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Landscaping
the surroundings of a new youth hostel in Thuringia
Volunteer project: In the National Park “Hainich” with a Jungle-Life-Camp, a new hostel of the Thuringian German Youth Hostel Association is under construction. For the last three years, international volunteer groups have worked on this project. Your help and your creative ideas are required. Many interesting and diverse tasks are waiting for you. These include building a park, planting flowers, setting pathways and creating a play area. Language: English Accommodation: In a guest house, close to the new hostel. Location: Thuringia; Mihla is situated about 15 km north of Eisenstadt, and is famous for its “Wartburg” castle. Train station: Eisenach or Mühlhausen Airport: Hanover or Berlin
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Construction
and environmental works on the shore of Lake Jersleber Volunteer project: The campsite on Lake Jersleber now belongs to the town of Barleben, which lies right next door to Magdeburg, the capital of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt. The town council has big plans for this campsite. You’ll work on the grounds, and your main tasks will be the construction of a barbecue area, removing old plant beds from the shore of Lake Jersleber and renovating the lifeguard station. You’ll also help with maintenance work along the shore and in the sports areas, such as hedge trimming, weeding, as well as tidying up the eastern beach. Language: English Accommodation: At the campsite. Location: Located in Saxony-Anhalt; Magdeburg – 15 km, Berlin – 140 km. The surrounding area itself has many attractions, such as a skating park and football and basketball courts in nearby Barleben as well as the US-Play leisure centre with bowling alleys, games consoles and multi-screen cinema. You might like to visit Europe’s largest lime tree forest, and the “Wasserstraßenkreuz” with the “Trogbruecke,“ where a steel aqueduct carries a canal across the river Elbe. The city of Magdeburg with its multitude of cultural and leisure facilities is also within easy reach. Train station: Magdeburg or Wolmirstedt Airport: Leipzig, Berlin
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Expanding
and remodelling a network of hiking trails
south of Berlin Volunteer project: A programme has been created by the government in cooperation with the International Airport Berlin Brandenburg, in order to make this beautiful region more accessible to tourists. A network of hiking and bicycling trails should be built, and protected areas for fauna and animals created. Under supervision of the local landscape conservation association, you will help expanding and remodelling different parts of the existing trails network. Your work will include restoration and construction of new trail sections, rubbish removal, maintenance works, building park benches, observation points and signposts, which have to be put up. Most of the work will be done manually. Local partners, such as the forestry office, the nature conservation society and council will help with more technically demanding aspects of your work. At the end of the project, you will have the opportunity to display your work and success to the public. Special requirements: Knowledge of German and English language is required. You need to be able to ride a bicycle. Language: English and German Accommodation: You’ll stay in a child care centre which offers sufficient bedrooms, a kitchen, a dining room and shower facilities. Outside there is a garden with a barbecue and volleyball courts.
Location: Located in the Federal State of
Brandenburg, 15 km south of Berlin. Rangsdorf is a small town southern of
Berlin, surrounded by a landscape, typical for Brandenburg. It consists of
fields, meadows, small lakes and forests.
Train station: Rangsdorf Airport: Berlin
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Nature
conservation activities in the valley of the River Lahn Volunteer project: In the beautiful valley of the River Lahn, there is the small city Runkel. This city of castles and fortresses is known for its picturesque old town centre and for its idyllic location between the “Westerwald” and “Taunus” mountain range. The city Runkel and the forestry office of “Weilmuenster” have arranged many nature conservation works for you. You will accomplish work like removing grass and weeds; take care of biotopes and habitats in protected sections. All this work will help protecting native lizard species, which are almost unique in Europe. If there’s sufficient time, you will help in taking care of a Jewish graveyard and hiking trails. Language: English Accommodation: In the city hall Location: In the federal state of Hesse; 80 km away from Frankfurt a. M., 60 km from Koblenz, 50 km from Giessen. For your free time you can do canoeing on the River Lahn, and a lot of hiking or visiting castles. You can do trips to Frankfurt a. M., Koblenz, Limburg or Giessen. Train station: Runkel Airport: Frankfurt a. M.
