Road signs at Tempelhof Ecovillage in Krefeld, Germany.

Schloss Tempelhof

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • German
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2010

What we do

TEMPELHOF
In December 2010, after three years of community building and inner preparations, a group of about 80 (mostly German) have purchased a small abandoned castle with surrounding buildings and farmland, altogether 31 hectares, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
TEMPELHOF NEWS
Today, in 2020, 150 people live at Tempelhof, about a third of them children. In addition to the members of the community, there are also employees from the companies or young people in training or in their community experience year. In 10 years, a real village has been created with a school, a seminar house, community-supported agriculture, community kitchen and catering, car-sharing, guest house, village shop, café, workshops, and creative rooms. On the way to becoming an All Leader community, it is about growing into a culture of trust and learning, which strengthens the ability to take responsibility, the connection, and integration of diversity and actively involves many. To achieve this, we continually adapt our social structure and move topics in regular intensive periods.
TEMPELHOF LEGAL STRUCTURE
Stiftung Tempelhof (Foundation)
Genossenschaft Tempelhof eG (Cooperative)
Tempelhof e.V. (Association)
TEMPELHOF CULTURE
A culture of trust, clarity, transparency, and “not knowing”.
SIX SHARED VALUES OF TEMPELHOF
Community
Diversity
All-Leader
Relationship- and Communications-Culture
Personal Development
Economic Transformation
Sustainability
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  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2010
  • Started living together

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150

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3 weeks ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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