The Dithmarschen Stone Age Park is working on developing the grounds of an archaeological open-air museum and is looking forward to your support with this project. Over the last few years, a “Stone Age settlement” has been recreated on a 40-hectare site. This year, with your help, a “Stone Age house” will be renewed and restored (e.g. with wicker and mud walls, grass roofing etc.). Besides this, you will be working on a “gaming” social media project with a “stone age” theme, as well as creating texts in English for exhibition posters if necessary. You will also have the opportunity to create and star in a cinematic documentary, if you like. You will be guided by experienced museum staff, who will give you crafting tips and tutorials on social media, as well as sharing their knowledge with you about archaeology and the history of the Stone Age. You can try out different tasks working with various tools, materials and techniques. If you are interested in archaeology and history and want to know more about open-air museums, then you will love this camp. More info (in German) at:www.steinzeitpark-dithmarschen.de
Free Time:
The Albersdorf Youth Hostel, where you will be staying, is located in the centre of town. There are places to go shopping and to go out nearby as well as the Dithmarschen Museum for Archaeology and Ecology. At the weekend you can go on an excursion to Hamburg or to the North Sea or Baltic Sea coastlines.
Location:
Albersdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, 90km from Hamburg.
Age:
16 – 26
Food:
Meals will be provided during the camp.
Accommodation:
You will be staying at the Albersdorf Youth Hostel.
Train/Bus:
Hamburg-Hbf. – Albersdorf
Airport:
Hamburg
Special Requirements:
The work will be physically demanding. You should bring appropriate clothing for working on-site outdoors. You should be interested in having discussions with visitors.
In the first week of the camp there will be an intensive German language course (2 x 90 min. per day) in order for you to learn conversational German used in everyday situations as well as develop a better idea about the German language in general. Your language teachers are native German speakers and have experience teaching German as a foreign language. During the first week, they will also be a part of your group. In the second and third weeks you'll be helping with the restoration of war casualties' graves in Reinickendorf, in the north of Berlin. This particular war graves cemetery was established for the burial of both German and non-German soldiers and civilians. You and the other members of your group will be helping with tasks such as mowing and renewing lawns, and cleaning gravestones and concrete frames.Please transfer the 50 € for the public transport ticket to the following bank account:
Name of Account Holder:
ijgd Berlin
Name of Bank:
Bank für Sozialwirtschaft Berlin
BIC:
BFSWDE33BER
IBAN:
DE94 1002 0500 0003 1175 00
Reason for Payment:
Sprachkurs 79103, your first and last nameThis money can also be paid to the ijgd office after the start of the camp!Accommodation and FoodYour accommodation will be a large house in the Alt-Tempelhof district in Berlin. You will prepare and cook meals in small groups.
Accomodation & food:
Your accommodation will be a large house in the Alt-Tempelhof district in Berlin. You will prepare and cook meals in small groups.
Location & leisure:
Berlin offers a wide range of free-time opportunities for any time of day. In order to accommodate the many different interests of your team, you'll receive a Cityticket which can be used for all public transport across Berlin, valid for the duration of the camp.
Requirements:
300€ extra fee for the language course and public transport ticket. This camp is for participants for have no knowledge of the German language
In this Camp, the Volunteers will maintain ancient monuments on the area of the Historic Technical Museum. The most important monument to be preserved is an old bunker which was build in the second world war. There, 35 people (women, men and two children) survived a bombing in 1943. Also the volunteers will maintain an old underbridge.
Accomodation & food:
The volunteers will stay in trainers at a youth hostel. There will be someone cooking for the volunteers.
Location & leisure:
Excursions can be planned, short trips to nearby towns, swimming.
Requirements:
Please bring a sleeping bag, a mattress pad, working clothes and motivation.
Age:
18-26
Location:
Peenemuende is located in the northern part of the island usedom. between 1936 and 1989 the region was restricted (for army use only), therefore the nature in the surroundings has developed undisturbed. looking back in history of peenemuende participated in the development of the v-rockets and today is a memorial as well as a technical historical information centre reminding us of it.