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Development
of a Forest Experience Trail
in Saar-Hunsrueck Nature park Volunteer project: You will find Trassem in the romantic Leukbach-valley; in the southwest of the nature park “Saar-Hunsrueck”. Since 2005 a new Forest Experience House is under construction. Together with the young members of the German Forest Youth Group and tutors of the forestry office in Saarburg, you’ll take part in numerous works around this building. You will build walls out of natural stones on the outside of the building; create pathways, build a fireplace and much more. A number of interesting tasks are waiting for you to enhance the Forest Experience Path. In addition to building information boards, adventure paths must be recreated. You’ll help in a water project, where a new habitat for rare water flowers is created. Nature protection or care works complete the variety of nature activities. Language: English Accommodation: In a house of the municipality of Trassem Location: Trassem is situated in Saarland, 38 km south of Trier and 55 km south-east of Luxembourg. Close to the municipality of Trassem, there’s the beautiful wine town of Saarburg, with its historical castle ruins and the picturesque Old City with a waterfall. In addition to the many sights, in Saarburg there are a lot of free time possibilities, such as cafés, an open air swimming pool, and a bird of prey park. You got the possibility to do canoeing on the river Saar or to climb on the rocks of the Saar-valley. You can do trips to Trier, Saarbruecken, Luxemburg and France. Terminal: Saarburg Airport: Saarbruecken, Frankfurt a.M. or Frankfurt Hahn
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Environmental
and nature conservation program in the Harz region
The Harz region is a popular holiday destination; there are mountains, caves with stalactites, mining museums, nature reserves and vast forests steeped in legends and fairy tales, all waiting to be explored by you. Language: English Accommodation: You’ll live in a hut in the forest and sleep on beds of hay. You will need a mattress and a warm sleeping bag. On site there is an outside earth closet, water from a well, a barbecue grill and cooking facilities. Showers are available at a camping ground about one kilometre away. Location: Lower Saxony; Clausthal-Zellerfeld is situated in the centre of the Harz region and your accommodation is some 2.5 km from the city centre. Train station: Goslar Airport: Hannover
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Various
construction and renovation activities in a rural
region of
Bavaria The group will help the members of the association with different building or renovation works in the village, e.g. in the home for elderly people. Depending on the weather, the work can be flexibly done in- and outdoors. For instance, growing and harvesting in the gardens and fields. Since the association is working on different projects at the moment, tasks can vary throughout the project. Language: English Accommodation: The participants’ friendly home for the three weeks will be in a kindergarden where they will have different sleeping rooms, a kitchen, all sanitary facilities and a living room. Location: Wernstein is a small village integrated in the community of Mainleus with all in all 6715 inhabitants, situated in the Bavarian region “Oberfranken”. Not only the sights of nature are impressive, the region is also adorned by many old castles and historical places of interest. Wernstein is situated in a very beautiful rural environment inviting nature lovers to enjoy swimming in the lake or hiking trips. Interesting towns near to Wernstein are for example Bayreuth (Richard Wagner Festival), Coburg (Royal Consort Prince Albert) or Bamberg (World Cultural Heritage). Train station: Mainleus Airport: Dresden, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Muenchen
Age range: 18 - 30 years old
Nature
protection and development work in
the longest biotope system
in Germany
Language: English Accommodation: You’ll stay in a summer hut on the area of the KiEZ Arendsee
Location: Arendsee is in Saxony-Anhalt, 80 km north of Magdeburg and 25
km east of Salzwedel. Train station: Salzwedel or Seehausen Airport: Hanover or Berlin
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Preserving
the Himmelmoor marsh biotope Volunteer project: In the north of Hamburg, there’s the Himmelmoor, the largest high moor of Schleswig-Holstein.
