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 Seit 1965 organisiert IBG internationale Freiwilligendienste in Deutschland. 
Die Gruppen sind international gemischt und in der Regel ist die Campsprache Englisch.
Die Anmeldegebühr beträgt 60,-€ - eine tolle Möglichkeit, Deutschland aus einer anderen Perspektive kennenzulernen und das Flair eines internationalen Workcamps "vor der Haustüre" zu erleben! 

 


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Bau eines Bürger(spiel)platzes und Anlegen eines Kräutergartens
Deutschland    IBG 02    Ammerndorf-Großhabersdorf     27.05.-09.06.2012    CONS   10vols (no more female)
PROJECT: This workcamp is going to be a close cooperation between two neighboring communities in Bavaria – Ammerndorf and Grosshabersdorf - and they are very glad to invite the group of international volunteers to help them to implement their eco-friendly citizen(play)ground and an outdoor herb garden ideas.
WORK: In the first week you are going to help out the municipality of Ammerndorf. They have developed a concept for an eco-friendly citizen(play)ground and this is going to become a place where young and old, teacher and parents, youngsters and professors can come together and have a place either to play or relax. All the materials used for the constructions of the citizen(play)ground will be natural and come from the region.
In the second week you are invited to Großhabersdorf, which is a small community about 6km far away from Ammersdorf. In the past this place has been used as a parking and festival place, but now it needs to be changed and become a herb garden. Some tasks will be done in advance and in this week you are going to set up a new path ways, set the raised beds for the plants and put signs and explanations. Your work will be supervised by professional workers.
ACCOMMODATION: in the building of marksmen club and the fire brigade in Ammerndorf. Sleeping room, kitchen, showers and toilets are provided. Also in the second week you are going to stay here, the local host will organize transport for bringing you to Grosshabersdorf and back.
LOCATION: Ammerndorf and Grosshabersdorf are two small villages with about 2.000 and 4.000 inhabitants and are situated in the region of Bavaria, Germany. Many recreative trails invite hikers to discover the beautiful surrounding on foot. The closest cities are Fürth and Nürnberg.
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt, Munich
NEXT TRAINSTATION: Nuernberg (25km), Fuerth (15km)

Aufbau eines Spielplatzes
Deutschland    IBG 30    30th Alliance Anniversary CAMP in Kohlberg (Bavaria)    01.07.-23.07.2012    CONS   15vols (no more female)
PROJECT: This project takes place in cooperation with the municipality of Kohlberg. It is the first time they invite an international workcamp to help with the construction of a local playground.
WORK: The construction includes tasks such as putting up wooden play scheme equipments, plastering the ground, putting up seats and benches and carrying out general improvements. You will support all these working processes and your work will be supervised by a professional gardener.
Besides, some painting tasks on the local soccer field are waiting for the group. ACCOMMODATION: The group will be accommodated in a community centre of Kohlberg. A small kitchen, sanitary facilities and mats will be available.
LOCATION: Kohlberg is situated in the North of Bavaria and has about 1.200 inhabitants. This small village keeps protected some roads from earlier centuries, which are no longer suitable for today's traffic and you are welcome to go there for a walk. On the last Sunday of the camp there will be a local festival in the village and you are invited to join the different events on this day.
NEXT AIRPORT: Munich (200km)
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Weiden, Amberg
By joining this project you will become a part of the 30th Alliance Anniversary CAMPaign! Almost 80 member and partner voluntary organisations form the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations network from all over the world, organising various voluntary projects during this year. They all have the same aim: promoting intercultural education, understanding and peace through voluntary service! Be one of the thousands of volunteers worldwide who will contribute to this initiative and help to raise awareness about international volunteering and its benefits. Join the party and celebrate the 30th birthday of the Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations! Find out more about Alliance at www.alliance-network.eu and about the campaign at http://allianceanniversary2012.blogspot.com

