Children playing

Playmobile

Free play and exercise activities for children

The Spielmobil is a free service designed to enable clubs, organizations and companies to make events attractive and varied for children. It includes selected play equipment for children from 2 to 14 years of age, offering them exercise, games, fun, sport and excitement.

The playmobile is supervised and accompanied by volunteers (trainers). All costs associated with the mobile offer (operating and maintenance costs of the vehicles and materials, as well as expense allowances for the accompanying trainers) are covered by donations.

  • Use of the Spielmobil from 2025

    Until 2024, the Spielmobil was financed from the municipal budget and organized and managed by the youth development department in the Office for Youth, Schools and Sport. Due to the urgent need for consolidation, ways were sought to maintain the service without using the municipal budget. Thanks to generous donations from Hilden's business community, it has been possible to actually maintain the service.

    The Spielmobil will be on the road again in Hilden in 2025, starting at Easter.

    However, financing via donations is accompanied by an important change:

    Use of the playmobile is now free of charge!

  • Requirements and lending conditions

    • The Spielmobil's mobile offer is aimed primarily at children aged 2-14.
    • Only destinations in the Hilden city area are served.
    • The mobile play vehicle operates from April to October.
    • Clubs and companies, organizations and institutions are entitled to borrow the equipment for their events. It cannot be booked for private parties such as weddings and birthdays.
    • The minimum number of children should not be less than 30.
    • The time required for each journey should not exceed 6 hours, plus one hour each for set-up and dismantling (including travel time).
    • Loans can only be made if the date has not yet been assigned elsewhere and sufficient volunteers (trainers) are available

  • Buchung

    The mayor's office coordinates the assignments.

    Bei Fragen oder Buchungswunsch wenden Sie sich gerne an:
    spielmobil@hilden.de 

    Eine Buchung kommt erst nach schriftlicher Bestätigung zustande.

    We look forward to your inquiries

  • History

    The idea of working on a mobile basis and bringing educational services directly to the children and young people arose in 1997 during the closed meetings of the Youth Welfare Department of the Youth Welfare Office.

    Many children, parents, neighbors and other interested parties attended the events in 1997. The surrounding social institutions also showed great interest. In some cases, up to 180 children came to the play afternoons, where they played with the staff and used the materials they had brought with them.

    After ten games in 1997, an evaluation of questionnaires revealed that the majority of Hilden's population would like to see these services continued.

    From 1998, the initiative was continued with permanent staff. Each season from April to September, around 30-35 playmobiles were planned for use throughout Hilden.

    In 2009, the Spielmobil received major sponsorship from Stadtwerke Hilden, which made it possible to purchase new event equipment.

    In 2014, a new vehicle with a larger body was purchased, and in 2015, sponsorship by the company 3M enabled the Sprinter to be colorfully wrapped.

    At the council meeting on 17 December 2024, it was decided to reorganize the operation of the Hildener Spielmobil from 1 January 2025.

    The costs incurred by the mobile playmobile (operating and maintenance costs of the vehicles and materials, as well as expense allowances for the accompanying trainers) are covered by donations.

    The mayor's office will coordinate the mobile operations of the Spielmobil in the Hilden city area from the start of the Spielmobil season in 2025.