Live the Mythos of the regions, or the difficulties in recognizing and telling the stories of the landscape.
6:00 pm – Welcome in the parking lot at Pfronten-Kappel
6:30 pm – Hike to Hündeleskop Cabin
7:15 pm -The presentation of the project: From “Ostallgäu” to “Castle Park Allgäu”
9:45 pm – Torchlight hike back to the starting point at the parking lot at Pfronten – Kappel
8:30 am – Shuttle transfer from lodging accommodations to the Symposium Center
9:00 am – Opening of the Third International Symposium Hiking Village (Symposium Center, Vilstal Straße 2, 87459 Pfronten)
9:45 am – Lecture: “Nature – culture – landscape and actors”
11:10 am – Lecture: “Et jit net jerannt – Trails that Dance with the Volcano”
12:00 pm – Lunch at Braugasthof Falkenstein
2:00 pm – Lecture: “Hiking Trilogy Allgäu; the visions and challenges in the implementation of a flagship product” (Symposium Center)
3:00 pm – Lecture: “Rulaman, a Novel about the Stone Age as a Template for a Hiking Trail System”
4:30 pm – Lecture: “Being ’Used to’ creates the Usual or How a Guiding Principle can be Used for Creativity”
6:00 pm – Walk together from the Symposium Center to the tavern (about 1.6 km, around 25 min.)
9:45 pm – Shuttle transfer from the Symposium Center to the lodging accommodations
6:00 am – Morning greeting and a climb to Falkenstein Castle with breakfast
10:00 am – Lecture: “A place (Pfronten) on the way to Becoming a EHV-village”
10:30 am – Guided tour: “In the Footsteps of Hiking Trilogy with Four Expert Sections”
4:30 pm – Return to the Symposium Center & an afternoon coffee break
5:00 pm – Progress report from the European Hiking Villages
6:00 pm – Official end of the Symposium
Shuttle service from the Symposium Center to the lodging accommodations
Friday, June 10, 2016 (evening event)
Saturday, June 11, 2016
A workshop fee will be charged per person according to the status of the home region or village of the participant (incl. transfers, snack at “cabin evening”, a lunch hosted by the tourist board Pfronten, breakfast in Burghotel Falkenstein, coffee breaks and conference materials), The packages of the Austrian participants are to be paid gross incl. VAT. Non -Austrian participants with a valid VAT number pay net without VAT:
Net | VAT | Gross | |
Villages / regions without membership: | € 290,- | € 58,- | € 348,- |
Villages with EHV prospective status: | € 260,- | € 52,- | € 312,- |
Members of European Hiking Villages: | € 240,- | € 48,- | € 288,- |
Members of Austria’s Hiking Villages: | € 220,- | € 44,- | € 264,- |
A cost reduction of € 30 is valid for each additional person. The price of lodging accommodations, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and additional optional program items are not included.
We recommend an early registration, since the number of participants in the Third International Hiking Villages Symposium is limited. Registrations before May 8, 2016, receive a 10-percent discount on workshop packages. For all other participants, we ask for a registration at the latest on May 30, 2016. In order for the registration to be valid, please transfer the workshop fee at the time of application to the account of the Association for Quality Assurance for Hiking in Europe (IBAN: AT79 3943 1000 0004 3083 BIC: RZKTAT2K431).
For lodging accommodations in Pfronten see www.pfronten.de. The team “Pfronten Tourism” can assist in finding a suitable room (Tel. +49 8363 698. Info@pfronten.de)
Two hosts (Quality Hiking Germany) have discounted rooms in their offerings for symposium participants. Please use the booking code EWD 2016 with reservations at Hotel Berghof **** (single starting at € 79, double starting at € 158, Falkensteinweg 13, 87459 Pfronten, Tel.: +49 8363 91130, www.berghof-pfronten.de) and the Pension Alpenblick G *** (single starting at € 70, double starting at € 90, Edelsbergweg 23, 87459 Pfronten, Tel.:+49 8363 91370, www.goldstein-pfronten.de).