will show and explain a lot.

Three main tasks are waiting for you:
Care of the nutrient-poor grassland and arnica meadows (mowing works, work to stop spreading of shrubs etc.). With this work you can protect a valuable habitat with a very high biodiversity. This is especially the case for insects such as bees and butterflies and flowering plants such as orchids.
You will work on the wildlife park of Wildenburg Castle. Here you can find wolves, deer, wild boars, wildcats, mouflons and many other animals. Your task will mainly be to renew wooden fences and to build elements where the animals can hide behind. You will also construct wooden barriers to protect small trees from damage through the animals.
Let’s give water its natural space back! Within the National Park there are many places where the natural flow of water was changed (through cutting the curves of the streams or drainage channels etc.). In many cases this alteration is negatively impacting the biodiversity of these creeks. You will therefore help to restore the natural flow of the water by closing the channels and revitalizing natural flow elements.

Other environmental protections tasks can be added. Attention: The work might be physically hard and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Please bring hiking boots and working clothes.

LOCATION: The workcamp will take places in the western part of Rhineland-Palatinate. You will stay in Deuselbach, a small village with 260 inhabitants. The local villagers are very much interested to welcome you, many parties and events will happen. Deuselbach has a pub but no shops. The next bigger village (Thalfang) is 4km far, here you can find everything you need (shops, swimming pool…). There are also many tourists in the area as it is well known for hiking all over the year and for skiing in winter. The next bigger city it Trier (40 km), the oldest Germany city with many Roman sights, a huge cathedral and plenty of this to do (vineyard, shopping, clubs…). You will do several excursions with the support of the Park Rangers, e.g. to Trier, the oldest German city with many famous sights.

MEETING POINT: You will be picked up from the bus stop called “Hunsrückhaus/ Erbeskopf, Deuselbach”. Please inform your campleader about your arrival time on Aug 11th . Please check for connections from anywhere to Deuselbach www.bahn.com There are regular busses to Deuselbach from the train stations of Idar-Oberstein, Trier and Neubrücke(Nahe).

NEXT INTERNATIONAL BUS STOPS: suitable international bus stops are in Mainz, Saarbrucken and Trier

NEXT AIRPORTS: Frankfurt (FRA), Luxembourg (LUX) or Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN)

ACCOMMODATION: You will stay in the community centre of Deuselbach. The accommodation is spacious, has a huge kitchen including a dish-washer and a living room, toilets and showers. There is one big sleeping room with camping beds. Wifi and even a washing machine are available. Please bring your sleeping bag.
Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

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PROJECT: The town of Heilsbronn has been hosting workcamps for 13 years already and is looking forward to welcoming another international group of volunteers this summer. The local community is a big fan of workcamps and international volunteering and has introduced other neighbouring cities to the workcamp idea as well. This year, your support will help the community maintain, renovate and extend its infrastructure (UN SDG 11 sustainable communities).


WORK: Every year, the municipality of Heilsbronn is counting on the help of international volunteers to maintain and renovate parts of the town’s infrastructure. For this year, three projects are in discussion:
• Maintain a fitness trail in the forest, called “Vita Parcours”. To keep the fitness trail practicable for visitors, you will clear the trail of over-grown plants along the paths and on different stations. You will also help to clean the signs and stations, as well as help to pick up left-over trash along the way.
• Renovate a “barefoot path”. A barefoot path is a short way, where people can walk on barefoot, to experience different sensations. One part of it is made with pebbles, another with moss, another one with pine cones… etc. The barefoot paths in Heilsbronn are loved by kids and families and they need to be renovated regularly. You will help emptying and refilling the different parts of the path.
• Build a “Kneipp pool”. The Kneipp pools are shallow pools of water, open to all, where visitors can practice hydrotherapy. Once the trousers are up to the knee, you can walk in the (cold!) water, which is said to have health benefits. Kneipp pools are quite popular in Germany, you can look it up.
At this stage, it is still uncertain if you will be working on all three projects. Other projects might also be added. In any case, you should expect working outside with municipal workers, doing renovation or construction works. The work will be led by a professional instructor from the builder’s yard, so no previous experience is needed. You will work 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak on site.