Bau eines Aussenklassenzimmers, Aufbau von Spielgeräten, Landschaftspflege
Deutschland    IBG 26     Willstaett (Baden-Wurttemberg)     15.07.-28.07.2012    MANU   15vols (no more female)
PROJECT: After several successful workcamps in the last years, the local host invites again an international group! This year’s project revolves around the designing of an outdoor classroom and work on green area in the municipality.
WORK: There are three projects waiting for the volunteers: First, the group will help to build an outdoor classroom, which will be used by the pupils and teachers on hot summer days. They will remove grass and prepare the surface which will be paved. Seats need to be set up, too. The second project will take place at the outside of a day child care where playground equipments will be installed. Lastly, the
international workers will help to maintain public green areas in the municipality. Work can be heavy at times. Please be aware that you will get dirty! Therefore you should bring stable shoes and rubber boots. Volunteers will work together with workers from the local building department. They are looking forward to another workcamp group.
ACCOMMODATION: will be in a generous building of the fire brigade with all sanitary facilities provided. Kitchen and beds are in place as well.
LOCATION: The community of Willstaett contains several villages with all in all around 9000 inhabitants. It is situated in the beautiful southern part of Germany close to the border to France. It is characterised by its beautiful architectural style of carcass houses. There is also a lot to see and discover in the landscape close to the black forest with its spectacular sights (waterfalls, castles…). Close bigger cities like Freiburg or Strasbourg offer a wide range of cultural events.
NEXT AIRPORT: Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden (Ryan Air)
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Appenweier, Kehl

Renovierung einer Waldhütte
Deutschland    IBG 06    Oestrich-Winkel (Hesse)    17.07.-01.08.2012    RENO   15vols
Adventurous technology-free workcamp for nature lovers!!!
PROJECT: In 1997 there was the first and so far the only one workcamp in Oestrich-Winkel. This year the municipality of Oestrich-Winkel has planned to renovate a forest hut which is used by school children or citizens of the city to spend their week-ends or summer holidays. The hut is apart from everything and it takes around 30 minutes by car to reach the city of Oestrich-Winkel.
WORK: The forest hut needs to be renovated in- and outdoors and to be back in good condition that even more youngsters and travellers could enjoy their stay here. In addition to that there will be various painting jobs and in the end some furniture, like beds, should be build and put inside.
ACCOMMODATION: The group is going to sleep in tents in front of the hut. There is a small kitchen in the hut which can be used for preparing your meals. Toilets are at hand but for taking the shower you have to go to the gym hall to the city. Probably you will have a car or minibus available in order to go shopping and take the shower, but be aware that you wont be able to go to the city every day. These are perfect conditions for volunteers loving to be out in the nature. And of course there will be no internet access in the house.
LOCATION: Oestrich-Winkel is a town with approximately 11.000 inhabitants at the border of the Rhine river and they are proud to be the largest wine producer in the region of Hesse. The city has many sights (castle, monuments) and offers a lot of activities for inhabitants and tourists (trips on a passenger ship, hiking trips and wine festival).
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Oestrich-Winkel

Renovierungsarbeiten in einem Zentrum für Menschen mit Behinderung
Deutschland    IBG 08    Muehlhausen (Thuringia)    21.07.-10.08.2012    RENO   12vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The local host is a charity organisation running workshops and schools for disabled. They have been hosting workcamps for many years now. Former workcamps experienced a very warm welcome especially successful camps benefit from a proper exchange between employees/workers at the workshop and the international group.
WORK: Different tasks need to be done: First, several places of the charity organisation needs to be renovated and painted, e.g. holiday houses near to the old train station, the garage as well as the special education centre. Fences have to be built at the farm. The international volunteers will plot a herb garden. You plan out where you will plant the seeds and so on. Within the area of the charity organisation, a small shop will open soon. The international helpers will prepare the official opening of Unser Kleines Ldchen (our small shop). All works will be done together with disabled people. There will be exchanges between international volunteers and the local people who work in or with the charity as well. Bring ideas and be open towards this exchange since it needs your motivation and an open heart!
ACCOMMODATION: The group will be living in the special education centre Janusz Korczak where some of the works will be done. Kitchen, sleeping rooms and sanitary facilities are on-site and much more. There is a big garden around the house with meadow, trees, a pond and a barbecue grill. Next to the workshop buildings you can also find a soccer field. On the roof of the house there is a balcony from where you have a great view on the landscape around. Muehlhausen provides a lot of shopping possibilities and is easily reachable on foot or by bike. LOCATION: Muehlhausen is a very old German town with about 50.000 inhabitants. By visiting the city centre and looking at the old half-timbered houses you can still imagine how Germany must have looked like in former times. Muehlhausen is situated in the beautiful forest of Thuringia in the heart of Germany.
NEXT AIRPORT: Leipzig, Berlin
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Muehlhausen (Thueringen)

