Schloss
Zeilitzheim
23rd July - 31st
July 2010
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
