Team
The people behind the association.
Axel Bergdolt
President and founder
Cook, trainer and developer of learning projects. From 1993 to 2006 he ran the seminar and retreat centre “Cuisine et Vacances” in France with an open teaching kitchen; he has lived in Portugal since 2006, where for many years he ran an open kitchen in which young people cooked along. Cook and trainer in Erasmus+ courses since 2023. Speaks six languages.
Klemens Hager
Member, local organisation
Klemens came into contact with whole-food cooking and Eastern teachings on life as a teenager through his parents. Several months-long stays in a traditional Zen monastery in Japan shaped him early and lastingly: simplicity, mindfulness and self-reflection have accompanied him ever since. He has worked as a teacher, organiser and host of courses and seminars and has run the family-owned Appartementhaus Witzmann in Bad Vöslau with his wife Annette for many years. At Unio he is responsible for local organisation and for looking after groups. Nominated for election as vice-president on 7 December 2026.
Annette Hager
Host and partner in Bad Vöslau
Annette also came to know whole-food cooking and life in a Japanese Zen monastery as a teenager. Personal development and the search for what really matters have run through her life ever since. She has accompanied many groups, courses and seminars as host and organiser and runs the Appartementhaus Witzmann together with Klemens, where Unio’s courses take place and participants can stay.
Together on site
Axel Bergdolt brings many years of seminar and kitchen work in France, Portugal and international Erasmus+ courses. Annette and Klemens Hager connect the association with Bad Vöslau: they provide the group room, kitchen and accommodation and look after groups during their stay.