Rebuild Together Salm castle

CODE: SJ/ESC47

Work:

The work will consist of maintenance work: it aims here to preserve the existing without adding facings or heightening. It will involve:
• removing and replacing one to three layers of facing, on both the internal and external faces;
• extraction of any roots in the facings;
• removal of the level, extraction of old blockages over 20cm, purging of old mortar;
• creation of a solid “ruin-like” rockwork binding the two faces of the facing;
• prospecting of the outer lining to uncover archaeological material. The motivated team of “Les Veilleurs de Salm” will provide the technical supervision for this work.

Accomodation and food

You will be accommodated in simple, basic group accommodation. Access to kitchen, toilets, washbasins, and showers. Remember to bring your sleeping bags. Wifi will not be available. Food is provided and included in the budget. We will take it in turns to prepare meals. We will favour local and/or organic purchases. We will limit our meat consumption to three times a week.

Location and leisure

Rich in history, La Broque (67130) is a commune of 2600 inhabitants, located in the Bruche Valley, near the Massif du Champ du Feu (430m altitude). It is surrounded by forests and pastures. We are 50 km west of Strasbourg.

hiking, horse riding, festivals, markets, museums, etc. We can organise together the activities we want to discover: there are many possibilities!

Project hosted by

We offer you a collective and intercultural adventure in Alsace! Do you want to be part of it? On the programme: a workcamp useful to the rural community, technical training, exchanges with local inhabitants, animation with young people from Alsace, co-prepared meals, the discovery of the Alsatian Vosges... And everything else we will build together! The members of the association "Les Veilleurs de Salm" are hosting an international workcamp for the third time and are looking forward to this rich experience of sharing! The work will involve consolidating the wall of the "western curtain wall" of the castle ruin. The "identical" consolidation of this wall began almost fifteen years ago, in conjunction with the French heritage services (Monuments Historiques, DRAC). There will also be prospecting in another part of the castle.
More info at: https://www.chateau-de-salm.org/

Directions to meeting point

Meet between 4pm and 7pm at Schirmeck-La Broque station (67130)

Additional comments

This workcamp is funded by the European Solidarity Corps.There is no registration fee. Transport costs will be reimbursed up to a lumpsum fixed according to the travelled distance. Pocket money of €7 per day will be distributed.