How To Find Us

The Department of Business Information Systems is currently located in the interim building of Leipzig University at Johannisgasse 26. You will find the offices of the AKSW research group on the 5th floor in the aisle on your left-hand side.

Directions

By car:

• Motorway A9 (Berlin – Munich): Exit on Großkugel to the highway B6 or exit on Leipzig West to the Interstate B181, then follow directions to Leipzig's city centre (‘Innenstadt Leipzig’)
• Motorway A38 (Göttingen – Leipzig): Exit on Kreuz Rippachtal to the highway B87, then follow directions to Leipzig's city centre (‘Innenstadt Leipzig’)
• Motorway A14 (Nossen – Magdeburg): Exit on Leipzig Mitte to the highway B2 or exit on Leipzig Nordost to the Interstate B87, then follow directions to Leipzig's city centre (‘Innenstadt Leipzig’)

Follow the city's inner ring road until Augustusplatz and turn into Grimmaischer Steinweg. Please use this route finder for more detailed directions to our offices. There are temporary parking options in and around Johannisgasse. Otherwise you could use the underground car park at Augustusplatz, which is within 10-minute walking distance to our offices.

By train:

Intercity and Intercity-Express trains connect Leipzig with almost all European cities. Take a look at the German Railways website for planning your journey.

The office building at Johannisgasse 26 is not far away from Leipzig’s Main Station (800m, 10 min walk). Public transportation is available right in front of the station. You can get a taxi or catch tram 4, 7, 12 or 15 heading eastward to reach our offices. If taking the tram, get off at Johannisplatz, go down Nürnberger Street and take the first turn right into Johannisgasse. From here you can see the office building on the right-hand side within the first 50 metres.

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By plane:

It takes about 30 minutes by car to get from Leipzig-Halle Airport to the city centre. There are also direct trains from the airport to Leipzig’s Main Station. They leave every 30 minutes and take you to the city centre in about 15 minutes. To reach Johannisgasse 26, please follow the directions described above.

If there are no direct flights to Leipzig from your city, you can also reach Leipzig via these airports:

• Berlin (about one-hour train ride to Leipzig / approx. 40 Euro one way),
  • From Berlin Tegel (airport code TXL) take the TXL bus to Berlin Hauptbahnhof main train station and the direct IC/ICE train to Leipzig
  • From Berlin Schönefeld (airport code SXF) take the SXF bus to Berlin Südkreuz train station and the direct IC/ICE train to Leipzig
• Frankfurt / Main (about 3.5 hours train ride / approx. 70 Euro one way)
• Hannover (about three-hours train ride / approx. 50 Euro one way).

Trains depart frequently (mostly hourly) from these cities to Leipzig. Please check the schedule at Deutsche Bahn.

See also www.leipzig-halle-airport.de for more information.

Accommodation

Leipzig offers a variety of hotels, hostels and apartments. We have shortlisted a few hotels for you here. A decent option right in the center and conveniently located between the train station and our office is Motel One (other than the name suggests its a modern, convenient and elegant hotel).

Address

Leipzig University
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute of Computer Science
Dept. Business Information Systems
Johannisgasse 26
04103 Leipzig, Germany

Phone: +49 (341) 97 32 310
Fax: +49 (341) 97 32 329

Email: aksw@informatik.uni-leipzig.de