First International Conference on
Aspects of Iranian Linguistics


17 - 19 June 2005 Leipzig, Germany


Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology


Co-sponsored by
Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute
University of Arizona
California State University, Fresno

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Local information and accommodation


Venue

The conference will take place in the building of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolgy.

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (map)
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig


Travel

Airport

The nearest airport is Leipzig/ Halle Airport.
Take the train from Leipzig Airport to Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) that runs every 30 minutes.
It will take you approx. 15 minutes to get to the main railway station. A taxi ride from the airport to the city center costs about 30 Euro.

Train

The Deutsche Bahn has an excellent website that finds connections between Leipzig and every european city. Here you can look up the train schedule: Deutsche Bahn.

Leipzig has a very good system of public transport. On the website of the LVB (Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe) you can check which trams/buses you need to take to get to specific places or print out the schedule for the stop nearest to your house/hotel.
Tickets are sold from vending machines at some tram stops, and also from booths on the Augustusplatz and in front of the train station. Tickets need to be stamped in the little orange boxes on the trams/buses when you get on.

The tram stop closest to the Max Planck Institute is the "Deutsche Buecherei", and two tram lines pass:
N°16 (direction "Lössnig") and N°2 (direction "Naunhofer Strasse"), though stopping on different corners.


!!! Accommodation !!!

Participants are asked to arrange for their accommodation themselves.

Please note:

We have already booked a contingent of 20 rooms at the "Victors Hotel" and 20 rooms at the "Hotel Michaelis".
The deadline for confirming the reservation is May 6th 2005.
You should contact the hotel per telephone or fax:
Hotel Victors (Tel.: +49-341- 68 66 0 / Fax: +49-341- 68 66 899)
Hotel Michaelis (Tel: +49-341- 26 78 0 / Fax: +49-341- 26 78 100)
Please do not forget to mention the keyword "Iran-Konferenz" which is important for them.

In case you would like to book a room at another hotel, please have a look at the hotels listed below. They offer a special price reduction for conference participants. All prices include breakfast. In order to get the price indicated, please mention the Booking Code.
The list of hotels is available here.
Maybe you will find the following webpage helpful: Hotel Reservation Service (also in English).

In Leipzig

Going places: There's quite a lot to do in Leipzig. One good English-language site with a lot of information on what to do in Leipzig is: "Europe for visitors".
For more information about Leipzig check the following web sites: www.leipzig.de (also in English), or www.leipzig-online.de or, once in Leipzig, visit the tourist information office opposite the train station.

Restaurants: A very good site to find restaurants and find out about them (quality of the food, prices, location, etc.) is the following (in German, though): www.kreuzer-leipzig.de. Click on "Leipzig Tag & Nacht" in the right-hand toolbar.
Spring and summer nights in Leipzig mean also 'come together' in Pubs, Bars and Cafes. Notedly famous places are Gottschedstrasse and Barfussgässchen in the city (known as 'mile of pubs') and the south periphery around Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse.

Page last modified: 17th May 2005