Language(s):
English
Airport:
SXF: Schonefeld (Berlin, Germany)Vegetarian food will be available
The volunteers are asked to help on the excavation ground of the fortress with building work, repairing and painting walls, carrying stones or cleaning. Other tasks can be removing of bushes or documentation of your work. It is possible that you will be asked to help on another excavation place to do punctured excavations (1m x 1m) and filter the finds. Please be prepared for any work outside.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation:You will live in a community house in the village, with toilet and shower facilities provided. All bed linen is provided.
Food:
The locals will prepare lunch. Breakfast and evening meals will be prepared by the volunteers in a small kitchen. So please bring recipes and special ingredients with you for cooking and to present meals from your country.
Location & leisure:
If you are interested in history, you will have the chance to learn a lot about the region and the fortress. You can travel to Weimar, which was the well known workplace of the poets Goethe and Schiller. You will be able to find out more about history and perhaps visit the former concentration camp Buchenwald. It will also be possible to go to a nearby castle called Schloss Burg. Perhaps you will get to see the concert of the world famous organ Silbermannorgel. You could go for a boat trip on the river Saale or just enjoy the natural environment while walking around the area.Please be aware that you will be in a very rural area from where it is quite difficult to get away (for shopping etc.), but there are very nice people in the village who are interested in meeting you.
Age:
18-26
Location:
Weisbach 2307368 remptendorf
Language(s):
English
Airport:
LEJ: Leipzig Halle (Leipzig, Germany)Vegetarian food will be available
During the first week of the workcamp, you'll be spending your mornings in an intensive German language course (2 x 90 min. per day), in order to develop your knowledge of conversational German used in daily life as well as how the language itself works. The language teachers are native speakers who have experience teaching German as a foreign language. Despite this course, you're still all part of the group during the first week. In the second and third weeks, you and your team will be helping with maintenance work on the graves of war victims at Reinickendorf in North Berlin. There are both German and non-German soldiers and civilians, for whom a war grave cemetery was created. Together with your team you'll be helping to mow and restore grassy areas and, amongst other things, cleaning gravestones and concrete frames.
Accomodation & food:
Your accommodation will be a large house in the Alt-Tempelhof district in Berlin. You will prepare and cook meals in small groups.
Location & leisure:
Berlin offers a wide range of free-time opportunities for any time of day. In order to accommodate the many different interests of your team, you'll receive a Cityticket which can be used for all public transport across Berlin, valid for the duration of the camp.Please transfer the 50 € for the public transport ticket to the following bank account:
Name of Account Holder:
ijgd Berlin
Name of Bank:
Bank für Sozialwirtschaft Berlin
BIC:
BFSWDE33BER
IBAN:
DE94 1002 0500 0003 1175 00
Reason for Payment:
Sprachkurs 79104, your first and last name
Requirements:
300 € Extra fee for the language course and the Cityticket
Special Requirements:
A basic knowledge of German is an absolute requirement for this camp
Are you interested in archaeology and historical craftsmanship? Then this is the camp for you. You can participate in setting up the archaeological open-air museum "Zeiteninsel" (Times Island). Numerous settlement remains from all prehistoric cultural periods have been discovered in the Lahn valley near to the Niederweimar and Argenstein areas. The extensive archaeological evidence proves that there has been a constant settlement in the region for millennia. The first archaeological open-air museum on the history of settlements in the region of Hessen is being set up here in order to display the rich archaeological discoveries. There will be 5 stations on the grounds of the museum, each dedicated to a certain time period. You will aid the completion of a Germanic residential stable from the early Roman Empire (around the birth of Jesus Christ). It is likely that a large family or clan lived in this type of house, almost 30m in length and around 7m in width, together with their animals. With professional guidance from a team on-site, you will help with the construction of the house. More specifically, you will be making walls out of wooden wicker and then plastering them with clay. There could also be an opportunity for you to take part in certain workshops (such as archery, bronze casting, etc.).
Accomodation & food:
You will be staying in a local youth centre in Wolfshausen.The group will prepare and cook meals together.
