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Guest Guiding Classical Weimar /CULT / OH-G02        17.08. - 16.09.2019

 

 

 

LOCATION:Weimar TERMINAL: Next bus and railway station: Weimar Next airport: Leipzig / Halle (LEJ, 155 km) AGE: at least 20 LANGUAGE: very good level of English, basics of German, other languages are welcome Motivation letter related to the project,

CV + photo                                           

 

Weimaris a beautiful small city, located in the middle of Germany in the state of Thuringia. It has a huge number of cultural important places; especially the Classical Period made the city, what it is now. By the late 18thcentury many of the leading writers and thinkers in Germany, such as Goethe, Schiller and Herder, came to Weimar and shaped the cultural life and in the same time the image of the city. Weimar became the cultural centre of Europe at that time. Many painters, composers and philosophers lived in the city during the classical period. Until now you find many creative and inspired people living in Weimar, which were attracted by the great accumulation of cultural spirit. Since 1998 “Classical Weimar” is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

 

Besides Goethe’s House, the City Church and the City Palace, especially the parks and gardens with their impressive landscape architecture and pretty castles are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Classical Weimar”.  During the 20thcentury Weimar became the birthplace of the Modern Movement in architecture and aesthetics. The Bauhaus was developed by merging the Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts and the Weimar Academy of Fine Arts. It had a profound influence upon developments in art, architecture, design and 

typography. The “Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau” are listed as UNESCO World Heritage, too.  For all this historical important marks and to spread the knowledge of the past, Weimar became in 1999 the European Capital of Culture. 

 

Mid Term Volunteering   Guest Guiding Classical Weimar

 Since 2012 UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers Projects are taking place at the parks and gardens of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Classical Weimar”. The focus of the activities had been all the years at Belvedere Park, where the volunteers uncovered and restored historical paths which had been disappeared for decades. European Heritage Volunteers coordinates the European part of the UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers initiative as well as organises European Heritage Volunteers projects in Germany and initiates and coordinates European Heritage Volunteers Partner Projects all over Europe.

 

Project Description 

The complex of Belvedere Orangery and the associated buildings had been restored by Weimar Classic Foundation during the last years and was reopened in 2015. In the former Garden Inspector's House a permanent exhibition prepared by European Heritage Volunteers about European Heritage Volunteers Projects in Europe as well as about UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers Projects worldwide is installed. The exhibition is complemented by videos presenting some of the Heritage Volunteers projects having taken place in Europe during the last years.

 

The volunteers taking part in the Guest Guiding project will be at the place from Tuesday to Friday in the afternoons and on Saturdays and Sundays the whole days – the time when most of the visitors will come. Every Monday is the free day of the volunteer. S/he should be available for the visitorsof the exhibition, answering their questionsconcerning European Heritage Volunteers, UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers in general and the UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers project at Belvedere Park. Own contribution concerning related topicsas conservation, heritage management, garden architecture and similar is welcome. The volunteers will work in close cooperation with the Department for Castles, Gardens and Buildings of Weimar Classic Foundation. After the introduction week(s) s/he gets 15 € pocket money for each real guest guiding week lasting seven days and 7 € for food per day and s/he will have a simple bike to get from the accommodation to the working place (ca. 4 km). During the H09 project will be further explained, the volunteer will not receive the food money. The volunteer will be accommodated in a flat, with a sleeping room with bed, simple equipped kitchen and shared bathroom.  For the participants of this project should be clear that s/he is the only volunteer at the place.

 

From 15.07 to 19.07the G01 volunteer will have an introduction seminar to become familiar with the organisation as well as to get first instructions about guest guiding, in Lohra Castle (please have a look on the description of Lohra Castle)

 

From 18.07 to 31.08, the UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers Project in Weimar (therefore see the description of the project H09) will take place. The G01 volunteer will be there during the first week, providing guided toursfor the participants.  . Also, during this period, the G01 volunteer will have the have the possibility to transmit the knowledgeabout exhibition to the G02 volunteer.  Thus, the G02 volunteer will be introduced during the first week and then start guest guiding. The G02 volunteer will be involved in the activities of the European Heritage Day on September, 8th, by providing guided tours, too.Both volunteers will be part of the group, presenting heritage sites of its country of origin and being involved  in the social life of the group. During this period, both will be accommodated in the hostel with the participants of the World Heritage Volunteers Project.