The projects providing knowledge in „Traditional Carpentry Techniques” had been the starting point of European Heritage Volunteers’ volunteering and educational activities. Originally coming from this professional background and having started its work while saving abandoned heritage sites in rural areas from decay by firstly restoring their roof constructions and roofs European Heritage Volunteers sees traditional carpentry still as an important field of volunteering and heritage-linked education.
The particular topic of the projects is answering to the needs of endangered heritage sites and so changing from season to season. So, in the last years there had been carried out different projects as the restoration of the historical roof construction of a church from 13th century, the restoration of the roof construction of a Renaissance castle from 16th century including the ceiling system with its baroque paintings, the restoration and the static strengthening of a classicistic roof construction having been dramatically endangered by unprofessional constructive changes during the 19th and 20th century and others.
When restoring historical wooden constructions in line with accepted conservation practices European Heritage Volunteers is concerned with slow, careful repairs using suitable materials and considers carefully the original structures even when this entails more work. For example, historic timber joints are preferred over the use of metal connecting elements and the works are carried out with great care down to the smallest details so that a repaired roof construction loses none of its original constructive and aesthetic quality.
Find the detailed project descriptions for 2019 below.
Since the projects varie from year to year, find for better understanding of the European Heritage Volunteers Programme in addition descriptions of selected projects which took place in previous years.
Gantikow Manor / Brandenburg
GERMANY
Project 2019
Düppel Museum Viillage / Berlin
GERMANY
Project 2019
Kauppila Farm Museum Laitilla / Finland Proper Region
FINLAND
Project 2019
Kenozero National Park / Archangelsk Region
RUSSIA
Project 2019
Markus Röhling Mine Annaberg-Buchholz, Ore Mountains Cultural Landscape / Saxony
GERMANY
Project 2019
Erxleben / Sachsen-Anhalt
GERMANY
Project 2019
Stone Age Park Albersdorf / Schleswig-Holstein
GERMANY
Past Project
Freiberg, Ore Mountains Cultural Landscape / Saxony
GERMANY
Past Project
Quedlinburg & Halberstadt / Sachsen-Anhalt
GERMANY
Past Project