Location & leisure:
You will be stayin.g in Wolfshausen, a district of Weimar (Lahn). It is very rural, but there is a train station in Niederweimar from which you can reach the university town of Marburg, with its numerous attractions, in just 7 minutes. Besides this, major cities such as Frankfurt and Kassel are also very easily reachable by train. If you haven't had your fill of archaeology after working, you could also visit the "Römerkastell Saalburg" archaeological open-air museum near Frankfurt.
Requirements:
The work involved could sometimes be physically demanding. This camp designed for participants who are interested in archaeology and historical craftsmanship.
At the Heiligensee cemetery, north-west of Berlin, you and your team will be helping with maintenance work on the graves of war victims. There are both German and non-German soldiers and civilians, for whom a war grave cemetery was created. Together with your team you'll be helping to mow and restore grassy areas and, amongst other things, cleaning gravestones and concrete frames. Besides this, you'll be repairing fencing surrounding one section of the cemetery. You will only be working 4 days per week, so will therefore have the opportunity to not only enjoy Berlin's wide range of free-time activities, but also to take advantage of walking tours related to this topic (culture, history, East-West Germany and Berlin...)Please transfer the 150 € for the public transport ticket to the following bank account:
Name of Account Holder:
ijgd Berlin
Name of Bank:
Bank für Sozialwirtschaft Berlin
BIC:
BFSWDE33BER
IBAN:
DE94 1002 0500 0003 1175 00
Reason for Payment:
Extra-Gebühr 79102, your first and last nameThis money can also be paid to the ijgd office after the start of the camp!
Accomodation & food:
You will be staying in an accommodation building in Berlin-Tegel.The group will prepare and cook meals together.
Location & leisure:
The accommodation is near to the "Tegeler Fließ" nature reserve, therefore your group has many opportunities for outdoor games and walks. This is also true of the wider surrounding area, where you can easily reach both Mecklenburg and Rheinsburg lakes, the Spree forest and the Oder river, as well as many more beautiful landscapes. The city centre of Berlin is just 30 minutes away, so you'll receive a Cityticket to use on all public transport across Berlin for the duration of the camp.
Requirements:
150 € extra free (including the Cityticket in Berlin)
Study part:We will get to know more about the time of fascism and we will discover places of racism and neo-fascism. The responsible pedagogical assistant of the memorial will show us the camp, step-by-step, through different excursions. Moreover we will see documentary movies, discuss about racism/anti-Semitism/fascism in our different countries and those who would like to may work with materials of the library or the archive. There is also the possibility to express yourself trough handicrafts as we also have a well-endowed arts room.
Work part:
We will do several jobs in the area of the memorial site, such as cleaning, gardening and restoration along the former railway line from Weimar to Buchenwald in cooperation with the curators of the memorial, and participate in archaeological excavations to find any artefacts relating to the prisoners. There is sometimes also the possibility of engraving stones in commemoration of the victims of the deportations. Our work will also include excursions to the original remains of the former concentration camp in Buchenwald.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation:You will stay in the Youth Centre building, situated on the area of the former concentration camp. You will have to share the room with 2-3 volunteers. Sanitary facilities including showers are in the rooms. Food:Volunteers will cook the meals for themselves. Ideas for cooking are welcomed. Please bring anything to cook (special species or food) with you.
Location & leisure:
That depends of course on the group. Weimar is a student and tourist city, and has many leisure facilities. There are some possibilities to go out in Weimar, such as going to the theatre, exhibitions or to concerts. The city is famous for its museums of German cultural history, including those about the famous poets Goethe and Schiller. There are also some student clubs where we could meet other people.There is the possibility of going on excursions to Erfurt or other nearby towns (e.g. Leipzig) and going for walks in the hills Thuringian Mountains, swimming etc. In the centre we can also use the Hi-Fi and video equipment and the volunteers can do handicrafts in the arts room. In the building we have table tennis and table soccer.
Requirements:
For this Workcamp it is necessary to have very good English skills as we will get a lot of information about the time of Second World War!
Age:
18-26
Location:
Weimar buchenwald
Language(s):
English
Airport:
LEJ: Leipzig Halle (Leipzig, Germany)Vegetarian food will be available
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