Children playing

Playmobile

Free play and exercise activities for children

Are you planning an event that will be attended by lots of children aged between 2 and 14?

We will be happy to come by and set up our mobile playground.

The Spielmobil is accompanied by dedicated volunteer trainers.

  • Concept from 2025 - The use of the Spielmobil continues

    Until the end of 2024, the Spielmobil was financed via the municipal budget and organized and managed by the youth development department in the Office for Youth, Schools and Sport. Due to necessary budget consolidation, a new solution had to be found to enable the popular offer to continue without drawing on municipal funds.

    Thanks to generous support from Hilden's business community and many private citizens, the Spielmobil can be maintained in 2025.

    We would be very pleased to receive further donations to help secure the service in the long term.

    • Area of application: The offer is available exclusively for public events in the Hilden city area.
    • Period: The Spielmobil is in operation annually from April to October.
    • Where does the Spielmobil go? To clubs, organizations, schools, institutions and companies - in principle to (almost) all events where many children between the ages of 2 and 14 are expected. It cannot be booked for private parties such as birthdays or weddings.
    • Number of participants: The event should be attended by at least 30 children of the appropriate age.
    • Duration of assignment: The maximum assignment time per appointment is 6 hours, plus one hour each for set-up and dismantling (including travel time).
    • Availability: The use is only possible if the Spielmobil is not in use elsewhere and sufficient volunteer trainers are available.

  • Contact

    The coordination of the assignments is carried out by the mayor's office of the city of Hilden. For requests for the Spielmobil, please send us the completed form by e-mail. Please note that your requests are only binding after our written confirmation.



    If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to: spielmobil@hilden.de.

    We look forward to giving the children a wonderful and carefree time.

  • Inventory

    Depending on local conditions and the availability of volunteer instructors, the Spielmobil can provide a wide variety of attractions.

    Attraction

    Vehicle

    Bouncy castle (in trailer)

    H

    single- multi-seater, two- multi-wheeled karts > 30

    A

    Balls, frisbees, skipping ropes

    B

    Bucket game

    B

    Field hockey sticks, balls and goals

    B

    Hula-Hoop adults

    B

    Hula-Hoop kids

    B

    Maxi-Four-Wins

    B

    Mini trampoline

    B

    Mini seesaw

    B

    Rhönrad children

    B

    Spinning top

    B

    Tables with board games

    B

    Circus box

    B

    Accordingly, it may be necessary to set up up to 2 transport vehicles (A and B, including the driver in each case) and a trailer (H).


  • Calendar of events

    So that as many children and families as possible find out about your campaign, please be sure to enter your event on www.hilden.de/kalender - and mention the visit of the playmobile there.

    Important: Select the keyword "Spielmobil" when entering. This is the only way the event will also be displayed on the Spielmobil website.

  • History of the Spielmobil

    The idea of bringing a mobile educational service directly to children and young people was born in 1997 during a closed meeting of the youth development department in the youth welfare office of the city of Hilden.

    The great interest was already evident during the first activities in the same year: Numerous children, parents, neighbors and other interested parties took part. Social institutions in the area also actively participated. In some cases, up to 180 children attended the play afternoons, where they played together with the team and used the materials provided.

    After ten successful missions in 1997, a survey confirmed this: The vast majority of Hilden's population wanted the service to continue.

    From 1998, the Spielmobil was regularly deployed with permanent staff. Each season - from April to September - around 30 to 35 deployments took place throughout the city.

    Some milestones:

    • 2009: Stadtwerke Hilden made it possible to purchase new event equipment through a generous sponsorship.
    • 2014: A new vehicle with a larger body was purchased.
    • 2015: Thanks to the support of 3M, the new Sprinter was given a colorful wrap.

    At the council meeting on 17 December 2024, it was decided to reorganize the operation of the playmobile from 1 January 2025. Since then, all costs incurred - including operating and maintenance costs as well as expense allowances for the accompanying instructors - have been financed by donations.

    The Mayor's Office of the City of Hilden has been coordinating the mobile operations since the start of the 2025 season.