Good reasons to hold your event in Würzburg
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Central location
The geographical coordinates of Würzburg are 49° 47′ N , 9° 57′ E. Excellent infrastructure and easy access due to its central location make Würzburg a perfect destination for conferences. By the way, since the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in January 2020, the geographical centre of the European Union has been the district of Würzburg.
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Comprehensive expertise
5 areas of expertise in which the region is particularly strong from an economic and scientific point of view are the fields of mechanical engineering and automobiles, medicine and health, new materials and plastics, information technology and artificial intelligence, as well as energy and environment. As part of the “Hightech Agenda Bavaria” in 2023, Würzburg plays an important role as a centre of innovation for data science and artificial intelligence.
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Renowned scientists
14 Nobel Prize winners have researched and taught in Würzburg. From X-rays to blood groups to viruses as cancer triggers – these discoveries and many other scientific achievements resulted in 14 Nobel Prizes for Würzburg professors between 1901 and 2008.
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Young city
The average age of Würzburg's 130,000 inhabitants is just 42, making it one of the youngest cities in Germany. Würzburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia.
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University city
36,000 students are enrolled at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt and the University of Music. The University of Würzburg is one of the best 20 German universities and, with more than 600 years of history, it is the oldest university in Bavaria.
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
In 1981, the Würzburg Residence Palace with the Court Gardens was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as an extraordinary baroque synthesis of the arts. It was created as a joint masterpiece by important artists and represents one of the most magnificent palaces in Europe.
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World-famous wine-making site
At 85 hectares, the vineyard Würzburger Stein is Germany's largest individual plot. It is one of the most famous vineyards in the world. Interesting fact: Würzburg is the city with the greatest proximity to its vineyards. The wine, the river Main and the mild climate create the special flair and ambience the city is famous for.
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Wide choice of hotels
Würzburg offers 6,000 beds in around 50 accommodations, most of them in the city centre. The Maritim Hotel with 287 rooms and suites is attached directly to the Congress Centrum Würzburg. Würzburg is a popular conference venue and travel destination – booking early is always a good idea.
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Centre of research
13 highly specialised academic, non-academic, and private research institutions and 3 start-up centres are located in Würzburg. In addition to the universities and the University Hospital Würzburg, institutions like the Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ, the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits or the Center for Applied Energy Research create an innovative environment. Important academic research centres include, for example, the Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research or the Max Planck Research Group for Systems Immunology.
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Ideal transport connections
700 trains a day make getting here easy. Würzburg's main train station is located at the intersection of several busy rail routes. In addition, Würzburg is located at the intersection of the most important and longest German motorways: A3 Cologne-Frankfurt-Würzburg-Passau and A7 Hamburg-Hanover-Würzburg-Ulm. Moreover, the motorway A81 Würzburg-Heilbronn-Stuttgart-Singen to the south starts here as well. There is an hourly direct high-speed ICE train connection to Frankfurt International Airport (90 minutes travel time). Nuremberg Airport can be reached by train and car in just over an hour. Distances within the city of Würzburg are also short. As an example, it is just a 10-minute walk from the train platform to the Congress Centrum.
Would you like to find out more?
Click below to visit some of the institutions mentioned and learn more about the competence network “Artificial Machine Intelligence”, in which the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, alongside six other research institutes, participates with their Competence Center Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) in Würzburg.