Friedrich-Schiller University is located in Jena, a medium-size town in Germany, which is also known for its optical industry and numerous research facilities and institutes.
Döbereiner Lecture Hall is a large lecture hall managed by the Faculty of chemistry and Geosciences and located very close to the city center and many other university buildings. The railway stations “Jena West” and “Jena Paradies” are also in walking distance.
Hotels:
If you look for accommodation close to the conference site you find a short list of hotels here:
(sorted by price from expensive to moderate)
Scala Hotel Jena Externer Link
Steigenberger Esplanade Jena Externer Link
Hotel Schwarzer Bär Externer Link
IBIS Jena City HotelExterner Link
To book a room in one of the hotels please contact the hotel directly.
Further information you will find at Tourist Information Centre JenaExterner Link.
Travel to Jena:
By plane / train:
From the airports Halle / Leipzig, München and Berlin directly by train to the railway station Jena Paradies: 800 m (10 minutes) walk to Döbereiner-Hörsaal - Am Steiger 3 in central Jena.
By Foot from Jena Paradies: Cross the Knebelstrasse and continue stright ahead in the street Am Volksbad, cross the tram rail and follow it along Kronengasse, turn left and follow the tram rail. At the end of the tram tracks, turn right and follow Carl-Zeiss-Strasse to the T-junction. There you keep left and follow the Am Steiger 3 until you reach the Döbereiner-Hörsaal.
From Erfurt-Weimar airport by tram (line 4) to Erfurt main railway station: Continue with the train to the railway station Jena West. Walk 800 m (10 minutes) to Carl-Zeiss-Strasse to the T-junction. There you keep left and follow the Am Steiger 3 until you reach the Döbereiner-Hörsaal.
From Frankfurt airport by train to the railway station Jena West: Walk 800 m (10 minutes) to Carl-Zeiss-Strasse to the T-junction. There you keep left and follow the Am Steiger 3 until you reach the Döbereiner-Hörsaal.
By foot from Jena West: Follow the Westbahnhofstrasse to the left. Turn right at the next crossing -this is the continuation of the Westbahnhofstrasse. Follow the street until it changes it name into the
Schillerstrasse, turn left and follow the Carl-Zeiss-Strasse to the T-junction. There you keep left and follow the Am Steiger 3 until you reach the Döbereiner-Hörsaal.
By car:
Parking possibilities in downtown Jena: At the crossing Am Anger / Steinweg (800 m east of Ernst-Abbe-Platz), Schlossgasse (600 m NE of Ernst-Abbe-Platz), Eichplatz (200 m east of Ernst-Abbe-Platz; as central as is possible), Holzmarkt (central parking house 200 m east of Ernst-Abbe-Platz), Ernst-Abbe-Strasse (under the Goethe-Galerie)
Actual information with regard to Covid: https://www.uni-jena.de/en/faq-corona en