Aufbau von Spielgeräten und Renovierungsarbeiten
Deutschland    IBG 11    Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)    22.07.-12.08.2012    RENO   12vols (no more female)
PROJECT: The Alte Ziegelei is a former brickyard founded in 1900 to produce bricks in industrial manners with big ovens and technical machines. The factory was closed in 1972 and it provides a good insight into European Industrial culture. An association was founded to prevent the destruction of the area and to ensure the maintenance of its character for non profit reasons: now the former industrial place is under heritage protection and used as a centre for social, cultural and artistic activities. More than 50 refugees found home in former factory buildings and different actions are well established such as a school for actors, an ecology group, a kindergarten, a historical museum about the production of bricks, ateliers for artists and educational institutions. The place can be used by the general public for festivals, theatres, having barbecues and celebrating parties.
WORK: This year they have planned three main tasks for you. Firstly, from the past there are still a lot of bricks left and now they would like to use them for creating rubble flora in one part of the area. Secondly, the kindergarten will get new playground equipment and you are going to help with setting them up. Furthermore a special arranged wall for lizards has been destroyed and your task will be to repair and improve it. Your work will be supervised by professionals.
ACCOMMODATION: in a building on the area. Several rooms including all facilities are provided. Lots of other people will be around on the area, so volunteers should be open for contact with local people!
LOCATION: Mainz is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate with over 2000 years of history. It was an important domicile under the Holy Roman Empire and previously it was a Roman fort city. It is located on the banks of the Rhine River. Mainz is a very beautiful and interesting city with lots of places of interest within its own boundaries as well as in its vicinity.
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt International Airport
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Mainz

Pflege des Flussufers, Beschilderung und Arbeiten rund um einen Waldkindergarten
Deutschland    IBG 14    Langenbrettach (Baden-Wurttemberg)    28.07.-11.08.2012    CONS   15vols (no more female)
PROJECT: Our local partner is the municipality of Langenbrettach and they are inviting a workcamp for the first time. Since 1975, when the formerly independent communities Brettach and Langenbeutingen were merged into the overall municipality of Langenbrettach, the infrastructure in the community and many other fields has been improved. This year they are planning to realise some new projects and they are very excited to have your support.
WORK: Firstly, the workcamp will help with the river embankment. The River Brettach is a small river flowing through the community and its banks need to be fixed and for that you are going to use stones. So please be aware that the work can be physically demanding and you will get dirty. Secondly, volunteers will be asked to be creative and design new constructions for a local forest kindergarten. Here you are going to work with wood and also use other natural building materials. Third task will be to put up the traffic signs for a bmx-cycling trial. It is not decided yet, whether you are going to work on all projects at the same time or one after the other, but be ready for both.
ACCOMMODATION: will be in a gym hall in the village of Langenbeutingen, a part of Langenbrettach, where a kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided. Right next to the hall there is an outdoor pool and the municipality has already organized a free entry for you.
LOCATION: Langenbrettach is a small community with approximately 3.600 inhabitants. It is situated approximately 25 km from Heilbronn, a city at the bank of the river Neckar and famous as a city of wine. The region of Heilbronn as well as Langenbrettach itself offer you many activities in the nature - nature parks, hiking trails, routes for bikers and much more. The community and local hosts are very excited to meet the group and they are already planning some activities for and together with you.
NEXT AIRPORT: Stuttgart, Karlsruhe (Baden-Baden)
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Heilbronn

Sanierung einer Sporthalle und Pflasterung eines Sportplatzes
Deutschland    IBG 29    Massenbachhausen    05.08.-19.08.2012    RENO   15vols (no more female)
IBG 29 Massenbachhausen (Baden-Wurttemberg) 05.08. – 19.08. RENO 15 vols
PROJECT: This is going to be the third time for the municipality to invite a group of international volunteers to help them with some renovation tasks for the local gym hall and on the sports field.
WORK: You are going to have two main tasks. First of all the local gym hall needs new colours and the municipality already organises some weekend activities and invites the citizens of the town to start with the renovation, but there will be also enough painting tasks left, therefore much creativity and your ideas are welcome! Secondly, you are going to lay a new paving stone path for the local sports field. The work will be supervised by professional workers who will explain what to do.
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation will be in a gym hall. You will sleep on sport mats and facilities like kitchen, showers and bathrooms are provided.
LOCATION: Massenbachhausen has approximately 3600 inhabitants. The town is situated in the western part of Baden-Wurttemberg. Leisure time activities can be a boat trip on the river Neckar, hiking tours or excursions to cities like Heilbronn, Heidelberg or Stuttgart. The people of the town are looking forward to welcome the new workcamp. Many of them are really interested in the participants so that contact to locals can be guaranteed and you should be open for this!
NEXT AIRPORT: Stuttgart
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Heilbronn, Schwaigern

