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17 Apr 2024
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Hi Workawayers!
In the heart of the beautiful black forest in the southwest of Germany, there is a large house full of joy, life and energy. The house is located in Bürchau, a relatively isolated village of about 200 inhabitants. The first shops are about fifteen minutes away by car. At the moment we are a group of 5 people living together in a former mountain hotel with 900m² of living space and a garden of 2000m². We moved in April 2022, bought the house in September 2022 and are now immersed in many exciting and creative projects!
-> development of an educational center focused on solidarity, ecology and alternative lifestyles
-> development of a regenerative vegetable garden
-> development of living spaces inside and outside the house
-> organization of cultural events and parties
-> harmonization and deepening of community life
We want to see our community grow, our projects develop and our fundamental values spread as much as possible. Solidarity, ecology and diversity are not just theoretical concepts for us, but tend to be implemented on a daily basis to reach our ultimate goal: a good life for everyone.
Come and visit us to contribute to the blooming of our projects and have a great time in our community!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here is a list of the cultural contributions that your stay with us can bring you:
- Experience life in a community
- Recharge your batteries in the surrounding nature
- Enjoy the quietness of the mountain countryside
- Enjoy the energy of a dynamic group
- Make new friends
And here is a list of areas where you can possibly learn something:
- Mechanisms and functioning of the "Mietshäuser Syndikat" (literally 'apartment-house syndicate'). It is a cooperative, non-commercial joint venture in Germany that helps communities acquire long-term affordable living space via a legal, collective property arrangement.
- Decision-making according to the principles of sociocracy
- Instruments for harmonizing community life and conflict management
- Economy for the Common Good
- Ecological gardening
- Identification, collection and consumption of wild herbs and mushrooms
- Yoga, meditation
- Practicing your languages with native speakers: German, Germanic dialect and Berlin dialect
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need your help to develop the projects listed above! There are two possible ways to do this, which can ideally be combined:
- on the one hand you can support us directly with your skills, abilities and areas of expertise
- on the other hand you can support us indirectly by taking care of the daily chores and tasks that living in a community in a big house implies: cooking, cleaning, taking care of the garden or the children.
We are at the beginning of the development phase of our activities, which means that we need flexibility and room for new ideas. Your imagination and creative spirit are welcome! We are open to all kinds of support, but we are particularly looking forward to receiving expertise in the following areas: maintenance and repair of all kinds, interior and exterior design, ecological resource management, architecture, photography and media creation, website development, construction skills, DIY...
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We are native german who will be happy to share with you thier languages. We speak fluent english. And some speak a bit spanish. We dont speak french :( Some people in the group are interested into learning: Spanish, Turkish, Persian, Chinese (Mandarin)...
Accommodation
Accommodation:
Our old hotel has many rooms for our guests. Our rooms have one, two or three beds, each with a private bathroom. Sheets, blankets and towels are available. You can use all the facilities of our common areas.
Food:
You have free access to our community kitchen and its stock of food. We usually have dinner as a group every night/noon. We cook basically vegetarian, although we do tolerate the occasional consumption of meat.
What else ...
Our house is sometimes full of life and with guests of all kinds, in other times people need space for themselves and its quiet, everyone is in his/her room. It's up to you to find your balance.
Here are a few relevant facts about our location:
- we are almost in the middle of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park
- we are about 50 km from three "big" cities: Freiburg in Breisgau (Germany), Basel (Switzerland) and Mulhouse (France)
- the nearest "small" town with shops is Schönau, a 15 minute drive away.
- two bus lines pass through our village, but the bus is not running often.
- notable tourist attractions: numerous hiking trails, ski area nearby, lake for swimming
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
All our rooms have internet access, so you have your private room to work in. Some of the residents do home-offfice. We are connected to the Internet via Starlink, which connects directly to the satellite. The data transmission speed is sufficient to have a video conference in high definition quality: 150mb down / 20 mb up
Space for parking camper vans
We have a flat parking place and optionally a flat grassy area.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (10)
I had not any particular skill to offer, besides my volunteering spirit and willingness to do any task needed. Lisa… read more
In this magical place I met sisters and brothers who were guided by values of acceptance, clear and open communication, trust,… read more
Milou arrived one day mounted on the bike that never leaves her. In her bag, a pirotechnic show stick, Asian dance fans, tremendous energy, multiple talents and contagious good humor. We were… read more
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I had not any particular skill to offer, besides my volunteering spirit and willingness to do any task needed. Lisa… read more
In this magical place I met sisters and brothers who were guided by values of acceptance, clear and open communication, trust,… read more
Milou arrived one day mounted on the bike that never leaves her. In her bag, a pirotechnic show stick, Asian dance fans, tremendous energy, multiple talents and contagious good humor. We were… read more
I felt welcomed and accepted since the first moment, and grew so much in only two weeks. I learnt new practical skills, but most importantly I learnt a lot about communicating and connecting… read more
The parents, Efrat and Adi, were very friendly and carried out… read more
We worked at the house itself and the garden. You can… read more
instructions and tasks were organized and clear. there was a large variety of tasks to do, so I was never bored. I helped with gardening, cooking, cleaning, and even… read more
Diesen Host kann ich nur empfehlen und freue mich schon auf ein Wiedersehen. :-)
Jona is great handeling volunteers, he is paceful, playful and really comprenhensive. In the house they are very organised, we have a volunteer list of tasks that we can do, most of them were practical daily things and then we also had the option of doing some creative project. They were very flexible with… read more
She is a very talented drawer and left us a fantastic… read more
