What people carry together will eventually seek a place.
“The Encounter”
From many years of experience of what can emerge between people
when encounter truly takes place, a simple conclusion has grown:
when encounter truly takes place, a simple conclusion has grown:
To create a place that gives space to perception,
to human togetherness,
and to the creativity that unfolds from it.
to human togetherness,
and to the creativity that unfolds from it.
Under the guiding idea:
“The creativity of generous encounter”
an ensemble is growing as the physical body of the foundation
on already acquired 18,000 square meters of land
near the Austrian–Hungarian border in Szakony.
on already acquired 18,000 square meters of land
near the Austrian–Hungarian border in Szakony.
A place for encounter, creation, and stillness.
An oval wooden building complex with green roofs.
Inside it, a concert hall called the “Widukind Hall”, various flexible rooms and workshops.
Large windows and doors open out into a park that invites people to breathe deeply and unwind:
flowers, herb gardens, fruit trees, meadows, a small open-air stage,
and a pond crossed by a wooden bridge.
Large windows and doors open out into a park that invites people to breathe deeply and unwind:
flowers, herb gardens, fruit trees, meadows, a small open-air stage,
and a pond crossed by a wooden bridge.
Across this bridge, one arrives from the parking area to a forecourt with a large glass façade.
Behind it, a bright foyer with light catering — a threshold between inside and outside,
a welcoming space for getting to know one another.
Behind it, a bright foyer with light catering — a threshold between inside and outside,
a welcoming space for getting to know one another.
In summer, homemade ice cream is served under sun umbrellas.
Beyond this, the main entrance doors open into the Widukind Hall, the centre of encounter.
A festival and concert hall for 240 people, extendable by two balconies with 50 seats each.
The entire hall also serves as an acoustically refined recording studio.
A festival and concert hall for 240 people, extendable by two balconies with 50 seats each.
The entire hall also serves as an acoustically refined recording studio.
Planning status: The site is currently in development and is being overseen by Companions from seven countries.
Simple, robust accommodations in guest houses are also planned.
Spaces for caravans, tents, and yurts are already available.
Spaces for caravans, tents, and yurts are already available.
Often, encounter opens in places where people are simply present—
where they can be in and allow being in a non-hierarchical appreciation of difference.
where they can be in and allow being in a non-hierarchical appreciation of difference.
Sometimes after a concert.
Over a bowl of soup.
In a conversation by the fire.
In shared stillness.
Over a bowl of soup.
In a conversation by the fire.
In shared stillness.
In simplicity, it often became clear that this was not something smaller,
but a quiet sense of greatness in unmediated essence —
something that felt real.
but a quiet sense of greatness in unmediated essence —
something that felt real.
It is here that we came to know it:
“The Creativity of a Generous Encounter.”