Windstein Verein :: Communities Directory

Formed: 1999 Established: 1999

This page last updated:11/3/2009

Windstein Verein

Sachsen-Anhalt, Randzone,

Germany

(Gemeinde Jeggeleben)

In an agricultural region of middle north Germany lies a tiny village: Sallenthin. The community is spread over three neighboring farms, numbers 38, 39, and 40.

In the moment we are averagely 6 long and 3 tall ones,

for NOW...

The common special topic here is to renovate living areas...

That is why this place is attractive, especially for people who are either autark or mobile with their living or business situations, or have a simple, basic expectation of cultural sensations or group processes.

The summer is quite dry here, with only a little wind. In the big garden grow some winter veggies, cabbage, beetroot, onions and so on, but there are also plenty of berries and fruit trees, and we have glasses in which to make jam.

In the evening we may play some carrom, chess, or injaka, tabletennis or soccer, tae kwon do or tai chi, or matchbox cars on the sand hill.

In the winter we need to fetch wood for the ovens, saw it, split it, and burn it.

We appreciate simple natural farm structures and the authority of their expression and communication.

Garden, Renovating, Wood-Workplace (furniture, spoons...), Big Clayoven, Animalsheds, Horseacre.

Official stuff also sometimes,like sidewalk/street-cleaning.

or paperworks.

idealistic viewpionts on reasonable or emotional opportunies meet physical specialism...

To most of the visitors, and also inhabitants, the place seems to have an effect of calming down, clearing and simplifying. Exceptions are the "old-in-sitten-ones" and the internationals.

Our seminar house, “gecko” (40), offers a comfy opportunity to enjoy some days in agreement on a common special topic, like yoga, theatre games, shiatsu-shin tai treatments (tusb/Tissue-Unwinding-spine-balancing)or just a travelling-seminar-group-place.

Status: this year two presidents stay, and one changes.

Website: http://www.stallkultur.de

Contact:

Hofkunst e.V.
Dorfstrasse 38
Sallenthin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Randzone 29416 Germany
Phone: 039009 908764, 039009908766

Links:

spacemais: Picture-gallery and actual-situation-blog... from and with the inofficial hierarchic president

http://www.stallkultur.de: ..under construction...

http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=746328025&ref=profile: another gallery of the farms

International Telephone Info

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

Former/Other Names: Hoppenhof, LPG Aufbau, Stallkultur e.V.

This page last updated:11/3/2009

Visitors Accepted

(Private guestrooms have oven-heating, please contact in advance for actual conditions.)

Visitor Process: Ask before for actual hosting capacities, Say hello on all three Farms, Know what one wants and is useful to offer, Pay attention to the personal inhabitants intimancy, ...after landing in the farm-silence: taking part on common projects ...after some moretime: communicate and offer the own self-understanding of harmonic sharing of responsabilities, actively. Most important: Enjoying lucky opportunities!;}

Affiliations:

Network Affiliations:

Altmark-Alternativen, ijgd, atem e.V., l.k.w. e.v.

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 27 Non-member Residents: 3 (Interested, quite new Wagonlivers) Open to new members: Yes (there are two free, renovated, heatable rooms free in Nr. 38, one under construction in Nr.39, and soon a whole)	Government Decision Making: By consensus (only objective-logic-thingly-topic-related, minus one, the veto-outgoing solo-critic self-backpulling-gesture. Mostly spontaniously.) Identified Leader: No (everybody leads his/her-self only. people communicating constructive interest or expieriences gain souvereignity and authority in special areas.) Leadership Core Group: Yes (2 "eldest" , an official "presidentship-Group", and three farm-owners.)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Partial income sharing (food (grains), building stuff and community-tools, car, wood and of course... the FARM itself...) Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes Labor Contribution: Expected (at least for common areas like kitchen and house: cleaning and renovating, firewood.) Join Fee: No (we take private credits to solve our credit from the GLS-bank!!!, other possibility is being only renting, without authority-status...) Regular Fees: Yes (30 euro/month plus rent, regular 170/month incl. beside-costs, 70 for wagonplace inclusive firewood)
Land and Buildings Rural (Ex-GDR-Borderzone, Countryside-Outback, some forests, sober and silent lakes, one of germanys least settled areas...quite dryin between.....) Area: 7.4 acres (3.0 hectares) (one of it is acre for animals and/or Grains....With digestable proteins only of course!) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) (AND the Windstein-organization-Community at the same time, because these Owners are Members also...) Number of Residences: 3 (...and 6 moreless big sheds/workshops) Cohousing: No (and at the same time some private businesses...)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 6-20% (winterveggies: cabbage, roots, pumpkins and onions, besides the apples, peeces,plums, peers, mirabellas, walnuts, herbs and blossoms) Share Community Meals: 1 time/week (on weekends more individual) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: There are some dietary restrictions (some kids are by some parents not likely seen to be eating indigestable protein like wheat, milk or even meat. some people are propagating a socalled lifefood-diet, raw and vegan, without indigestable grains and shellfruits, roots and oxidation. and nightshades.) Dietary Practice: Omnivorous (there is everything, but only starting from original kosher over vegetarian and vegan to these before nearly expressed dietary choice or restricions of my exception.) Alcohol Use: Seldom used (only for special reasons.) Tobacco Use: Seldom used (only for common reasons.)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: Yes Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Paganism/Earth Religions (We make Rituals on the 8 Yearcycle-Feasts) Educational Style(s): Private school off the property (FSA, Freie Schule Altmark e.V., 6 Km near)

Cohousing Details

Cohousing Status:

Own Site

(One farms pays a credit for 2 years still)

Year Completed:

1999

(some more followed and follow still...)

Number of Units:

Square Feet in Common House:

200

(each on one floor floor, but the third oe is smaller...its big enough.)

Architect:

pawns before 120 years

Developer:

secondgeneration of middle-whealthy farmers, running from the ex-west to the ex-east of germany, settlers with low luxury-living-standard

Commercial Lender:

Parents and the GLS-Bank

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