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First International Workshop on the Symmetry in Macroscopic Quantum States
- Quantitative Experiments and Theory -

April 21-23, 2002 · Augsburg, Germany

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Location of the workshop

The workshop will be held from Sunday evening to Tuesday afternoon at the conference center external linkSt. Ulrich in the center of external linkAugsburg. All lectures and the poster session will take place there.
Lodging will be at St. Ulrich and possibly other hotels in the center of Augsburg.
For those participants who wish to stay until Wednesday, the workshop organizers will assist in finding accomodation for the last night.

Here is the address of the conference center:

Haus Sankt Ulrich
Kappelberg 1
D-86150 Augsburg
Tel. +49(0)821-3152-201/-202
Fax +49(0)821-3152-451
www.haus-sankt-ulrich.de


Website of the conference center (in German)
Haus St. Ulrich, the location of the workshop.
Website of the Catholic Church St. Ulrich (in German)
The church "Basilika St. Ulrich und Afra", Augsburg

City information

www.augsburg.de www.augsburg.de
You can find more information about Bavaria's third largest city and its 2000 years of history on the official city website in German and English.

Maps and travel information


The map sketch gives you an idea of the traffic connections to Augsburg.
Using public transportation, the travel from Augsburg Airport takes about 20 minutes, from Munich Airport about 90 minutes.
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City map of the center of Augsburg (Click on the map for a large version).
How to find St. Ulrich:
From the main railway station (Augsburg Hauptbahnhof), you can reach St. Ulrich
  • by taxi:
    This takes only a few minutes.
  • by tram:
    The tram station is in about 50 m distance slightly to the right. Take tram no. 3 (direction Inninger Straße) and leave at the second station, Theodor-Heuss-Platz/IHK.

Weather

In central Europe, the weather in April offers almost everything. April is notorious for quick weather changes - it can be sunny and rather warm with daytime highs of 25°C, but it is advisable to be prepared also for rainy weather with maximum temperatures of 10°C. Nights can be fresh, but temperatures shouldn't drop below 5°C. Please do not forget to bring your umbrella.
You can find up to date information e.g. on the Yahoo or Weather Underground weather sites.

Cultural activities

There is also the possibility to visit the famous external linkAugsburger Puppenkiste (puppets on a string)
You also can visit the external linkDiözesanmuseum St. Afra. A special exhibition shows some exhibits of modern art collected by Pope Paul VI. Among them you find collected work of Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, James Enso, Gabriele Münter, Max Ernst, Emil Nolde, Graham Sutherland, Otto Dix, Rufina Tamayo, Giacomo Manzu and Salvator Dali.

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