With your work you’ll help maintain the moor and
recover the natural condition of the moor. You’ll displace foreign plants, and
help at water conservation works. Language: English Accommodation: You’ll stay in rooms of a school and a municipality centre. Location: Hemdingen is in Schleswig-Holstein, 30 km from Hamburg, and 100 km from Luebeck. It has about 1500 inhabitants and is placed in a beautiful landscape. The municipality has already accommodated many international volunteer groups and you’ll have the possibility to come in contact with the local population. At the weekend, trips to the coasts and to the cities of Hamburg and Luebeck are worth it. Train station: Quickborn Airport: Hamburg
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Holiday
program for handicapped people
in
Hildesheim Volunteer project: The disabled workshop in Hildesheim offers work in different categories (packaging, montage, metal, pressure, wood, kitchen or garden) for adult people with a physical and/or psychological handicap. Here they can establish their independent life, where they feel good and are able to live within their individual possibilities. Together with the carers of the workshop, you will create a holiday programme for these people. In small groups, you will work 3 days a week, on a bicycle project (repairing, traffic training, and bicycle tours) and a garden creation project. One day each week is planned for free time activities and trips. Friday there’s a collective barbecue day. Special requirements: Knowledge of German language is important in order to be able to talk to the handicapped people. Language: English and German Accommodation: You’ll stay in the youth hostel in Hildesheim-Drispenstedt. Location: Hildesheim is in Lower Saxony, 30 km from Hanover. It’s a “little big city” with 100.000 inhabitants and you’ll find some culture and free time possibilities. Train station: Hildesheim Airport: Hanover
Age range: 18 - 26 years old
Nature
conservation and landscaping activities in the woodland region
of Hunsrueck Volunteer project: Together with the employees of the forest district “Emmerichshuette”, you’ll lay out the surrounding area of the newly built Free Time House in the well wooded Hunsrueck. The Free Time House offers accommodation for school students at their forest adventure tours. Additionally, you will be involved in nature conservation works in the city’s forest. This can include for example plant and forest care works, building and repairing safety fences, tables and benches. If you’re interested, you can learn a lot about the forest. Language: English Accommodation: You’ll stay in the new and modern furnished house, which is idyllically located in the forest. Location: Rhineland-Palatinate; Rheinboellen, 45 km from Koblenz, 60 km from Mainz, and 85 km from Frankfurt a. M. A van will be available and there are possibilities for trips to the river Rhine, to Koblenz, Mainz or Frankfurt a. M. Train station: Bingen Airport: Frankfurt a.M. and Frankfurt Hahn
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Renovation
of
the performance area of
the
Arts and Culture
Centre
in
Guetersloh Volunteer project: Die Weberei is the name of the Centre for Arts, Culture & Communications in Guetersloh. It is located within the Dalkepark in a beautiful former weaving mill, now a listed building, which also houses a huge beer garden. The Weberei provides a venue for concerts and theatre performances, discos, crèche facilities, support groups for senior citizens and the disabled, and dance and drum workshops. The affiliated Young People’s School of the Arts encourages and supports artistic talent. Everything the Weberei does is aimed at making culture and leisure pursuits accessible to all. For example, there is a free live performance every Thursday night. We will need your help with the renovation of the performance area. The large and the small auditorium need to be repainted and renovated, and a new stage needs to be built. The Weberei team is looking forward to challenging you to beach games, such as volleyball, and during your stay you are of course invited to join in with all the events. In addition to the cultural centre, Die Weberei e.V. also looks after the “Wapelbad”, a local leisure area with many facilities, which you are welcome to use. You might also like to visit Muenster, Bielefeld and Hanover. Guetersloh is a “young / trendy” city. Language: English Accommodation: In the rooms of the cultural centre. Location: North Rhine-Westphalia; Bielefeld is 15 km and Muenster - 60 km away. Train station: Guetersloh Airport: Hanover / Duesseldorf
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Conservation
and maintenance of Alpine pastures and biotopes Volunteer project: Rottach-Egern lies on Lake Tegern in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. The local council would like to give you the opportunity to work within this wonderful alpine landscape and explore the natural beauty of this region. You’ll join council employees in a variety of tasks such as conservation and maintenance of Alpine pastures and biotopes as well as combating neophytes (non-indigenous plants) and restoring existing hiking trails. Language: English Accommodation: In the local school’s sports hall. Location: Bavaria; 56 km south of Munich. Rottach-Egern offers a variety of leisure facilities, amongst them an open-air swimming pool and a lake. At weekends, you could visit Munich, Salzburg, Innsbruck or the beautiful Chiemsee (“Lake Chiem”). Train station: Tegernsee Airport: Munich
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Creating
a children’s playground and designing play equipment with artistic flair Volunteer project: Together with the employees and participants of the youth development program, a playground should be built in a small park in Duelmen. Your task will be to prepare the grounds. You will have the opportunity to design and create some exciting toy equipment and “play sculptures” from tree trunks, to give the site some artistic flair. Language: English Accommodation: In a guesthouse for young people. Location: North Rhine-Westphalia; 30 km west of Muenster, on the northern edge of the Ruhr region. It is a lively town with friendly people, many leisure facilities and cultural attractions, surrounded by beautiful parks, pasture land and forests. The immediate surroundings of Duelmen are widely regarded as a paradise for cycling and walking, with great scope for exploring the beautiful countryside. The city Muenster, the Ruhr region and the Netherlands are all within easy reach. Train station: Duelmen Airport: Dortmund
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Preserving
the dune landscape of the North Sea island of
Wangerooge
Volunteer project: Your exhausting working day ends with a refreshing swim in the North Sea. Afterwards, you bask in the sun and proudly look at the beach: together with your fellow volunteers, you have again saved a good part of those dunes from erosion by wind and waves! If you like the idea of helping to preserve the dune landscape of this eastern-most East Frisian island, you have come to the right workcamp. International volunteer groups have supported the coastal and dune land protection programme on this North Sea island for over 50 years.
