The information on this website should help you to find your way to the venue.

Please make your travel arrangements so that you arrive on July 3rd and leave on July 17th. The program will start with the opening ceremony on July 3rd at 8.00 p.m. so please make sure that you arrive at Seggau Castle on time.

Seggau Castle is located about 40km south of Graz, near the beautiful city of Leibnitz:

The Styrian castle Seggau stands on top of a small mountain over the city of Leibnitz, in the wine yards of southern Styria, Austria. This mountain is located on the northern spur of Frauenberg and was already settled in prehistoric and Roman times. From around 800AD the area belonged to the archbishopric Salzburg. The first major expansion of the fortress, called Libnitz at the time, was initiated by Archbishop Konrad I in the first half of the 12th Century. In 1219, the old tower was given to the first Bishop of the newly founded Diocese Seckau. It was used as a living area. From the 13th Century onward, Salzburg possessions in Styria were administered in the rapidly growing fortress. In 1595, the Archbishops gave the district Leibnitz-Seggau to the Bishop of Seckau. The head Bishop in Seckau during the Baroque era changed and built the fortress into a huge castle facility. The old tower was added onto twice and was turned into a clock tower in 1606. As building material they used, among other things, numerous ancient stones (2nd century AC) from the cemeteries of the Roman municipality Flavia Solva. In 1815, the 800 year-old tower had to be taken apart, due to serious damage caused by the heavy bells. In the upper stories of the tower, about 500 marble Roman era inscriptions and relief stones were obstructing the way. Most of these were not worn down and were still legible. From the best of these stones, a new facade was built in 1830/1832 in the upper castle using the example from the Vatican Lapidarium. It is now a show-wall and exhibition as well. Nowadays the castle “Schloss Seggau” is famous for its high quality wines. The wines produced by the Bishop’s estate include almost all southern Styrian varieties and rank amongst the best in the Province, with numerous awards and distinctions to prove it (including several best-of-Province awards). Since the 1960th Schloss Seggau is well known as modern conference centre.
Seggau Castle Homepage

Arriving by train

Please look up the national train information from your individual country!

Here is a link to the Austrian Federal Railways information page in German and here in English.

Arriving in Vienna at the Wien Südbahnhof take a train to Graz Hauptbahnhof.
Information on train schedules are linked above.

Arriving at Graz Hauptbahnhof you can take trains to Leibnitz. Schedules can also be found at the Austrain Federal Railways link above.

Arriving by car

When arriving by car you can use the following SCALABLE interactive map for reference: Follow this map with Leibnitz in box at the center.

Arriving by plane

Arriving by plane in Vienna at Vienna Airport there is a bus every 30 minutes (for about 5 Euro) that takes you directly to the train station Wien Südbahnhof where you can take another train to Leibnitz.

Arriving by plane in Graz at the Graz Airport Thalerhof the train station is about 200 meters from the airport. Use the above Austria train timetable link using "Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen" for the departure point and Leibnitz as the arrival point. Trains to Leibnitz run often, take about 40 minutes and are about 10 Euros.

When you made it to Leibnitz

Arriving in Leibnitz by train take a cab from Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof to Schloss Seggau (about 7 Euro).

If there is no taxi waiting at the train station in Leibnitz use the public telephone booth in the station and you can call one of the following numbers of local taxi companies:
Taxi Joebstl, Tel. (03452) 84410
Taxi Pieber, Tel. (03452) 73032
Taxi Potocnik, Tel. (03452) 2255.

You can also use the shuttle service which will be provided by the Seggau Summer School. With this service we will try to arrange a pick up service from Graz Airport and also from Leibnitz train station DEPENDING ON ARRIVALS. To use this shuttle service, you have to CONTACT US at least two weeks in advance so we can schedule your arrival and organise vehicles and drivers.