Vision

INITIAL SITUATION

Kilchzimmer is a special place in the Basel Jura, whose history shapes the area to this day.

Since 2023, we have been living and working here as the Seminarhaus Kilchzimmer Association. During this time, we have been able to experience how much power and potential lies in this place and how much it calls to be preserved and further cared for.

An important basis for our project is the special zone for education and training. It provides for living and working to take place in the same location. This is exactly the interplay we are already living: communal living, seminars, culture, and agriculture under one roof.

With the founding of the non-profit cooperative, we want to acquire Kilchzimmer, carefully develop it further, and preserve it as an open place of learning and encounter for the region.

IMPLEMENTATION

Our vision is a place where people can encounter themselves, nature, and each other. We understand humans as part of nature. Shaping relationships mindfully and healthily is a core concern for us and a common field of research that we develop further in everyday life. We want to live and pass on this connectedness with joy, creativity, and personal expression.

From this, our three focal points Nature, Culture, and Health arise. They shape our actions and our living together and form the foundation for what we are building at Kilchzimmer. We consciously let these areas intertwine and develop new forms of learning, researching, and working together from them. Anchoring them here is understood as a process that requires attention, clarity, and mutual trust.

We act resource-consciously, make decisions transparently, and appreciate the diversity of the people who live and participate here. At the same time, we open the place to groups, guests, and projects who feel connected to our attitude and want to become part of this vibrant network.

OUR FOCAL POINTS

NATURE

Nature stands for connectedness, for experiencing cycles, and for responsible coexistence with our environment. We create spaces where people can practically experience plant knowledge, botany, regenerative design systems, and ecological interrelationships.

CULTURE

For us, culture means expression, creativity, and shaping things together. The place offers space for music, art, crafts, dance, and new forms of cultural exchange.

HEALTH

We understand health as an interplay of body, mind, emotions, and relationships. Mindfulness, bodywork, spirituality, relaxation, medicinal plant knowledge, and consciousness work are central components that we share, teach, and live together.

MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

Kilchzimmer is to develop further in the coming years into a place where our vision can become reality.

We give development space to grow organically. In perspective, we can imagine enabling people in challenging life situations to take a time-out or connecting to the historical spa tradition, for example with simple offers for regeneration, rest, and well-being.