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71st IUVSTA Workshop
Workshop Venue
The workshop will be held at Hernstein Castle, nowadays one of the most magnificent
seminar hotels in Austria. This is a historic chateau once owned by the Habsburg family
(Archduke Leopold Ludwig). Located in an idyllic park with a small lake it is just 50 km
from Vienna city centre. Hernstein Castle is situated at the fringe of the Viennese Basin,
in the stepped footland of the Styrian and Lower Austrian limestone alps. Its history
goes back to medieval times: once the castle safeguarded the street to Berndorf Village
and the valley before it. In former times the building comprised a housing unit and a
chapel and could be seen from far away. It would have been very difficult to expand the
building, therefore a new castle - the core of todays castle - was built in the valley at
the foot of the mountain where the old castle had been built.
After the Turkish wars this new building was expanded and in the 18th century it
got a uniform facade. For a long time the castle was owned by the Habsburgs and was
used as domicile by archduke Leopold Ludwig. The renowned architect Theophil Hansen
designed the castle - and thats how you will find it today.
Nowadays the Castle houses a luxurious seminar hotel with excellent meeting facilities,
and modern hotel rooms with shower, toilet, TV etc. According to the motto “mens
sana in corpore sano“ the hotel also offers a lot of physical activities and helps our guests
to relax such as an indoor swimming pool, sauna, etc.
Address:
Seminarhotel Schloss Hernstein
Berndorfer Str. 32
A-2560 Hernstein, Austria
www.schloss-hernstein.at
Arrival
• By Plane
For participants arriving at Vienna International Airport (VIE) in Wien-Schwechat,
we offer to organize a direct shuttle transfer to the workshop site in Hernstein on
Monday, Jun. 24th, 2013. The shuttle busses (up to 4 persons) are operated by a
private company, and you will be picked up in the arrival hall of the airport by
the shuttle driver. The fee for this shuttle bus is 66.- Euro per transfer (max. 4
persons per transfer) payable in cash or by credit card directly with the chauffeur.
If you want to use this shuttle transfer (60 km, approx. 1 hour transfer time),
we need to know your exact arrival time, flight number and airline; please return
the shuttle reservation form by e-mail to Mrs. Marik at marik@iap.tuwien.ac.at.
Please notice that in order to reach the minimum number of persons per transport,
you may have to wait for other flights to arrive. Solo-transports (e.g. if you are
not arriving on Sunday) can be arranged, but will be considerably more expensive
(please inquire). Transport back to the airport on Friday, June 28th will be
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