Each year, the Vice-President of the Confederation of European Companions (CCEG) is held by one of the eight Affiliates.
In 2025, it was the turn of the « Gold Blazons » to have responsibility for this mandate. The nickname of this company is « Swim ».
Various professional meetings are offered and are an opportunity for sharing among European partners.
7 to 31 January 2025: RDM course in Hinterzarten
• Course content: Static systems, load assumptions,
empirical formulae, different checks
• Location : Weißtannenhaus Zimmerei Ganter, Oberhöllsteig 16,
79874 Breitnau
• Registration until: 24.12.2024
• Participants: min. 8; max. 15
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Phillip Maier; maier@zimmerei-ganter.de
• Cost: 50 € + meals + accommodation
February 2 0 2 5 : K o h l f a h r t à B r ê m e
• traditional Kohlfahrt (traditional meal) from Bude Bremen
– no accommodation available
• Place: to be communicated later
• Registration until 17.01.2025
• Contact; e.F.V.D. Andreas Buchholz, Tel. 0049 170 5034658
March 7-9: Weekend sledge at the headquarters of Cumpadials (Grisons)
• Sled down in the gray mountains, drink cannons in the cottage, lunch at the seat at Muddern (ourtremere)
• Location: Usteria Staziun, Via Dalla Staziun 3, 7175 Sumvitg – CH
• Registration until 15.02.2025
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Remo Decurtins Tel. 0041 799492182
• e.F.V.D. Marcel Monn Tel. 0041 793048501
• Cost: approx. 200 CHF
29 March 2025: Weekend Companion singing at Köln Headquarters
• Weekend singing companionly
• Location : Gasthaus Zint Tünnes, Sankt-Tönnis-Straße 51, 50769 Köln
• Registration until 15.03.2025
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Jakob Omphüls Tel. 0049 176 36332188
• Costs: on-site participation
From 17 to 29 March 2025: Cours de Trais at the headquarters of Hanover
• Racord of attices and frame line + cultural program.
• Location: Zunfthaus Hannover, Martinstraße 3, 30659 Hannover
• Registration until: date to be communicated later
• Participants: limited, will be later
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Welf Kaufmann Tel. 0049 162 8698596:
• Mail: meisterwelf@web.de
• Cost: will be communicated later
11-13 April 2025: Cultural hiking with the Dresden Cayenne
• Location: St. Ursula Family Holiday Centre in Naundorf
(near Pirna), Saxon Switzerland
• Period: Arrival on 11.04.2025 from 16h to 18h
• Starts on: 13.04.2025 until 12:00.
• Friday 11.04.2025: meet the group and dinner and
General
• Saturday 12.04.2025 : 08.00-10.00 breakfast in common
10:00-14:00* Hiking in the surroundings (Saxon Switzerland) from
15h00 coffee followed by a conference and a round table with
The expert in culture, author and director of documentary films
Grit Lemke on the theme « Women in the craft industry: reluctance of
men of traditional brotherhoods/associations
on the subject of the admission of artisans ».
• Sunday 13.04.2025: Breakfast in common
– Departure until 12:00
• Registration conditions: (20-27 participants): until 26.12.2024
3-5 Associations of Companions CCEG with 1-3 Representatives
each; 1-4 associations of non-CCEG companions (including
free companions) with 1-3 representatives
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Thomas Lubner; Tel. 0049 176 83132736
• Mail: fvd_tom@yahoo.de
• Costs: approx.160.00 € . (including 2x nights with full meal of
Friday evening 11.04.2025, until Sunday morning 13.04.2025).
30 June to 5 July 2025: wood carving course at the school of
wood sculpture
• Framing sculpture: – approach to writing, symbolism and
meaning-notch writing and relief writing (signs,
numbers and house brands)- Sculptures with notch (spiral,
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relief (rock, mask, guard, angle support).
• In case of arrival on Sunday : Wassergasse 1 to 36419 Bermbach/
Rhon
• In case of arrival on Monday: sculpture school, Andenhäuser Straße to
36452 Empfertshausen/ Rhön
• Registration until 31.03.2025
• Participants: min. 6; max. 12
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Martin Gennert; Tel. 0049 176 32465194
• Mail: martin.gennert@gmx.de
• Cost: 285 € + accommodation: 10 € per night
July 28 to August 3, 2025: Stone sculpture course in Tröstau
• The course offers companions of all trades and crafts
opportunity to try or improve in the field of
Stone. The work is done on sandstone or marble and only
with traditional tools. Opening and celebrating August 2 and 3.
• Place : P e n n e Tröstau, an der Rösla 13, 95709 Tröstau im
Fichtelgebirge
• Registration until 13.06.2025
• Participants: min. 8; max. 20
• Contact: F.V.D. Marius Golser; Mail: mariusgolser@gmx.at
• Cost: 300 € including meals and accommodation
June/July/August 2025: Fattschmoren (equivalent to watering)
on the German tour) organised by the FVD mobiles the date
concrete and information will follow!
• Location: 91161 Hilpolstein|
• Registration until: 01.05.2025
• Contact: F.V.D. Lars Hansen
• Mail: l.hansen94@web.de
10-12 October 2025: CGC Annual General Meeting
d a n s l'Eifel. The information will follow by invitation!
• Location: Waldbühne Deudesfeld, Hans-Stadtfeld-Weg 1, 54570
• Contact: e.FV.D. Felix Müller Tel. 0049 178 9620903
• Mail: schmorgeselle@gmail.com
October 1-13, 2024: Beginning of the Spider Year
• CGC Annual General Meeting in Lüdersburg
26 October 2024: Found at the Inn Sonchaux near Montreux
• The end of the season of the fellow novelists must be celebrated and
accompanied by Fondue and white wine.
• Location : Auberge de Sonchaux, En Sonchaux, 1820 Veytaux – CH
• Registration until: 20 October 2024
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Bernhard Mergel Tel. 0041 762021196
• Mail: fvdyvonne@gmx.de
• Costs: approx. 120 CHF (Fondue meal, overnight stay and breakfast)
From 7 to 9 November 2024 : Leipzig Heritage Fair
• For the past two years, the CCEG has had a new stand.
• We inform about homelessness. Visitors and young people can
discover the diversity of European roaming closely.
• Location: Leipzig Exhibition Park, Messe-Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig
• Registration: not necessary
• Contact: e.F.V.D. Thomas Lubner: Tel. 0049 176 83132736
• Mail: fvd_tom@yahoo.de
• Costs: Free entry after prior online registration!
– Info to follow
