A February 20, 2009 audio report (about 3 and a half minutes long) from Deutsche Welle or DW-World.de describes and interviews German hermits. The report, “Almost One Hundred Germans Have Become Hermits,” notes that the majority of Germany’s hermits are women religious.
URL: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4042299,00.html.
The report can also be downloaded as an MP3 file.