KELSTERBACH FOREST OCCUPATION CAMP AGAINST AIRPORT EXPANSION CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY & UNRÄUMBAR FESTIVAL 28–30TH NOVEMBER

Waldbe­set­zung Kel­ster­bach (Kel­ster­bach For­est Occu­pa­tion Camp)

Big parts of the beau­ti­ful for­est of Kel­ster­bach near the air­port of Frankfurt/Main (Ger­many) are in dan­ger of being destroyed.

Kelsterbach tripodsWaldbe­set­zung Kel­ster­bach (Kel­ster­bach For­est Occu­pa­tion Camp)

Big parts of the beau­ti­ful for­est of Kel­ster­bach near the air­port of Frankfurt/Main (Ger­many) are in dan­ger of being destroyed.

It has been well known for about 10 years that Fra­port (the cor­po­ra­tion run­ning Frank­furt Air­port) plan to build a new run­way on this place by the end of 2011, cut­ting down every tree on 300 hectares of land (about 100,000 trees), dou­bling the air­ports flight move­ments per year to a lev­el of at least one every 45 sec­onds. About 50 ini­tia­tives and near­ly all com­mu­ni­ties around the air­port are against the expan­sion because of the expect­ed rise of fly-over noise.

Fra­port plan to fin­ish the run­way by the end of 2011 and is already tak­ing so-called “prepar­ing mea­sures” in the for­est, cut­ting brush­woods to make way for their machines to cut the trees and cap­tur­ing sev­er­al ani­mal species includ­ing frogs and bats to relo­cate.

Almost all forms of protest have not suc­ceed­ed to stop the prepa­ra­tions of the build­ing of a new run­way. Activists have occu­pied a small area of the for­est since May 2008 to stop the exten­sion plans and a tent and hut vil­lage has emerged. About 30–50 peo­ple now reg­u­lar­ly live in the for­est vil­lage and wel­come every help, may it be dona­tions, new inhab­i­tants or just peo­ple pass­ing by and show­ing their sol­i­dar­i­ty.

The may­or of Kel­ster­bach has threat­ened to evict the camp as of 30th Novem­ber 2008, claim­ing he can­not accept the huts in the for­est for legal rea­sons, although it seems unlike­ly the evic­tion will actu­al­ly be attempt­ed then or any time soon.

Unräum­bar Fes­ti­val

The Waldbe­set­zung Kel­ster­bach (Kel­ster­bach For­est Occu­pa­tion Camp) invite you to the Unräum­bar Fes­ti­val, a week­end of live music, art, danc­ing, cin­e­ma, work­shops, playshops, info meet­ings, cre­ative actions, good food, and much more, on 28–30th Novem­ber. The whole fes­ti­val will be non com­mer­cial, every­thing runs on dona­tion basis. Bring a tent, sleep­ing bag and mat. Bring musi­cal instru­ments, toys, good ener­gy and food to share.

Oth­er Ways to Sup­port the Kel­ster­bach For­est Occu­pa­tion

Spread the news about what is hap­pen­ing in Kel­ster­bach For­est. Tell peo­ple, jour­nal­ists and politi­cians.

Dona­tions are very wel­come. Use­ful things include veg­an and veg­e­tar­i­an food, build­ing mate­ri­als (a lot of con­struc­tion wood, nails), old bed­sheets (for ban­ners), writ­ing mate­ri­als, polypropy­lene rope (10 or 14 mm), bicy­cles, tools (saws and ham­mers), wood stoves and oth­er stuff for the win­ter, a cheap way to make fly­ers.
Vis­it or join Kel­ster­bach For­est Occu­pa­tion. Bring a tent, sleep­ing bag and mat, warm clothes, a flash­light. Musi­cal instru­ments and toys are nice! Dish­es, fork, knives and spoons are already here.

Direc­tions

from Kel­ster­bach cen­tre:

By train (S‑Bahn) from Frank­furt or Wies­baden to sta­tion Kel­ster­bach.
Out­side the sta­tion to the left (in the direc­tion of Wies­baden (south-west) at the right side from the track). Then with the track left from you, you fol­low Rüs­selsheimer Straße for about 1,5 km. After you’ve seen an exit-way, you’ll see a traf­fic light. There you turn in the Okriftel­er Strasse (not indi­cat­ed) in the direc­tion of Wall­dorf. You under­pass a train track, ignore the first street (right) and take the sec­ond pos­si­bil­i­ty, a park­ing bay. Walk into the for­est.

by car:
From Köln to Frank­furt A3/E35, exit Raun­heim #48, then to the north, direc­tion of Kel­ster­bach (Rüs­sel­heimer Straße / 43). Right at the traf­fic lights (not indi­cat­ed: Okriftel­er Straße, K152), under by a viaduct. Ignore the first street at the right and take the sec­ond pos­si­bil­i­ty (150 meters fur­ther), a park­ing bay (see pic­ture) and park your car there.
Behind the bar­ri­er you walk straight on, fol­low­ing the way and peace-signs. You’ll come by a lake (on your right) and find the camp a lit­tle fur­ther (after a cross­road) on your left.

Hitch­hik­ing direc­tions:
A3, from Köln direc­tion Frank­furt, exit 48 — Raun­heim, ask the dri­ver to go north direc­tion Kel­ster­bach to let you out after sev­er­al 100 meters ‑where its pos­si­ble to turn… go on till you find the first hard way (ignore the 1. earthy path) to the right… fol­low the signs of lib­er­a­tion.
or go under the train, turn left, go right under the tube, over the street and straight… along a lake after it turn right.

Con­tact

Address:
Baumbe­set­zung neben dem Pflanz­garten
Gelbe Grund­schneise
65451 Kel­ster­bach
GERMANY
Phone: (+49)0175 833 59 58 (German/English)
e‑mail: waldbesetzung@riseup.net
Web­site: http://www.waldbesetzung.blogsport.de
Coor­di­nates: 50.038999, 8.504019