Schloss Zeilitzheim
21st
July -
28th July 2012
What is a Folk Camp?
About eighty people from all age groups - families
with children, "singles", couples, friends; from
all over Europe - camping in the grounds of the
Schloss. Those who prefer to live more comfortably
can rent a room or a holiday flat inside the
building or in the village. The idea is imported
from The Folk Camps Society in England, although
naturally with some changes to suit the
international atmosphere.
The first
German Folk Camp was held near Bremen in 1980.
After three years at a site in North Hessen, the
first camp at Zeilitzheim was in 1984. Three
years later, in 1987, the Folk Camp in Germany
was strong enough, and different enough, to go
its own way; it became independent of the
English Folk Camps Society. In 1989 the Verein
(society) Folk Camp Germany e.V. was founded,
and this is now responsible for the organisation
of the camp.
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c/o Eckebrecht von
Pappenheim
