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.
Tematín Castle / Trencín Region
SLOVAKIA
Training Course 2019 and 2020
will be repeated in 2021
Belvedere Park Weimar / Thuringia
GERMANY
Past Volunteering Project
will be repeated in 2021
Ensemble of the fortified church Hosman / Sibiu County
ROMANIA
Volunteering Project planned for 2020 which could not be implemented due to COVID-19
will be implemented in 2021
Ebrach Court Mainstockheim / Bavaria
GERMANY
Past Volunteering Project
Couchy Castle / Aisne Départment
FRANCE
Past Training Course
Marksburg & Spay, Upper Middle Rhine Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate
GERMANY
Past Training Course
Freiberg & Halsbrücke, Ore Mountains Cultural Landscape / Saxony
GERMANY
Past Volunteering Project