Bau von zwei Gärten für die Bewohner eines Altersheims
Deutschland    IBG 17    Roedental (Bavaria)    12.08.-01.09.2012    RENO   15vols
PROJECT: It is the first time that the city of Roedental together with the home for elderly people invite an international group! The home for elderly people is situated in the heart of the city and has several smaller parks next to the home. In order to make these green areas more attractive to the elderly people and to the younger inhabitants of the city, the local architect worked out a plan to change them.
WORK: Two parks are waiting for your hands: First, one garden of encounter should be created: Many things need to be done here: You will construct the paths and make the accessible for people in wheelchairs. You will prepare the ground, pave it and put stones at the wayside. Equipments for children to play and for elderly people to exercise will be set, too. There is a huge bush which will be cut from the inside to form a den in which children can play. In the second park, a course for elderly people will be set up: You will put up equipment for them to train balance and fitness. A alley where inhabitants of the city can play skittles will be renewed: You will construct the path and maybe cover it with concrete. You will help to kill weeds.
ACCOMMODATION: In one of the citys holiday home, to be confirmed.
LOCATION: Roedental is a small city in the federal state of Bavaria. It is situated in beautiful nature: The surrounding woodlands are hilly. Around the community traces of former times, like medieval castles and abbeys, can be found and enjoyed. You are almost in the heart of Germany: Day trips to bigger cities like Frankfurt, Nuernberg or Leipzig are possible.
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt, Leipzig, Nuernberg
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Roedental-Mitte

Instandsetzung eines Naturpfads, Landschaftspflege
Deutschland    IBG 22    Kehl (Baden-Wurttemberg)    18.08.-02.09.2012    ENVI   10vols (no more female)
PROJECT: For the past nine years the municipality of Kehl has asked international workcamps to help with environmental protection in their town. This workcamp attaches high value to organic, natural and regional food and gives you the possibility to think about Eating Quality and improve it within your workcamp (e.g., do you know how to prepare CO2 free breakfast?). For example the volunteers will have the opportunity to buy fresh products from local farmers at the city market and to produce jam on their own. You are more than welcome to bring your ideas or habits and new trends from your country.
WORK: There are three tasks to fulfil, explained by professional supervisors. In the first week your tasks will be rebuilding and renovation of a nature trail in the wetlands of the river Rhine and cleaning of a biotope and a pond, which needs to get cleared from rubbish, grass and bushes to prevent the town from flooding. This place is one of the most important green areas of the citys residential zones. Definitely volunteers will learn a lot about typical vegetation and its ecological richness. In the second week you will help the German Society for Nature Conservation (NABU). They are taking care of a fortification of Sundheim, which was build in the 19th century to protect the city of Strasbourg and needs to be cleaned from time to time. You will clear the banks of the moats, cut the bushes and construct some water bodies for the amphibians. You will work with machines and it may be physically hard and muddy. This is a good project to learn about nature protection and conservation.
ACCOMMODATION: Even if it is already autumn months and weather, the group will be accommodated in big tents in the garden of a youth centre. You can use all facilities in the youth centre - a kitchen and different rooms to stay and spend time in. In case of very cold nights you can move into the house. You should be prepared for this and the best what you can do - bring a warm sleeping bag and warm clothes! Be open to get in touch with the local youth since they are your hosts and neighbours throughout the workcamp!
LOCATION: Kehl is a medium sized town at the bank of the river Rhine facing the French-German border. The Alsatian town of Strasbourg is situated on the other side of the river Rhine. It will be interesting to visit the beautiful town of Strasbourg, crossing the border to France. The youth centre is only a five minutes walk from the inner city of Kehl. Other interesting outings can be the Black Forest, Heidelberg, Baden-Baden, Freiburg and the nature of the southern area in general.
NEXT AIRPORT: Strasbourg (10km), Frankfurt (Main) (150km), Badenairport (30km).
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Kehl