Under the leadership of the Marine and Waterways
Department, the international group will participate in erecting sand-retaining
fences, plant
marram grass and repair footpaths in the dunes. All these jobs prevent erosion
of the dunes by wind and water, and you will make an important contribution to
the island's sea defences. The
This is a project for people who love the sea, the beach, the sun and the wind. Wangerooge has numerous nature and bird sanctuaries and is a car-free zone. It is a holiday island which offers a variety of free time activities such as swimming in the sea, beach volleyball, walking the mud-flats, bicycle tours, small concerts and much more. Language: English Accommodation: A large youth hostel with shared rooms, in a 7-floor-tower; 200 meters to the beach. You will get bikes in order to go to the working area. Location: The North Sea island of Wangerooge has approximately 2000 inhabitants. It belongs to the National Park “Niedersaechsisches Wattenmeer” and has special flora and fauna. Cars are absolutely forbidden on the island. Terminal: Train station Sande, from there by bus to Harlesiel, from there by ferry to Wangerooge. Airport: Bremen or Hamburg Age range: 16 - 26 years old
Creating
a playground for disabled kids and adults in
Helmstedt Volunteer project: On the area of the Speech recovery kindergarten and the Healing pedagogical kindergarten of the Life-aid in Helmstedt, a large natural area will be formed as a playground and place for the free time.
You will work together on this creative project
with disabled employees of the life-aid-workshop, build paths, a hut, and create
kid’s corners for playing close to nature. You can of course bring your own
creative ideas. Special requirements: Knowledge of German language is required in order to be able to talk to the disabled people and the kids. Language: English and German Accommodation: You’ll stay in the "nature friends" house on the outskirts of Helmstedt, which isn’t far from the city centre. Location: Helmstedt is situated in Lower Saxony between Magedburg and Braunschweig. Helmstedt has with 25.000 inhabitants. There are many possibilities for doing sports, for example swimming, fishing, tennis, horseback riding and skate-boarding. There are cinemas and discotheques. The Zone border museum Helmstedt and the memorial “German Division Marienborn” (one of the most important former border crossings of the divided Germany) provide you an insight into the country’s history and the reunification of Germany almost twenty years ago (following the fall of the Berlin Wall). Train station: Helmstedt Airport: Hanover
Age range: 16 - 26 years old
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Bicycles
will be provided, so that you can go to work (distance about 3 km), reach the
train station (distance about 4 km) in order to catch the train to Berlin,
and/or simply discover the surroundings during your free time. There is a lake
nearby, where you can go swimming (about 3 km). 
Volunteer project:
Based near the historic mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, you
will be involved with a variety of environmental and nature conservation
programmes in co-operation with the Wildemann forestry team. Your tasks will
include the maintenance of riverbanks and small waterways, creation of habitats
and forest pathways. The forestry team will of course be happy to share their
knowledge on nature conservation and their involvement in the environmental
protection of the forests. This project is for people who are happy to live,
work and spend most of their free time surrounded by “Mother Nature“ – you must
be very much in tune with nature to enjoy this project. 
Volunteer project:
The “Green band”, the former inner-German borderline, is with about 1393 km the
longest biotope system in Germany. This nature camp will be supported by the
BUND Saxony-Anhalt. Apart from the work in the “Green band” (creating
information boards for walking paths, and relax-stations, as well as cutting
bushes), you’ll do nature development workshops, walking tours, and listen to
lectures. Close to the former German-German border, the “iron curtain”, you’ll
find media on the topic “the foreign in me and in others”. Wilderness and
cultural landscape areas will be incorporated. Little country art installations
in the landscape will be installed as enriching signs for us and others.
Adventure, nature, arts and culture will be explained and media documented. 
For
your free time, not only the area of the KiEZ offers a lot of sports
possibilities, fun, games and creativity, but in addition the comfortable
romantic city of Arendsee in the Altmark. The lake invites you to go swimming
and to do water sports and the beautiful landscape invites to go hiking and
bicycling.
