• BattleMeshV17

Battlemesh v17

• Dates: Tuesday 2025-06-10 to Tuesday 2025-06-17

• Coordinates to Sundhausen, Germany

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The Wireless Battle Mesh is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized annual convention.

The convention features a variety of talks and workshops on technical and political issues related to mesh networking, wireless community networks and Openwrt firmware development.

The purpose of the event is to further topics such as right to connectivity, community-owned infrastructure and related free open source projects.

Where

The Battlemesh v17 will take place in Sundhausen, Thüringen, Germany. Sundhausen is a small village, providing an established mesh network. The network is build by Evernet.

Location of the main event

How to get there

By Public Transport

• Train:

  • Long-Distance Connections: Travel by ICE/IC to **Erfurt**, a central hub reachable from major cities such as **Berlin** or **Frankfurt**.

  • Regional Train to Bad Langensalza: From Erfurt, transfer to a regional train to **Bad Langensalza**.

  • Shuttle Services: We are organizing shuttles from Bad Langensalza to Sundhausen. Details will be provided soon.

• Regional Buses:

  • Local buses may connect Bad Langensalza with Sundhausen, but services may be limited. Please check schedules in advance.

By Plane

If you are flying, two major airports offer convenient options:

• Frankfurt Airport (FRA):

  • A major international hub approximately 250 km (155 miles) from Sundhausen.
  • Take an ICE/IC train to Erfurt, then transfer to a regional train for Bad Langensalza.

• Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER):

  • Located about 300 km (186 miles) from Sundhausen, BER offers excellent international and domestic connections.
  • From BER, take a train to Erfurt via long-distance services and proceed to Bad Langensalza by regional train.

By Car

• From the North (e.g., Göttingen or Kassel):

  • Take the A38 motorway and exit toward Leinefelde-Worbis. Follow the B247 to Bad Langensalza and then local roads to Sundhausen.

• From the South (e.g., Munich):

  • Use the A71 motorway toward Sömmerda, then take the B176 and B247 to Sundhausen.

• From the East or West:

  • Use the A4 motorway, exiting near Gotha or Eisenach, and follow signs to Bad Langensalza.

Accommodation

Camping - bring your own tent.

What we do

Registering

Add yourself to the participants list. If you'd rather not have your name there, please send an email to the organization team with the same information displayed on the participants list.

The event is free of charge and open for all.

Call for participation

Sponsors

Battlemesh v17 Task List

This task list is kept here to track who is responsible for certain things. Please notify on mailing list before you add yourself here. Local team will be inserted here as well, tasks may be added/merged on the go.