Bau einer Grillhütte und eines Zaunes
Deutschland    IBG 23    Niederheimbach (Rheinland-Pfalz)    19.08.-08.09.2012    RENO   12vols (no more female)
PROJECT: Niederheimbach is located at the banks of the famous Rhine River and belongs to the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. The local host is the municipality of Niederheimbach and this is the first time for them to invite an international workcamp to help with different working projects.
WORK: Firstly, the workcamp will help with the renovation and extension of a barbeque area. They are planning to build a new BBQ hut and install a new public toilet. Secondly, volunteers will remove old wooden fence of the local kindergarten and build a new one. Third task will be more creative and volunteers will paint the railway underpass. In addition to that there will be some small tasks to be done such us cutting grass and bushes and putting up traffic signs. Working places are located in different parts and its possible that volunteers will split in smaller groups for the different tasks.
ACCOMMODATION: The group will be accommodated in a sports hall in the former school building, which is now used as a town hall. Mats will be provided as well as a kitchen and sanitary facilities.
LOCATION: The small municipality of Niederheimbach with its 700 inhabitants, due to its location in the Middle Rhine Valley, offers a lot of charm and mystery to discover and see. From earlier times Niederheimbach is still famous for fairy tales and figures and walking through fields, vineyards and forests you can still meet Hansel and Gretel, Frog King or Little Red Riding Hood.
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Niederheimbach

Gib Kindern einen Garten - Baden-Wuerttemberg trifft seine Partner!
Deutschland    IBG 4M    Kaltenstein (Vaihingen/Enz)    19.08.-01.09.2012    RENO   20vols
Attention: Only for volunteers from Baden-Württemberg! The inscription fee is covered by the State of Baden-Württemberg!
Project: Following the success of last years’ projects, Baden-Wurttemberg again invites young people from the Four Motors regions Baden-Württemberg, Catalunya, Lombardia, Rhône-Alpes for a workcamp. The fundamental aim is to allow young people to meet and exchange. This way they contribute to intensifying the Four Motors partnership. Due to close contact with the local population the idea of the Four Motors is passed on to the population of the town hosting the project.
This year’s project will be carried out in a cooperation with CJD Schloss Kaltenstein e.V., which is a modern institution situated in the castle of Kaltenstein and offers different education, training and support programs, social and professional help for approximately 1800 youngsters.
Work: This autumn they are planning to open a kindergarten and therefore your support is needed. You are going to help with the reconstruction of a garden which is going to become a playground for children and probably with the renovation of some future kindergarten classrooms. The work will contain different tasks such as levelling the ground, putting up play equipments, painting parts of the playground tools. Furthermore, they are thinking to construct a new barefoot path integrated into the garden. Your work will be supervised by an experienced professional worker of the association who will explain the tasks and who is looking forward to getting to know international helpers.
Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a hotel of the association, in the castle, where trainees are usually living during their studies. Sleeping rooms with beds, a kitchen, a room for leisure activities and all sanitary facilities are provided.
Location: The Castle of Kaltenstein was built in the 11th century and is towering over the surrounding hill and the town of Vaihingen. The place is surrounded by vineyards. Vaihingen is a medium sized town at the bank of the river Enz and has approximately 28.000 inhabitants. Without a doubt you will find enough to do locally – having barbecue with workers and trainees of the association or visiting the medieval town centre of Vaihingen and discovering its restored half-timbered facades and the narrow streets. Hiking in the nearby nature as well as excursions to Stuttgart or Ludwigsburg are possible. In Vaihingen/Enz has also been a concentration camp during the Nazi-Period. You can also visit the memorial site. The castle Kaltenstein itself has been a prison in this period.

Mithilfe bei einer Kinderferienfreizeit und in Kindergärten
Deutschland    IBG 24    Wangen (Baden-Wurttemberg)    25.08.-08.09.2012    KIDS   12vols (no more female)
PROJEKT: Schon zum fuenften Mal laedt die Stadt Wangen zu einem Workcamp ein, das bei den lokalen Ferienspielen und -aktivitaeten fuer Kinder unterstuetzen soll. Innerhalb der zwei Wochen findet die Spielstadt Mini-Wangen statt. Zur Kinderspielstadt sind Kinder im Alter von 7-10 Jahren eingeladen. Ungefaehr 120 Kinder werden bei Mini-Wangen dabei sein. Spaß, Spannung und viel Spiel ist garantiert! Wahrscheinlich wird ein Teil der Workcamp-Gruppe in den staedtischen Kindergaerten helfen.
ARBEIT: Die Teilnehmer des Workcamps helfen die Kinder bei verschiedenen Aktivitaeten der Spielstadt zu unterstuetzen in den Bereichen Sport, Spiel und Handwerk. Die Freiwilligen arbeiten gemeinsam mit lokalen Betreuern zusammen, um das Programm innerhalb und im Außenbereich des Jugendhauses und in der Stadt zu beaufsichtigen. Das Programm laeuft taeglich von 8 Uhr bis 15 Uhr. Die andere Aufgabe koennte sein, die Kinder in einem staedtischen Kindergarten bei einem Ferienprogramm zu betreuen.
UNTERKUNFT: Die Gruppe lebt in einem gut ausgestatteten Selbstversorgerhaus (Kueche und Sanitaeranlagen sind vorhanden) einem Gruppenhaus neben dem idyllischen Kloster der Stadt. Die Moenche sind sehr gastfreundlich und freuen sich auf den Austausch.
UMGEBUNG: Wangen ist eine schoene, alte Stadt in der Region, die sich Allgaeu nennt. Sie liegt nahe den Alpen und den Laendern Schweiz und Oesterreich. Die Umgebung ist vielseitig und laedt zu vielen Naturerlebnissen (zum Beispiel Bodensee und Alpen) ein. Doch auch die Stadt Wangen selbst hat mit ihren Fachwerkhaeusern und der langen Geschichte, die bis ins Jahr 815 zurueckgeht, viel an Kultur und Sehenswuerdigkeiten zu bieten. Spannende, abenteuerliche zwei Wochen warten auf dich!
NAECHSTER FLUGHAFEN: Stuttgart, Muenchen
NAECHSTER BAHNHOF: Wangen

