The international workcamp is organised every year by the Upper Middle Rhine World Heritage Association in cooperation with the World Heritage Site Wachau in Austria
ZV-Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal
Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Local Action Group
The new show room in the tower of Boppard’s historic fortification hosts the exhibition “Romans in Boppard
Museum Boppard
The lookout tower “Spitzer Stein” with the reference to the historic telegraph system used in the late 17th century on top of the viewing platform was built in 2020
Jürgen Kläser
The Turner-Route brings the paintings of the famous English painter back to life by marking important waypoints on Turner’s journey with 26 info panels
ZV-Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal
During Advent, Rheinstein castle is illuminated and turned into a magical Christmas Castle (Maerchenhafte Weihnachtsburg).
Michael Leukel
The Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Local Action Group (LAG) is the steering body of the LEADER project. The group includes members from 28 local organizations representing public authorities, the economic and social sectors, and civil society.
The LAG implements the Local Integrated Rural Development Strategy (LILE), which sets objectives for the funding period between 2014-2020 and formulates fields of action for the strategy around four themes:
- liveable settlements of the Middle Rhine;
- sustainable tourism and economic structures;
- preservation and sustainable development of the cultural landscape of the area;
- society and communities in the World Heritage property.
Members of the LAG advise and decide on projects that are submitted to the calls for funding on the basis of their pertinence with the LILE strategy.
The area of interest of the LAG is very similar to that of the UNESCO World Heritage as it includes the associated communities of the Rhine-Nahe, St.Goar-Oberwesel and Loreley and parts of the Rhine-Mosel municipalities and parts of the cities of Boppard, Lahnstein, Bingen and Koblenz.
The LAG also exchanges with national and transnational partner regions on joint cooperations. Currently,
the LAG is working on the application for a new funding period 2023 – 2029.
The action groups has been created in relation to the EU funded project LEADER (from the French Liaison entre actions de développement de l´économie rurale) which focuses on the establishment of models and projects to strengthen the sustainability of regions and their local economy. The LAG is in charge of implementing the LEADER action in the region. The LAG comprises a set of relevant members organizations working and acting on all key sectors and aspects of local development.
- LEADER funding is an effective tool to initiate and finance numerous projects within the world heritage region, but the bureaucratic effort surrounding the application for new funding periods and the management of the LEADER funds should not be underestimated.
- In addition to the LEADER funds, the LAG has been managing and supervising the federal funding program “Regionalbudget” and the state funding program “Ehrenamltiche Bürgerprojekte” (voluntary citizen projects) for several years now. This enables the LAG to support and fund a wide range of projects.