During the events, one person from the organisation team will always be on site as a contact person. On the one hand, this applies to the event halls, and on the other hand, a person will be available at the information desk in the Kulturhaus.
The town's Kulturhaus (Ekhofplatz 4) will serve as the conference centre. A contact person from the organisation team will always be on site.
The plenary events, the evening lecture and the general meeting will take place here, as well as the Group A panels. The publishing exhibition will be located in the foyer of the Kulturhaus.
Coffee, water and pastries will be available in the adjoining theatre café during the breaks. The welcome reception on the first evening will also take place here.
For fire safety reasons, all jackets and bags must be left at the cloakroom in the Kulturhaus which is located on the upper floor.
The „Heinrich Heine“ Gotha City Library (Friedrichstraße 2-4) is located diagonally opposite the Kulturhaus. The event hall, which is named after the author Hanns Cibulka, who was head of the library for many years, is located in the annex. Entrance to the hall during the conference will be via the separate entrance on Philosophenweg, the cross street on the northern side of the building.
The lecture hall with around 70 seats is located on the first floor of the Gotha Research Centre at Schlo'ßberg 2. The hall, which was extended in the 19th century, is the centrepiece of the "Landscape House", which dates back to the 17th century and served the parliament of the Duchy and, from 1918 to 1920, the parliament of the Free State of Saxony-Gotha.
From the conference centre, Sieblebener Straße leads straight to the research centre.
Gotha's old town centre has numerous cobbled squares and streets, pavements with steps/stairs and some steep inclines.
Due to its location on the Schloßberg (pavement with steps), the Gotha Research Centre is not barrier-free and requires the assistance of another person. The entrance doors are difficult to open. However, there is a wheelchair-accessible toilet and a lift to the 1st floor.
There are wheelchair spaces in the main hall of the Kulturhaus. There is a wheelchair-accessible toilet in the building. Access for guests with limited mobility or wheelchair users is via a side entrance.
The Hanns Cibulka Hall in the City Library can be reached without steps via the side entrance from Philosophenweg. A barrier-free toilet is also available here.
Our conference rooms are equipped with presentation technology. All panels will be supervised by a member of the congress team. Please arrive punctually at least 15 minutes before the start of the panel. Please bring your presentations (in ppt or pdf format) on a USB stick. In order to speed up the set-up process and relieve the supervisor, we strongly recommend that section chairs bring all presentations for the panel on one USB device.
We kindly ask you to allow enough time for discussion and not to exceed the time frame of 120 minutes so that subsequent events can start on time.
If you plan to bring handouts or similar, please note that there are no printing and copying facilities in the buildings.
If you work at a foreign research institution, we have applied for a travel grant from the DFG for you. In order to be able to claim this grant, we need the completed travel expenses form, which you will find in your folder, as well as the original tickets and invoices as proof of your travel and accommodation expenses.
For the working conference of the AG Frühe Neuzeit "WissensWelten" we have been provided with hotel contingents from 19 September to 21 September 2024 (for members of a university bookable via the keyword FNZ2024), namely
at the Hotel am Schlosspark ( approx. 15 minutes walk to the conference centre, e-mail) and
at the Hotel am Tierpark (approx. 20 minutes on foot from the conference centre, e-mail).
There are also other guesthouses, hotels and holiday flats available in Gotha city centre. Information on rooms and tourist infrastructure can be found on the website of the city's tourism agency, KulTourStadt Gotha GmbH.
For early risers and nature lovers as well as participants who would like to spend a day or two hiking after the conference, we also recommend accommodation in Schnepfenthal, Friedrichroda or Bad Tabarz. These towns can be reached in a maximum of one hour by the popular Thuringian Forest Railway, which departs directly from the conference centre. You can find an overview of the timetable here.
From the train station, the Kulturhaus and the city library (via Bahnhofstraße) as well as the research centre (through the castle park) can be reached on foot in approx. 15 minutes, alternatively the tram runs in the direction of the city centre to the stop. The distances between the conference venues can be covered on foot in three to ten minutes.
