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Camphill Phase Three
Outreach
«The Camphill Family», drawn by Günther Lehr in 1952
Karl König between (left) Erika
von Arnim and (right) Alix Roth,
1960 in Brachenreuthe
The Camphill school and farm in
Brachenreuthe on the Lake of Constance, Germany was founded 1958.
Erika von Arnim began the second
school in nearby Föhrenbühl, 1963.
When Karl König moved to Brachenreuthe, 1964 the Middle European Camphill Region really began to unfold:
the first German Village Community started 1965 at Lehenhof and after
König’s death, 1966, Alix Roth began to develop the work in Switzerland.
With the building of Camphill Hall the mission of Camphill was
certainly not complete. Much had been accomplished in the five
centers around Aberdeen: therapies had been developed, artistic and cultural impulses had become a substantial part of life,
and a training course (Camphill Seminar for Curative Education)
was in place for young people. The Village communities had begun with their production workshops bringing new interaction
with general society; this had spread from Botton in Northern
England to The Grange in the South and back to Newton Dee in
Aberdeen, and with it the agricultural work had gained new impetus. Camphill work had been started in Northern Ireland and
tender seeds had been sown in many places – the USA, Norway,
South Africa, and particularly «back to the roots» in Central
Europe, with a start in Brachenreuthe at the Lake of Constance. But
much more was being asked, although Karl König often worried
if the needs could be met.
Curative Education Seminar in Pennsylvania, 1962
With this journey Karl König set the North American
Region of Camphill in motion