The projects providing knowledge in „Traditional Masonry Techniques” are thematically quite diverse. The projects are answering the needs of endangered heritage sites and so refer to the material traditionally used in the particular region, to the regional construction techniques and handcraft traditions.

The projects are alternating from season to season and may include the restoration of historical walls and wall systems of a heritage site, workshops in traditional plastering or in traditional paving techniques.

In several regions there are carried out projects in traditional dry stone wall techniques. Although the used material differs from region to region the traditional techniques are quite similar. Dry stone walls are constructed without mortar and had been common over centuries to strengthen steep slopes, so they are often remarkable characteristics of cultural landscapes. However, the dry stone walls are in many places endangered since the scarps had been fallen out of use, the construction, restoration and maintenance of dry stone walls is physically very demanding and the traditional knowledge among the local population gets lost step by step.

Conservation works at a historical pathway and dry-stone walls
Gornji Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Volunteering Project Spring 2024

Conservation of walls and vaults in traditional masonry techniques
Tematín Castle / Trenčín Region
SLOVAKIA

Volunteering Project Summer 2024

Conservation works at a traditional vernacular ensemble
Gornji Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Volunteering Project Autumn 2024

Conservation of historic dry stone walls
World Heritage Site Classical Weimar / Thuringia
GERMANY

Volunteering Project Autumn 2024

Sustainable practices of heritage conservation in times of climate change
World Heritage Site Classical Weimar / Thuringia
GERMANY

Past Training Course

Conservation works at a historic pathway & a traditional stone slab roof
Gornij Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Past Volunteering Project

Traditional masonry techniques & traditional vaults
Tematín Castle / Trenčín Region
SLOVAKIA

Past Training Course

Conservation works at the entrance area of a fortified church ensemble
Ensemble of the fortified church Movile / Sibiu County
ROMANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation works at cave churches & Documentation of frescos
Cave churches & St. Anna Chapel at Great Prespa Lake / Korça Region
ALBANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation works at a historic mine and its water management system
World Heritage site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Landscape - Segen Gottes Erbstolln Gersdorf / Saxony
GERMANY

Volunteering Project 2021

Traditional dry stone wall techniques
Les Preses / Girona Province
SPAIN

Past Training Course

Conservation of dry stone walls
Belvedere Park Weimar / Thuringia
GERMANY

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation of a medieval wall
Ensemble of the fortified church Movile / Sibiu County
ROMANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation works at a fortified church ensemble
Ensemble of the fortified church Hosman / Sibiu County
ROMANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Traditional masonry & rebuilding of traditional vaults
Tematín Castle / Trencín Region
SLOVAKIA

Past Training Course

Restoration of architectural elements in a historic garden
Ebrach Court Mainstockheim / Bavaria
GERMANY

Past Volunteering Project

Traditional stone techniques & traditional masonry
Couchy Castle / Aisne Départment
FRANCE

Past Training Course

Maintenance of cultural landscape & traditional stone techniques
Marksburg & Spay, Upper Middle Rhine Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate
GERMANY

Past Training Course

Research & preservation of mining heritage
Freiberg & Halsbrücke, Ore Mountains Cultural Landscape / Saxony
GERMANY

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation works at the world’s oldest boat lift & other structures
World Heritage site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region - Halsbrücke / Saxony
GERMANY

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation works at historic pathways & a traditional stone slab roof
Gornij Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Volunteering Project 2022