Music Festival Stuttgart (BW)

CODE: IBG 13

PROJECT: The National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald is the newest German National Park to protect nature. The park was just founded in 2015 and the landscape is dominated by huge forests, steep hills, small brooks and ponds, rocks and marshes. Only small hamlets interrupt the nature, a perfect region for plenty of different species but also for hiking.
WORK: The Park Rangers of the National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald are waiting for your support to preserve the fauna and flora in this unique natural environment. At the same time it is a great opportunity for you to learn a lot about this ecosystem. Three main tasks are waiting for you:

1.Care of the nutrient-poor grassland and arnica.

2.Work on the wildlife park of Wildenburg Castle: Here you can find wolves, deer, wild boars, wildcats, mouflons and many other animals. Your task will mainly be to renew wooden fences and to build elements where the animals can hide behind.

3.Restore the natural flow of the water by closing the channels and revitalizing natural flow elements. Other environmental protections tasks can be added. Attention: The work might be physically hard and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Please bring hiking boots and working clothes.
ACCOMMODATION: You stay in a spacious community center that includes a huge kitchen with a dishwasher, a living room, toilets, showers, a washing machine, and wifi. There is one big sleeping room with camping beds. Please bring your sleeping bag! The entire group does grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning together. Food will be bought with the camp budget. To minimize our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable meals.
LOCATION: You are located in Deuselbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, a small village with 260 inhabitants and a pub. Locals are very interested to welcome you, many parties and events will happen. Thalfang (4km away) offers shops and a public pool. The next big city is Trier (40 km), the oldest in Germany, with many Roman sights, a huge cathedral, and plenty of things to do.

REQUIREMENTS: Please be aware that ticks can be an issue when you spend a lot of time outdoors in natural areas in Germany. In our General Infosheet you will find suggestions on how you can protect yourself against them.
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Meeting point: You will be picked up from the bus stop called “Hunsrückhaus/Erbeskopf, Hilscheid”. Please inform your campleader about your arrival time on Aug 9th . Please check for connections from anywhere to Deuselbach www.bahn.com There are regular busses to Deuselbach from the train stations of Idar-Oberstein, Trier and Neubrücke(Nahe).

NEXT INTERNATIONAL BUS STOP: suitable international bus stops are in Mainz, Saarbrucken and Trier
NEXT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Frankfurt (FRA), Luxembourg (LUX)