Besonderheit: Alle Freiwilligen sollen Deutschkenntnisse mitbringen und ein Motivationsschreiben ueber ihr Interesse an der Arbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen und lokalen Menschen schicken.

Landschaftspflege auf einem Panormaweg
Deutschland    IBG 25    Bad Kreuznach (Rhineland-Palatinate)    09.09.-29.09.2012    ENVI   12vols
PROJECT: Bad Kreuznach is a very nice spa town in the valley of the river Nahe. On the hillsides of this valley you can find vineyards and orchards still used ones and abandoned ones. A hiking path called panorama view path is leading through these yards overlooking the beautiful town and the valley. The abandoned vineyards became overgrown in the past years. For the first time the city council of Bad Kreuznach invites an international workcamp to help them to clear the vegetation on this hillside so that vegetation typical for this area (dry grassland, orchids...) can reappear.
WORK: You will cut the existing vegetation which mainly consists of small bushes and trees approx. 1 1,5 meter high. The hill can be quite steep and there are also some dry-stone walls leading through. You will bring the cut wood to the panorama view path where it will be collected. The work can be physically demanding and the weather can be sunny and hot or rainy and quite cold. In case of longer period of bad weather or as addition to the mentioned environmental task you might also restore a small pavillon on the top of this hill.
ACCOMMODATION: You will stay in a public building near the leisure area of Bad Kreuznach (with playgrounds and barbecue area nearby...). This gives you the chance to spend evenings outside and to enjoy your free time. All necessary facilities will be provided (kitchen, showers, camping beds). The place is outside of the city centre in the nature. You will have to walk 15 minutes to the local bus stop and use the bus to go in the city centre. There will be lots of opportunities to get in contact with local youth and population.
LOCATION: Bad Kreuznach has 45.000 inhabitants and offers many touristic sights and many opportunities to spend the free time. The town is well known for the historic city centre and the old bridges. Many tourists visit the city for spa and wellness activities. In the valley walking paths and cycling trails wait for active people. Directly next to your accommodation you can also find an adventure high rope. Excursions e.g. to Mainz will be possible, but it is up to you and the other volunteers to decide how to spend the free time.
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Bad Kreuznach
NEXT AIRPORT: Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn

Instandsetzung eines Gipfelweges
Deutschland    IBG 27    Fischbachau    15.09.-30.09.2012    RENO   15vols
PROJECT: The local host is the municipality of Fischbachau and also a local association taking care of youth and families. This association is also a new owner of a previous school youth hostel, which is out of use since 2006 and needs to be renovated, before this place will be reopened to the public, school pupils and youth groups.
WORK: The road leading to this house also needs to be maintained or renovated in some parts and this is going to be main task for you. Please be aware that the work can be physically demanding and you should bring water proofed shoes with you – ideally rubber boots! Work will be supervised by professionals.
ACCOMMODATION: in a building of the association, directly next to your working place. Sanitary facilities and a kitchen are available.
LOCATION: Fischbachau with its 5.400 inhabitants is a typical Bavarian community, which is known as a resort place and not in vain– it lies in a valley and is surrounded by beautiful nature and lakes. Excursions to other nearby cities like Munich or Miesbach can be organized.
NEXT AIRPORT: Munich
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Fischbachau