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Summer conference of the German Genetics Society (GfG) on


How to get to the conference center

Address:
Collegienstraße 62
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg

GPS coordinates:
51.864970, 12.650359

By car
Wittenberg is located at the motorway A9 that connects Berlin and Leipzig. From the A9 take the exit Coswig (Exit number 8) and head on the B187 towards Wittenberg. In Wittenberg turn onto the B2 towards the city centre. Continue straight until you turn right towards the castle (Schloss Wittenberg) which you will pass and continue onto Wallstrasse. Close to the end of Wallstrasse is the conference centre with ample parking. Please note that the parking space can only be reached from Wallstrasse, as the front entrance of Leucorea (with the address Collegienstraße 62) is situated in the pedestrian zone.

By train
The train-station "Lutherstadt Wittenberg" is a stop on the ICE-route between Berlin (approx. 45 min) and Halle/Leipzig (approx. 40 min). Train schedules are available on the website of the Deutsche Bahn (https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml), on which you can also book the tickets online. The train station in Wittenberg is a 15-min walk away from the conference centre (Collegienstraße 62).

By plane
The closest airports are Airport Halle/Leipzig (LEJ) and Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF) or Berlin-Tegel (TXL), but also Frankfurt (FRA) might be convenient. From the airports you can catch trains (https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml) to Lutherstadt Wittenberg and then walk 15-min to the conference centre. Train rides from the airports will take from approx. 55 min (Halle/Leipzig) to 80 minutes (Berlin airports, via Berlin Main Station).