St. Godehard Conference - Practical Information

Arriving by Car

Hildesheim is situated directly at the freeway A 7. Coming from the south, please take the exit Hildesheim – No. 62 (coming from the north, you have to pass first exit “Hildesheim-Drispenstedt No. 61) and follow the main road B1 to the centre of Hildesheim.

Map and route calculation

Arriving by Rail

Hildesheim railway station is stop of Germany's high speed train “ICE”. The HAWK is within 5 minutes walking distance from Eastern railway station ("Hildesheim Ostbahnhof").
Deutsche Bahn (journey planning German rail)
Railway network "ICE" of the German rail  (pdf, 1 MB)

Local Transport
Bus connection from central railway station: Bus route No. 1 (direction Südfriedhof) und No. 2 (direction Im Mittelfeld) 
Bus stop HAWK-Campus (appr. 10 Minuten, costs ~ 2,80 €)
Bus route No. 1 (central railway station to HAWK-Campus)
Bus route No. 2 (central railway station to HAWK-Campus)

Bus connection to central railway station: Bus route No. 1 (direction Himmelsthür) and No. 2 (direction Nordstadt)
Bus route No. 1 (HAWK-Campus to central railway station) 
Bus route No. 2 (HAWK-Campus to central railway statio)

Evening route (from 8:00 p.m., the evening network of routes with other bus lines is valid).

Taxi (appr. 10 minutes, costs ~ 12,00 €).

Arriving by Plane

The airport Hannover is about 50 km away, but very small and there is no direct train connection to Hildesheim, you usually have to change train once: about 70 minutes, about 12,00 €). With shuttle service it is 45 minutes, 65,00 € (please book in advance, www.fthaj.de, Tel.: +49 (0) 511 9772240), with taxi 45 minutes, approx. 90,00 €),
From abroad it is usually much more advisable and convenient to fly to Frankfurt or Berlin and from there take the ICE directly to Hildesheim. Early bookers save at Deutschen Bahn a great deal of money.
Frankfurt: Journey time from Frankfurt airport station approx. three hours, costs for return journey: between approx. 110,- Euro (early booking) and 180,- Euro (flex price). Berlin: Travel time from Berlin main station approx. two hours, costs for return journey: between 80,- Euro (early booking) and 150,- Euro (flex price).

Accomodation

At the time of the donference, the IAA trade fair is taking place in Hanover, therefore we were not able to book a discounted contingent in a hotel. It is recommended to take care of an accommodation in time.
At www.hildesheim.de/uebernachten you will find information about accommodations.
The Hildesheim Tourist Information may also be able to help you directly, as during trade fairs there are also private individuals who rent out rooms.

Sightseeing

We recommend a visit of the both UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Churches St. Michael's Church and St. Mary's Cathedral with Dommuseum and its medieval cathedral treasure. The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum is known worldwide for its important collection of ancient Egypt and for its special exhibitions.

Conference Fee

Bank details:
Account holder: HAWK Hochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
IBAN: DE21 2505 0000 0106 0201 34
BIC: NOLADE2HXXX (Nord LB Hannover)
Reason for payment: 73911006 + name of participant