ArchitectureWhat can a holiday village look like that only slightly impacts nature? Who wants to know, should go to Augustenhof. For this question Adolf and Regina Bollmann have tried to find an answer when they began in 2004 to build the Augustenhof. The couple wanted to make the beach village a model project in which new ecological techniques in the areas of building materials, alternative energy and wastewater should be tested and presented. At first glance, the 30 buildings on the Baltic Sea beach are reminiscent of small Swedish houses. With their grass roof and the natural larch planking, they naturally fit into the extensive coastal landscape. However, there is a lot more to it: for example, PVC-containing fabrics have been dispensed with in construction, and the comfort houses have a double-layered clay plaster which, with its moisture-regulating properties, ensures a particularly good indoor climate. In addition, Bollmanns decided in the second construction phase 2008 for a newly developed insulating material made of wood, clay and water, which was injected under high pressure into the walls.

FoodA small health food store on the premises provides the guests with the most important food. In the morning, fresh bread rolls and coffee or milk are available to order. And if necessary, fresh fruit, vegetables and meat from the neighboring organic farm in stock. The special: nobody needs cash. Each guest simply writes in a little booklet what he has bought. Billing is then at the end of the holiday. In order to give guests the opportunity to get to know each other, the Bollmann family organizes a coffee meeting twice a week in the community center with home-baked waffles or cakes as well as hot and cold drinks.

EnvironmentAnother special feature is the sustainable energy supply: The community house was built as a passive house, which requires little additional energy even in winter, and in the other buildings was paid to an environmentally friendly energy supply: The 2004 built houses are powered by a small heating plant, which with Solar collectors and a wood pellet stove works. The houses from the second construction phase have their own solar collectors and a solar storage. For the time, in which the solar energy is not enough, supports a heat pump, which draws its energy from a 1 km long Solegraben. Here, too, the model character was taken into consideration: supplying identical houses with different energy technologies makes it possible to compare the different systems in their mode of action. In addition, a new wastewater technology is being tested in the beach village Augustenhof. The Augustenhof is supported by the Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein under the "Promotion of Ecotechnical and Ecological Measures" program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas. For its ecological orientation, the beach village of the "Royal Awards for Sustainability" and "Germany. Land of Ideas".

Well-BeingRelax at 60 - 90 degrees: On the Augustenhof there is a sauna house, which opens twice a week for all guests. On the other days, tourists can rent the sauna for 50 euros per day. There are also weekly massages and beauty treatments with natural products, and in the summer months there is the option to attend a Qigong class.