Venue
The 3rd International workshop on opportunities and challenges in mid-infrared laser-based gas sensing (mirsens3) will be held in Toscanasaal in the Residence of Würzburg,
located at Residenzplatz 2A, Würzburg, 97070.
The Würzburg Residenz is easy to get to by public transport:
- Bus from Juliuspromenade: 6, 16 to "Mainfranken Theater"
- Bus from bus station: 12, 14, 20, 28 to "Mainfranken Theater"
- Tram from central station: 1, 3, 5 to "Dom"
- From the A7 coming from Ulm – take the Kitzingen exit:
Continue on the B 8 via Biebelried to Würzburg. At the traffic light in Würzburg get in the left-hand lane in the direction of Ansbach / Schwäbisch Hall. Stay on the Stadtring Süd until the Frauenland / Stadtmitte exit. Turn off here and head for the Stadtmitte (city centre). You are now on Sieboldstrasse: follow the signs to the Residenz car park ("Parkplatz Residenz"). - From the A7 coming from Kassel – take the Estenfeld exit:
Continue on the B 19 dual carriageway to Würzburg (ca. 7 km). Get in the left-hand lane before the Würzburg place name sign and continue straight on (Stadtring Süd) in the direction of Ansbach / Schwäbisch Hall. Stay on the Stadtring until the Frauenland / Stadtmitte exit. Turn off here and head for the Stadtmitte (city centre). You are now on Sieboldstrasse: follow the signs to the Residenz car park ("Parkplatz Residenz"). - From the A3 coming from Nuremberg – take the Rottendorf exit:
Continue on the B 8 to Würzburg. At the traffic light in Würzburg get in the left-hand lane in the direction of Ansbach / Schwäbisch Hall. Stay on the Stadtring Süd until the Frauenland / Stadtmitte exit. Turn off here and head for the Stadtmitte (city centre). You are now on Sieboldstrasse: follow the signs to the Residenz car park ("Parkplatz Residenz").
- From the A3 coming from Frankfurt – take the Heidingsfeld exit,
also from the A 81 coming from Stuttgart:
At the Würzburg-West junction stay on the A 3 – or, if on the A 81, take the A 3 in the direction of Würzburg / Nürnberg – and take the Heidingsfeld exit. Continue on the B 19 dual carriageway to Würzburg (ca. 7 km). ). Get in the left-hand lane before the Würzburg place name sign and continue straight on (Stadtring Süd) in the direction of Ansbach / Schwäbisch Hall. Stay on the Stadtring until the Frauenland / Stadtmitte exit. Turn off here and head for the Stadtmitte (city centre). You are now on Sieboldstrasse: follow the signs to the Residenz car park ("Parkplatz Residenz").
The Residence Palace – The Castle above all Castles
The Residence Palace is one of Europe’s most renowned baroque castles and it is registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. The castle was built by Balthasar Neumann and includes a much acclaimed staircase with awe inspiring frescos by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Front of the Würzburg Residenz
Garden façade of the Würzburg Residenz, leading into the Court Gardens
Unlike the Munich Residenz, which evolved over five hundred years and thus incorporates the styles of quite different periods, the Würzburg Residenz was built in its entirety, with short interruptions, almost within a single generation. The architects drew their inspiration from an area extending from Vienna to Paris and from Genoa and Venice to Amsterdam. The building embodies the attainments of Western architecture of its day, French château architecture, Viennese baroque and the religious and secular architecture of northern Italy and is a synthesis of the arts of astonishing universality.
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