Public Transportation in Heidelberg
To organize your transportation in Heidelberg, you may use
this
multilingual website. Bellow you may find some typical destinations, which can be directly
used on the website:
1. Conference Venue:
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 36, 69120 Heidelberg
2. Railway Station:
HBF, Heidelberg
3.
Airport Shuttle Bus Stop in Heidelberg:
Kurfuerstenanlage 1-3, 69115 Heidelberg
4. Or you can use the street address of your hotel
Please note the useful links marked with "S" (blue squares on the page
with obtained itineraries), which provide local city maps.
Getting to Heidelberg
Heidelberg is located in central Germany, approximately 80km south of
Frankfurt and is easily accessible by plane, train, or car.
By Plane:
The closest international airport (80 km, 1 hour by car) is Frankfurt
Rhein-Main Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt) with a wide selection of
national and international connections. Transportation between the
airport and Heidelberg is available by a regular train
service. Frankfurt Airport is directly connected to the German
long-distance rail system by its own train station (without need to
use local transportation to Frankfurt first). Additional modes of
transportation to Heidelberg include a dedicated Lufthansa Airport Bus
Service and individual shuttle services like TLS.
Stuttgart Airport is located approximately 125 km (1.5 hours by car)
from Heidelberg and has regular European connections including several
low-cost airlines. It does not have direct access to the long-distance
rail network, but is connected by local transport to Stuttgart Main
Station (Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof) with regular train service to
Heidelberg.
Many low-cost flights are available to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (which
is not actually in Frankfurt). The distance to Heidelberg is
approximately 150 km. There is no train connection but a dedicated bus
service (8 times per day, 2h10min).
Several low-cost connections are as well available to the Airport
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden which is about 90 km (1 hour by car) south of
Heidelberg. There is a dedicated bus service to Heidelberg available.
By Train:
Heidelberg Main Station (Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof) is linked regularly
to most German and European destinations by long-distance train
service. Information on schedules is available on the homepage of
Deutsche Bahn.
By Car:
Heidelberg is centrally located approximately 80 km south of Frankfurt
on the "A5", one of Germany's major north-south motorways.
Hotel information
We strongly recommend to book your hotel well in advance. This may be
done through hotel web search engines like, e.g., this
one.
Please note that this link is just a suggestion, and we cannot
provide any guarantee for the quality of the service.