Where to Find Us
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Otto-Behaghel-Str. 12 |
Coming by airplane (Frankfurt Airport)
The closest airport for you to fly to in order to reach Giessen is Frankfurt International Airport. Directly from the airport, you can take a train to Frankfurt Main train station and from there - directly to Giessen train station.
Here is a brief overview of which means of transport can bring you to...
1. Giessen train station (Gießen Bahnhof)
- From Frankfurt Airport (Flughafen) to Frankfurt Main train station (Hauptbahnhof)
o S8 direction Hanau Hbf or Frankfurt Hbf
o S9 direction Hanau Hbf or Frankfurt Hbf
Both trains (S-Bahn) leave roughly every 10/15 minutes from Regionalbahnhof (Frankfurt Airport regional station)
From Frankfurt Main train station to Giessen train station
o RE98 / RE99 direction Kassel / Siegen
o RB41 direction Treysa
o RE30 or RB37 direction Giessen
Please consult the website for the schedule and tickets: https://www.bahn.de/
- From the GCSC building to Giessen train station
o Bus 2 from the stop “Graudenzer Strasse”
o Bus 10/18 from the stop “Philosophikum”
2. Campus Philosophikum/GCSC Building (Otto-Behaghel Straße 12)
- From Giessen train station (Giessen Bahnhof)
o Bus 2 to get out at “Graudenzer Strasse”.
o Bus 10/18 to get out at “Philosophikum”.
For alternatives on transportation in Giessen, please visit the website: https://www.rmv.de/c/en/homepage
Find us by car (directions from the A5)
The GGK/GCSC is located on the corner of Alter Steinbacher Weg and Karl-Reuter-Weg.
From the South:
Follow the A5 toward Kassel. Turn off the A5 at the junction Gambacher Kreuz toward Giessen and get on the A45. Turn onto the A485 toward Giessen. Get off the A485 at the junction Giessen-Schiffenberger Tal toward the university and get on Schiffenberger Weg. Stay on the Schiffenberger Weg and turn right at the Burger King onto Rathenaustraße. Follow until Alter Steinbacher Weg then turn left. Take the first left in front of the transformer house (direction: 'Anlieferung Uni-Bibliothek' and you will reach the parking lot behind the university library. The four-storey GGK/GCSC building is now directly in front of you.
From the North:
Take the A5 towards Frankfurt, Giessen. Change at the junction Reiskirchener Dreieck from the A5 to the A480 towards Dortmund, Giessen. At the Giessener Nordkreuz change to the A485 towards Giessen, Stadtmitte. Get off the A485 at the junction Giessen-Schiffenberger Tal and get onto Schiffenberger Weg. Stay on Schiffenberger Weg and turn right at the Burger King onto Rathenaustraße. Follow until Alter Steinbacher Weg then turn left. Take the first left in front of the transformer house (direction: 'Anlieferung Uni-Bibliothek') and you will reach the parking lot behind the university library. The four-storey GGK/GCSC building is now directly in front of you.