Gotha's old town centre is clearly laid out and easily accessible on foot.
Gotha's old town has numerous cafés, restaurants and snack bars. Some of them are located in side streets, so we offer a small list here that does not claim to be exhaustive. If you plan to meet colleagues for lunch, it is advisable to book a table.
Lunch only
- Treff Café and Bistro, Justus-Perthes-Straße 11, +49 3621 73 8 698
- Moses Café & Wine Bar, Ekhofplatz 2, in the Moses department stores', +49 3621 4295311
- Bistro im Mehrgenerationenhaus, Hauptmarkt 17, +49 3621 301004 (Thursday only, no professional catering, social project)
Thuringian
- Pagenhaus, Schlossplatz 1, Tel +49 3621 403612, 12:00 to 21:00
- Margarethe Schönes Leben, Margarethenstraße 1-1b, +49 3621 2276013, 11:30 to 16:00
Italian
- Diavolo, Mönchelstraße 1, Tel +49 3621 737514, 17:00 to 22:00 (Thursday also 11:00 to 14:30)
- Capri, Schwabhäuser Straße 14, Tel +49 3621 25237, 11:30 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 22:00
Asian
-A Kitchen, Brühl 18, Tel +49 3621 7363123, 12:00 - 22:00
- Ayame, Hauptmarkt 26, 12:00 - 22:00, Tel +49 3621 7335155
Arabic
- Al Pasha, Nelkenberg 1, 11:00-22:00, +49 172 4630479
Indian
- Bombay Tandoori, Brühl 7, +49 3621 226441, 11:00 to 23:00
-Ganesha, Waltershäuser Straße 9, Tel +49 3621 7371400, 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.
Snacks
- Istanbul Döner Kebab, Querstraße 10, 10:00 to 22:00
- Döner Ankara, Dorotheenstraße 19, 10:00 to 22:00
- Thursday stalls at the weekly market at Neumarkt, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Meininger bakery, Friedrichstraße 16.
By car
Berggarten, Berggartenweg 50, 11.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.
By the way: 20 September (World Children's Day) is a public holiday in Thuringia and the shops are closed on Friday.
Together with the collections of the Friedenstein Foundation Gotha, the Secret Archives and the park landscape, the Gotha Research Library forms a unique ensemble of collections, buildings and gardens.
The Gotha Research Library is one of the most important libraries with historical manuscript and book collections from the 16th to 18th centuries. It preserves around 1 million physical library objects, including around 350,000 prints from the 16th to 19th centuries. Two guided tours on 19 September at 11:00 will provide an insight into the curating, cataloguing and research work of the research library.
Dr Monika Müller and Dr Dietrich Hakelberg will give a guided tour on
The ducal object collections are preserved, catalogued and communicated in an innovative way by the Friedenstein Foundation Gotha.
The curator of the Kupferstichkabinett, Ulrike Eydinger, will present
General guided tours as part of Gotha's tourist programme (tickets available from KulTourStadt Gotha, Brühl4)
Daily 11.00 a.m.: public guided tour of the town, meeting point Schellenbrunnen, Unterer Hauptmarkt
Daily 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.: public guided tours of the casemates (underground fortifications under Friedenstein Castle, meeting point: entrance to casemates, Elsa-Brändström-Weg)
Wednesday, 18.09.2024, 14.00: Tour "Thick walls, deep cellars"
Thursday, 19.09.2024, 16.00 hrs: City tour with the Thuringian Forest Railway
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 3 p.m.: "Jewish life" tour
Friday, 20 September 2024, 3.00 pm: "Jewish cemetery" tour
Sunday, 22/09/2024, 2.00 pm: Tour of the garden settlement "Am schmalen Rain"
Opening hours
Friedenstein Castle and Ducal Museum
Tuesday - Sunday
10 am - 5 pm (April to October)
Castle park and orangery:
Open all year round
Public guided tours of the casemates:
April - October: daily 1 pm & 3 pm
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