LOCATION: Heilsbronn is a town of 9,300 inhabitants, located in the idyllic Bavarian region called Franken (Franconia). Because Heilbronn is situated on one of the paths leading to the famous pilgrimage city Santiago de Compostella in Spain, it is frequently visited by tourists as well as pilgrims. But Heilsbronn city centre also has a lot to offer! There, you will find traditional half-timbered houses and some unique sites, such as “Heilsbronn Abbey”, a Cistercian monastery and the local cathedral, both built in the 12th century. A guided tour might be organised for you, if you’re interested. Besides, the town can arrange free entrance to the outdoor swimming pool for your group. Nature-lovers can find several hiking trails in the beautiful surrounding landscape. The worth-seeing cities of Nuremberg, Bamberg and Rothenburg ob der Tauber are not too far away and might be visited on weekends, using public transportation.


TRAVEL INFORMATION
Next train station: Heilsbronn (20mn walk from the accommodation). Attention: please do not get mixed up with another German city called Heilbronn (same but without an s). This one is more than 2 hours away from Heilsbronn!
Next international train or bus station: Nuremberg (around 25 min from Heilsbronn with the train).
Next airports (in case you really need to take a flight): Nuremberg (NUE), Stuttgart (STR), Frankfurt (FRA). From Nuremberg airport it takes 45mn, from Stuttgart airport 2h45 and from Frankfurt airport 3h30 to reach Heilsbronn with the train.
MEETING POINT AND TIME: Please, try and arrive at Heilsbronn train station between 1pm and 7pm on July 22. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

ACCOMMODATION: You will be accommodated in the local youth club called “JUZ”, right above the municipal workers’ premises, where there are offices, warehouses for tractors, tools and materials, as well as workshops for working different materials. In the youth club, there are two big rooms and one small room where you will sleep on camp beds or on mattresses on the floor. Please bring a sleeping bag! All rooms are open. In addition, there is a small kitchen, a common room with sofas and games for you to chill, two toilets and one bathroom. You might have the possibility to use the builder’s yard’s showers during the evenings. In the house, there is a washing machine and a Wifi connection. The local youth who usually visit the club are looking forward to welcoming you and getting to know the international volunteers.
Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

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PROJECT: This is the 11th time that the community of Lauterbach invites a workcamp! Above all, the local host is very happy to be supported by a workcamp at different environmental and construction tasks in a nature protection area! WORK: A variety of tasks are waiting for your help. One task will be the maintenance of a hiking trail in the forest. So-called “neophytes” (invasive non-native vegetation) need to be removed in the nature protection area. You will cut and clear those plants. Furthermore, cleaning and clearing of vegetation needs to be done in biotopes like ponds and tarns. You will, most likely, also repair fences and maintain grasslands around fruit trees. Be prepared for hard physical work! Due to working in damp and steep areas (ponds), rubber boots and/or sturdy shoes are necessary for working effectively!

Lauterbach is situated in the heart of the Black Forest nature park, close to Schramberg and the town Rottweil. There are many possibilities to hike and experience nature first hand. Just step out the door and find yourself surrounded by beautiful nature! On weekends, you’ll have the chance to visit Rottweil or the university town of Freiburg.

NEXT AIRPORT: Stuttgart
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Hausach

The workcamp team will stay in a nice community house in the middle of the forest, where you can find sanitary facilities, showers and a well-equipped kitchen. You can have a look at their website: http://moosenmaettleweb.de. There are 4-bed-rooms for you. Due to the position of the house in a very rural area, it is likely that there will not be access to internet and no coverage for mobile phones. Just be prepared to spend three wonderful, adventurous weeks away from your busy and usual everyday life.

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