QCD and the Deep Structure of Elementary Particles
Weimar, Germany
Wednesday, September 12 - Saturday, September 15, 2001
Registration
Arrival will be on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
We would like to ask you to register on arrival at our Welcome Desk at the Hotel after 4:00 pm.
The Workshop starts on Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m.
Payments
Payment at the Workshop Secretary and of extras at the restaurant should be made in Deutsche Mark (DM).
You may exchange easiest foreign currencies on arrival at an exchange office at the airports, where also traveller cheques (in US $ or Deutsche Mark) may be cashed. Traveller checks (DM) and Eurocheques (ec) may be used for payment or chashed at the local bank offices and the local post offices up to DM 400,- + bank handling. If not possible otherwise currency exchange of European currencies (convertible in Germany) and US $ may also be done during the working hours of the local bank offices.
Travelling
Weimar can be reached:
By car:
Leave the free-way A4 at one of the Weimar exits and drive towards the main railroad station.
By plane:
International connections through Frankfurt/Main can be viewed here. Airport Erfurt offers frequent flight connections to a series of the big European Airports.
By train:
Time table information of Deutsche Bahn.
Some additional links with touristic orientation:
Visiting Weimar
If you plan to stay at Weimar for a couple of days before or after the Workshop,
please contact for Hotels,
for general information here,
and for museums here.
Visiting Eisenach
Half ways between Frankfurt/Main and Weimar Eisenach is situated where you might
want to stop at your way to Frankfurt Airport. Eisenach is
connected with many names of German History: J.S. Bach was born there and M. Luther
spent his youth in the town. The famous Wartburg castle is
situated there. The castle is famous because of St. Elisabeth who lived here and the
so-called "Singers War" took place here.
The site is related to the Tannhaeuser
story. It is an important place in the history of Protestant Reformation. Here
Luther, named for his stay Knight Joerg, translated the New Testament into
German, after banned by the Pope and declared to be
outlawed by Karl V at Worms Reichstag
taken care of by one of the Saxonian Dukes. Bach's living house,
the house of the Cotta family, in which Luther lived during his youth, and the house
of the writer Reuter bear museums nowadays. The Reuter museum shows also
a large collection of autographs by Richard Wagner.
Please book your hotel room online HERE.
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Johannes Blümlein, Last modified: Mon Apr 16 15:13:59 MET 2001