Carpenter apprentices and trainers will travel to the Transylvanian part of Romania to do some restoration work on the UNESCO-world heritage fortified churches. They learn about the history of the “Siebenbürger” Saxons and the building history of the fortified churches and traditional wooden Romanian constructions. They learn the basics of the Romanian language in a beginner’s course to be able to communicate with the local colleagues on the building sites. The apprentices will get the building skills in the field of restoration and historic preservation which gives them important extra qualifications. Their accommodations will be in a youth village in the city centre which gives them the possibility to meet and interact with the local people and their colleagues in their free time. The following work will be done at the fortified churches: the building of a chemin de ronde, restoration of church roofs and bell towers, the building and preservation of stairs in and around the fortified churches. The German participants are all carpenter apprentices of the first and third year of their training. The size of the group will not rise above a number of ten to guarantee an intense and individual mentoring. The participants travel to Herrmannstadt, the former European capital of culture. There they will visit the former third largest guild city of the middle ages. One part of sightseeing will be a visit to the Casa Calfelor, a traditional hostel for journeyman and a visit to the city museum where a lot of guild material can be seen. The participants will also visit the vocational college in Herrmannstadt to get insights into the Romanian vocational training. During the travel to Bierthälm, where the main part of the work will be done, a short visit to the fortified churches in Frauendorf with a visit to a museum of the history of the “Siebenbürger” Saxons and the fortified church in Pretai will be done. After the arrival in Bierthälm the participants will get their quarters visit the fortified church, the workshops and the material depots. Before the work can start the participants will be grouped into work teams for the different parts of the building site. There will also be a extended introduction into the different kind of work procedures, processes and safety measures on the building site. The teams will do the working and documentation of their work under a close guidance. In the evening there will be free time. On one evening there will be a visit to a Romanian woodworking shop and a saw mill. There will be also a visit to different local barns which were built in a traditional Romanian style. On one weekend there will be a visit to the ASTRA-museum where the apprentices will get an intense walk around with the director of the open-air museum to get a look at the different types of wooden buildings of Romania’s past. There are different kinds of buildings for different professions and for living as well as different kinds of wooden churches. The museum is known as one of the most interesting open-air museums in Europe. One excursion will be to Schässburg, the hometown of the notorious Vlad Dracul, who has been the blueprint for the literature creature Dracula. The fortified church in Schässburg will also be visited. Intercultural evenings with the Romanian colleagues are planned during the leisure time, when the participants can talk, inform and discuss the history, culture and political situations of the different countries.