Travel
The meeting will be held on February 24 and 25 at FTU, the conference centre
of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, located just outside the laboratory, which
is about 15 km from downtown Karlsruhe (for details see : Directions).
Karlsruhe is well connected to the world by highways A5 and A8 as well as by rail.
For an area map visit www.de.map24.com.
The closest international airports are
- Frankfurt, connected to Karlsruhe hourly by a direct train link (~60 min)
- Karlsruhe-Baden, served by several low cost carriers in Europe
- Strasbourg (France)
- Stuttgart
- Basel (Suisse)
Train schedules in Germany can be found at
www.bahn.de.
City information about Karlsruhe is given at
www.karlsruhe.de/tourismus.
For an interactive map of Karlsruhe see
Interactive Map and for an overview plan of the available
tram-lines see this
PDF-document.
Accommodation and Transport
Hotels "A", "B", and "C" will be served by the conference bus.
- Hotel "A":
Am Tiergarten
Bahnhofplatz 6
76137 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 (0)721/932220
Fax: +49 (0)721/9322244
email: hotel-leucht@am-tiergarten-karlsruhe.de
The hotel is located directly in front of the railway station Karlsruhe.
Bus transfer from hotel to research center on Thursday and Friday:
departure in front of the hotel at 08:00.
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Hotel "B":
Hotel Erbprinzenhof
Erbprinzenstraße 26
76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 (0)721/27954
Fax: +49 (0)721/26950
Bus transfer from hotel to research center on Thursday and Friday:
departure in front of the hotel at 08:15.
Directions:
- by car: Highway A5, exit Karlsruhe-Durlach; direction Karlsruhe
center; at the fifth trafficlight turn left (main direction "B10 Landau");
next main crossing straight on; after first underpass hold on the right lane
and turn right into "Ritterstrasse" (direction "Parkhaus Karstadt"); third
street left into "Erbprinzenstrasse"; the hotel is located on the right side
after the church
- by public transport: railway station Karlsruhe; outside the station take
a taxi or tram no. 4 (yellow line, direction "Waldstadt") until stop "Herrenstrasse";
walk about 50m back and turn left into "Herrenstrasse" until
"Erbprinzenstrasse"; the hotel is located to your right (about 350m from the
tram-stop)
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Hotel "C":
Schröcker Tor
Mannheimer Str.1
76344 Leopoldshafen
Tel.: +49 (0)7247/22991
Fax: +49 (0)7247/208240
Bus transfer from hotel to research center on Thursday and Friday:
departure in front of the hotel at 08:40.
Directions:
- by public transport: railway station Karlsruhe; outside the station take
tram no. "S1/S11" (green line; direction "Hochstetten" or "Leopoldshafen")
until stop "Leopoldshafen - Leopoldstrasse"; walk "Leopoldstrasse" until
"Mannheimer Str." (about 150m)
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Hotel "D":
Hotel Blume
Hauptstr.27
76297 Stutensee-Blankenloch
Tel.: +49 (0)7244/9740
Fax: +49 (0)7244/94441
Directions:
- by car: Highway A5, exit Karlsruhe-Durlach; direction Karlsruhe
center; at the second trafficlight turn right; follow the course of the road
until second main crossing with trafficlight; turn right (direction
"Stutensee" and "Forschungszentrum"); follow this road for about 5-6 km until
exit "Blankenloch"; turn left; after about 1.5km turn right into
"Hauptstrasse" (direction "Blankenloch center"); the hotel is located to your
left after about 500m
- by public transport: railway station Karlsruhe; outside the station take
tram no. 2 (dark blue line, direction "Wolfartsweier Nord") or S4 (dark red
line, direction "Bretten, Eppingen, Heilbronn") until stop
"Kronenplatz/Universität"; change tram to line S2 (lilac line,
direction "Blankenloch"); exit at stop "Blankenloch-Mühlenweg"; the hotel
is located about 50m backwards
- Directions from hotel to the research center by bus: see small map.
walk to bus station "Blankenloch Nord" (about 1km); take bus no. 195 direction
"Leopoldshafen" until "Forschungszentrum Südtor"
departure from "Blankenloch Nord": 08:15 -> "Forschungszentrum" 08:24 or
departure from "Blankenloch Nord": 08:38 -> "Forschungszentrum" 08:47
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Hotel "E":
Hotel "Zum Goldenen Anker"
Hauptstrasse 18-20
76344 Eggenstein
Tel.: +49 (0)721/706029
Fax: +49 (0)721/782333
email: info@hotel-anker-eggenstein.de
Directions from hotel to the research center by car: see small map.