Sassen Village and Pond

The community e.V. Sassen and Richthof
is an association of friends and relatives of disabled people.
There are available:
in Sassen: 130 places for adults
at the Richthof: 120 places for adults
Sassen and Richthof stand for:
Village communities, recognized workshops (WfbM): Agriculture | Nurseries | Bakery | wood workshops | Weavings | clay workshops | Dyeing | Candle Workshop | households
Education in Agriculture | Nursery | Bakery | Carpentry | carpentry

The Lebensgemeinschaft e.V. Sassen and Richthof form an integrative community in the two villages of Sassen and Richthof. People with and without a need for help live together in extended families or other forms of housing, work together in various businesses belonging to the two villages and help each other, according to their individual abilities, in the organization and administration of the village communities.
Admission: People who, due to a mental disability, are entitled to help to reintegrate into social and professional life are admitted to the community.

In the two villages of Sassen and Richthof, around 250 men and women with intellectual disabilities currently live in 26 large families. In such an extended family, there are 4 to 12 cared-for people, the house parents, their children if necessary, and 1 to 2 volunteers.
An essential task of community life is the creation of a diverse cultural life. This also includes practicing social skills and looking for new, contemporary forms of community.Leisure activities include: choir, orchestra, folk dance, eurythmy, painting, theater, concerts, lectures as well as swimming, hiking, gymnastics, sport and the like.The community is supported by the work on anthroposophy, the Gospel evening on Saturdays, the organization of the great Christian annual festivals and the Sunday service.