Schloss Trebnitz

Education and Meeting Center

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Schloss Trebnitz is an international educational and meeting center with a German-Polish focus. Here, children, young people, and adults meet for programs in cultural, political, and intercultural education. In addition, the association is committed to the region.

Trebnitz is a village in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, located between Märkische Schweiz and the Oderbruch – a place that enables learning and encounters in the calm of a rural setting.

Focus areas of educational work

  • International youth encounters and creative workshops (art, theatre, music, film, dance, writing)
  • Historical and political education (including democracy, Europe, sustainability, contemporary history)
  • German-Polish youth and cross-border projects
  • Cultural events, concerts, and discussion formats
  • Training courses and conferences for professionals
  • Adult education according to the Brandenburg Continuing Education Act

Certificates

  • Recognized as an adult education institution under the Brandenburg Continuing Education Act since 2014.
  • Recognized as an approved provider by the Federal Agency for Civic Education since 2015.
  • Since 2018, recognized by the State of Brandenburg as the “Residential Education Centre of Schloss Trebnitz e.V.”

Cooperations

  • Educational institution of the Berlin-Brandenburg Rural Youth Association (Berlin-Brandenburgische Landjugend e. V.)
  • Regional office of the “Children Need Music” foundation by Monika and Rolf Zuckowski
  • Gustav Seitz Foundation / Gustav Seitz Museum
  • International Archive for Special Education / Emil E. Kobi Institute

Memberships

  • Association of German Educational Institutions (Arbeitskreis Deutscher Bildungsstätten e. V.)
  • LAG Märkische Seen e. V.
  • LAG for Political-Cultural Education in Brandenburg e. V.
  • lmb State Specialist Association for Media Education Brandenburg e. V.

Awards (selection)

  • German-Polish Prize 2014
  • Ernst Engelbrecht Greve Prize 2015 (school café “Kaffee zum Glück”)
  • Quality Seal for Student Companies (school café “Kaffee zum Glück”)
  • Flagship Project of the German-Polish Youth Office (DPJW) in 2021
  • Europe Certificate of the Ministry of Finance and Europe of the State of Brandenburg 2022
  • Award as a project under the motto “New Solidarity in the Center” within the competition “People and Successes” of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building 2022
  • Brandenburg Heritage Conservation Award 2023 for the Campus Schloss Trebnitz