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INSTITUT FÜR MEDIZINISCHE INFORMATIK, STATISTIK UND EPIDEMIOLOGIE

How to Find Us

The Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology is situated in the south of the city and is in easy reach by public transport.

Visitors have the following transport possibilities:

Arrival by Train

From the main station you can take a taxi (approx. 10 €) or tram or suburban train to the IMISE.

Tram

You find the relevant tram stops in front of the main station.

From there you can either take the tram no.10 (direction to Loessnig) or no.11 (direction to Markkleeberg Ost) or no.11E (direction to Doelitz) until "Muenzgasse" tram stop (3rd stop after the main station) or the tram no.16 (direction to Loessnig) until "Haertelstrasse" tram stop (3rd stop after the main station).

You need a short distance ticket for the tram journey which you can buy at ticket machines at tram stops or at the kiosk in front of the main station. The ticket must be validated (time-stamped) immediately after getting on the tram. Ticket stamping machines are inside the tram. The current timetable and ticket prices can be found on the web page of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe.

After getting off at the stop Muenzgasse go over the pedestrian crossing next to the stop straight ahead into Haertelstrasse. The IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the 2nd building (a University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building) on the left.

After getting off at Haertelstrasse tram stop, go to the traffic lights next to the stop and then turn left through a building passageway into Haertelstrasse. The IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building on the right.

Suburban train (S-Bahn)

The S-Bahn departs from platform 1 main station (underground station).

From there you take a train to Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz S-Bahn station (2nd stop after the main station). You can take any S-Bahn line.

You need a short distance ticket for the S-Bahn journey which you can buy at ticket machines at the platform. The ticket must be validated (time-stamped) before getting on the train. Ticket stamping machines are on the platform. The current timetable and ticket prices can be found on the web page of the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund.

Exit the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz train station via the Windmuehlenstrasse exit and follow the Markthallenstrasse to the intersection of Markthallenstrasse/Windmuehlenstrasse and Bruederstrasse/Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz. After crossing the street (Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz), turn right and follow the street to the traffic lights. At the traffic lights, turn left into Peterssteinweg. The first crossroad on the left is the Haertelstrasse. The IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the 2nd building (a University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building) on the left.

Arrival by Car

From Berlin:

  • take the motorway A9 until Schkeuditzer Kreuz
  • continue on the motorway A14 in direction Dresden and leave the motorway at the exit Leipzig-Mitte (Neues Messegelaende)
  • continue on the main road B2, then onto the B87 in the direction of the city center (Maximilianallee, Rackwitzer Strasse, Am Gothischen Bad, Brandenburger Strasse)
  • from the Brandenburger Strasse (B87) turn left into the city ring road (Georgiring)
  • follow the city ring road (Georgiring, Rossplatz) and at the traffic-light crossing at Wilhelm Leuschner Platz turn left into Peterssteinweg (direction Suedvorstadt/Connewitz)
  • at the next but one crossing turn left into Haertelstrasse
  • the IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the 2nd building (a University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building) on the left.

From Munich/Erfurt

  • take the motorway A9 in direction Berlin until Kreuz Rippachtal
  • continue on the motorway A38 in direction Dresden and leave the motorway at the exit Leipzig-Sued
  • continue on the main road B2 in the direction of the city center (Wundtstrasse)
  • continue straight ahead in the direction of the city center (Wundtstrasse, Dufourstrasse, Flossplatz)
  • at the traffic-light crossing at Flossplatz turn right into Riemannstrasse (Flossplatz, Riemannstrasse)
  • at the next traffic-light crossing turn left (Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, Peterssteinweg)
  • on the next but one crossing turn right into Haertelstrasse
  • the IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the 2nd building (a University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building) on the left.

Leipzig has a Low Emission Zone. You need a German green environmental sticker on your windscreen to drive in Leipzig.

Parking

Due to lack of parking spaces at Haertelstrasse, we recommend you to turn on Peterssteinweg street into Windmuehlenstrasse and look for a parking space there.

Map of the inner city of Leipzig with the IMISE east to the Peterssteinweg, south to the Martin-Luther-Ring

Arrival by Airplane

The airport Leipzig-Halle is situated outskirts of Leipzig, directly alongside the motorway A14.

To get into the city of Leipzig, you can take a taxi (approx.. 50 €) or suburban train or train from the airport.

Suburban train (S-Bahn)

The S-Bahn (line S5 or line S5X) runs during the day about every half hour between the airport and the city of Leipzig. The journey to the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz S-Bahn station takes about 20 minutes. The current time-tables and prices can be found on the web page of the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund.

 

Exit the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz train station via the Windmuehlenstrasse exit and follow the Markthallenstrasse to the intersection of Markthallenstrasse/Windmuehlenstrasse and Bruederstrasse/Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz. After crossing the street (Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz), turn right and follow the street to the traffic lights. At the traffic lights, turn left into Peterssteinweg. The first crossroad on the left is the Haertelstrasse. The IMISE is situated on the 2nd floor of the 2nd building (a University of Leipzig Medical Faculty building) on the left.

Train

Trains run between the airport and the main station. The journey takes about 15 minutes. The current time-tables and prices can be found on the web page of the Deutsche Bahn.

From the main station you can take a tram to the IMISE. For details please refer back to Arrival by Train.

Accommodation facilities

In the vicinity of the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology are the following hotels (list not exhaustive):

Mercure Hotel Leipzig am Johannisplatz
Stephanstrasse 6
04103 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 97790

Hotel Michaelis
Paul-Gruner-Strasse 44
04107 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 26780

Hotel "Via City"
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 40
04107 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 2113305

Motel One Leipzig
Nikolaistrasse 23
04109 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 3374370

Radisson Blu Hotel Leipzig
Augustusplatz 5-6
04109 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 21460

Hotel am Bayrischen Platz
Paul-List-Strasse 5
04103 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 140860

Hotel Markgraf Leipzig
Koernerstrasse 36
04107 Leipzig
Telephone: +49 341 303030