The
Convention Venue is the "Hörsaalzentrum" in the Campus
The
University Campus
- also know as "Altes AKH"* - is located in Vienna's 9th
district, the address (also the main entrance) is Alser Strasse 4, 1090 Vienna.
(There are also several side entrances, e.g. Spitalgasse 2-4,
Thavonatgasse, and
Garnisongasse 13. If entering the compound from
a side entrance reach the central axis first and proceed from there.)
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The
University Campus
In the foreground the "Spitalgasse" Side Entrance is
seen.
The Main Entrance is on the r/h side of the picture, further down the street.
Photo © P. Mulacz |
The Main Entrance to the Campus at Alser Strasse 4
Photo © P. Mulacz |
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Within the Campus,
the new "Hörsaalzentrum" (Center of lecture auditoriums) is located in
the 2nd yard (= 2. Hof, signposted).
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After entering the Campus from the main entrance you walk
straight on along the central axis all the way
through the first yard, then passing through the doorway of the
building at the far end in the picture and you'll arrive in the 2nd yard. |
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The
"Hörsaalzentrum":
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Photo © P. Mulacz |
Floor
presentations will be held in lecture auditorium C1 of the
"Hörsaalzentrum".
Poster sessions and registration will be held in the vestibule just
outside of this lecture auditorium.
There are a number of pubs in the 1st yard of the Campus so this is an handy option for having a snack for lunch. Moreover, there is a large supermarket ("Billa") where you can get foodstuff as well.
Before being transformed into the Campus, this
complex of historic buildings from different eras used to be Vienna's
General Hospital
the history of which goes back more than three hundred years. In
1693, Emperor Leopold I founded a nursing home for cripples and shelter
for the poor the erection of which started the following year in the
area now forming the Campus. Opened in 1695 and housing more than
one thousand already next year, this nursing home was converted into the
General Hospital by decree of Emperor Joseph II and opened as such in
1784. Engraved in golden letters on a marble tablet above the
entrance, one can still now read Joseph's dedication 'Saluti et solatio
aegrorum'.
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Photo © P. Mulacz |
Eventually
in 1997, after the New General Hospital became functional, the Old
General Hospital was handed over to Vienna University and eventually
became the Campus with its unique blend of (fully renovated) old and new
buildings.
*) AKH is the abbreviation for "Allgemeines
Krankenhaus" meaning General Hospital. Thus the nickname "Altes
AKH" means Old General Hospital.
An
outstanding feature of the Old General Hospital one should not miss when
being there is the "Narrenturm"
(= Madhouse Tower, verbally "Fools' Tower") erected in 1784 and now
housing the Federal
Pathologic-anatomical Museum Vienna.
A few links to pages of interest
[all links on this page open new windows]:
Simple map of the Campus - with
Main Entrance, two out of many more Side Entrances and the
Hörsaalzentrum (i. e. our Convention Venue)
Detailed map of
the Campus
(German/English) - fig 1 = Main Entrance, fig 26 = Hörsaalzentrum / Convention Venue, fig
28 = Fools' Tower
Scheme of Public Transportation to the Campus - red = tram, blue =
bus, thick blue = subway
Views of the
"Hörsaalzentrum", both finished and
during construction - nice pictures but texts
only in German:
Hörsaalzentrum - 1
Hörsaalzentrum
- 2
[.pdf]
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