The symposium will take place in the city of Oberwölz, Austria. The lectures will be held in the ‘Kulturhaus’ in Oberwölz. The social part of the programme will include a reception dinner on Monday evening, an excursion to a nearby mountain followed by a rustic dinner on Tuesday afternoon, a poster session followed by the Heraeus evening on Wednesday and a Concert on Thursday evening. We offer shuttles to the next big train station Unzmarkt.
Hotels
We have made pre-bookings with several hotels in Oberwölz, please arrange to book with them on your own mentioning the keyword "Physikertagung". PLease do let us know if this has worked out so we can monitor availability.
The following Hotels are avialble:
- Der Graggober -- https://www.pension-lachtal.at -- info@pension-lachtal.at -- Double room including breakfast at EUR 46 per person (plus EUR 7 if used as a single room)
- Gasthof zum Mohr'n -- http://www.gasthof-tanner.at -- office@gasthof-tanner.at -- Double room including brakfast at EUR 49.50 per person (plus EUR 5 if used as a single room).
- Pension Geissler -- http://www.pension-geissler.at -- pension.geissler@aon.at -- Double room including breakfast at EUR 55 per person (plus EUR 15 if used as a single room)
Traveling to Oberwölz
The following information should help to plan your journey to Oberwölz.
By car:
By car Oberwölz can most easily be reached on road no. B 75. It leaves the road no. B 96, connecting Judenburg--Scheifling--Murau, on the junction Niederwölz and reaches Oberwölz after 9.5 km.
By train:
For reaching Oberwölz the closest railway station with intercity and interregional train stops is Unzmarkt (on the line Vienna--Leoben--Klagenfurt). Local trains also stop in Scheifling, 13 km southeast of Oberwölz. For information on how to reach the place of the symposium you may consult the server of the Austrian railways https://www.oebb.at/en/
At the beginning of the Symposium (on Sunday, September 3th, 2023) and at its end (on Saturday, September 9th, 2023) a shuttle will be provided from and to the Unzmarkt railway station. Participants intending to make use of this shuttle service must notify the Organizing Committee of the their arrival/departure times in/from Unzmarkt as early as possible.
By plane:
The nearest international airports are Klagenfurt, Graz, Salzburg or Vienna. Each of them is connected to the Austrian railway network. Depending on your preferred airline and/or your airport of origin, it may be advisable to choose one or the other. The closest of the above airports is Klagenfurt; the largest is Vienna.
