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From Leipzig main station ("Hauptbahnhof")

Exit the station via the western hall, cross the road and Willy-Brandt-Platz square (the park should be on your left). Follow Nikolaistraße for approximately 500 meters until it becomes Universitätsstraße after the Nikolaistraße / Grimmaische Straße junction. Continue to follow Universitätsstraße for about 200 meters. On your right side, you will see a passage to the courtyard of the Städtisches Kaufhaus building - enter this passage. After approximately 20 meters, you will see the entrance to Haus B building on your left-hand side. The Fraunhofer IMW is located on the fourth floor of this building.

Via the A14 from Dresden

Leave the A14 at exit 25 Leipzig-Nordost and turn left onto the B87 (Leipziger Straße / Torgauer Straße, which then becomes Wurzner Straße). Turn right into Lilienstraße after approximately 5.5 km; then left into Kohlgartenstraße after 500 meters and shortly afterwards, take a sharp right turn into Dresdner Straße, which then becomes Johannisplatz and later Grimmaischer Steinweg. After about 1.5 km, turn left onto Augustusplatz (which is then called Grünewaldstraße). At the next junction, turn right into Universitätsstraße, and then left into Schillerstraße. Finally, turn right again into Neumarkt. You will find the institute approximately 200 meters down the road on the right-hand side, in Haus B of the Städtisches Kaufhaus building courtyard.

Via the A14 from the direction of Berlin/Halle

Leave the A14 at exit 23 Leipzig-Mitte. Follow the B2 (Maximilianallee, which further along turns into Rackwitzer Straße) towards Leipzig-Mitte. After around 7 km, turn right into Brandenburger Straße (B2/B6/B87), which then turns into Lagerhofstraße and later into Ludwig-Erhard-Straße (B2). After 1.5 km, turn right into Dresdner Straße (which then becomes Johannisplatz and further on Grimmaischer Steinweg). After approximately 1 km, turn left onto Augustusplatz (which is then called Grünewaldstraße). At the next junction, turn right into Universitätsstraße, then left into Schillerstraße and finally right again into Neumarkt. You will find the institute about 200 meters down the road on the right-hand side, in Haus B of the Städtisches Kaufhaus building courtyard.

From the A9/A38 from the direction of Hermsdorfer Kreuz

Keep to the right at junction 19 Kreuz-Rippachtal, enter onto the A38 motorway towards Leipzig-Süd. After 25 km, leave the A38 at exit 31 Leipzig-Süd and move onto the B2 towards Markkleeberg (road name changes several times: Wundtstraße, Dufourstraße, Floßplatz, Harkortstraße). You will reach the city center after about 12 km. Turn right onto Martin-Luther-Ring / Roßplatz. At the second junction, turn left into Universitätsstraße, then left into Schillerstraße and finally right again into Neumarkt. You will find the institute about 200 meters down the road on the right-hand side, in Haus B of the Städtisches Kaufhaus building courtyard.

From Leipzig/Halle airport

Catch the over-ground train (“S-Bahn”) line numbers 5 or 5X in the directions Altenburg or Zwickau from the airport to the stop “Hauptbahnhof Leipzig” (Leipzig's main train station). Then follow the above directions to reach our offices from the station.