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The information in this section should help you to find your way to the venue.
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Seggau Castle is located about 40km south of Graz, near the beautiful city of Leibnitz:
Castle Seggau is located on top of a hill overlooking the city of Leibnitz, amidst the vineyards of southern Styria, Austria. Its history dates back to Roman times which the unique Lapidarium bears impressive testimony to. In the 12th century the upper castle was built by Archbishop Konrad of Salzburg as an administrative and missionary bastion and in 1219, the Old Tower was given as residence to the first Bishop of the newly founded Diocese Seckau (hence the name). Seggau Castle served as the seat of the Styrian bishopric until late 18th century and remained their summer residence until well into the 20th century. The architecture remains stunning. The Old Tower was added onto twice and finally turned into a clock tower in 1606. As building material, among other things, numerous ancient stones (2nd century BC) from the cemeteries of the Roman municipality Flavia Solva were used. 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, most of them legible, were found. From the most beautiful of these stones, a new facade was built in 1830/1832 in the upper castle using the example of the Vatican Lapidarium. The Seggau Lapidarium is one of the castle’s main visitor attractions, as well as the ‘Princely Chambers’ with their completely preserved baroque furnishings, the chapel, the huge historic bell ‘Liesl’, or the world-famous 300-year-old wine cellar offering regular wine-tastings. Nowadays, ‘Schloss Seggau’ is well known as a modern, well-appointed convention and conference centre that successfully fuses tradition with modernity.
  
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The day of arrival should be July 15th and departure on July 29th 2012. The program will start early on Monday 16th, so please make sure you arrive at Seggau Castle on time.
Arriving by train
Please look up the travel information on how to get to Vienna or Graz from your individual country!
For Austrian train schedules use: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) Route Planner
Arriving in Vienna at “Wien-Meidling Bahnhof”, take a train to “Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof”.
Arriving in Vienna at “Westbahnhof”, transfer to “Wien-Meidling Bahnhof” (subway U6, tram No. 62 to “Philadelphiabrücke”) and proceed to “Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof” (see above).
Arriving at Graz you can take a train to Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof.
Arriving by car
When arriving by car you can use the following scalable interactive map.
Arriving by plane
- From Vienna Airport there is a bus every 30 minutes (for about € 5) taking you directly to the train station Wien Meidling (Dörflstraße) where you can take a train to Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof (see above´)
- From Graz Thalerhof Airport trains run to Leibnitz on a regular basis (travel time 40 min; ticket approx. € 10). Check for schedules at Austrian Railways link provided above (departure point: “Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen”; arrival point: “Leibnitz”). The train station is about 200 meters (walking distance) from the airport.
Once you made it to Leibnitz
Arriving at Leibnitz Hauptbahnhof by train, take a cab to “Schloss Seggau” (about € 7).
If there is no taxi present at the train station in Leibnitz simply use the public telephone booth at the station or your mobile phone (check roaming charges!) and call one of the following numbers of local taxi companies:
- Taxi Joebstl, Tel: (+43) 03452-84410
- Taxi Pieber, Tel: (+43) 03452-73032
- Taxi Potocnik, Tel: (+43) 03452-2255
Shuttle Service
Another option is the shuttle service provided by GUSS Summer School. With this service we will try to arrange a pick-up service from Leibnitz train station depending on arrivals. To use this shuttle service, please contact us at least two weeks in advance so we can schedule your arrival and organise vehicles and drivers.
To find out whether you will need to apply for a visa in order to enter into Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or consulate in your country for up-to-date information. You may find all embassies and consulates listed under the following link:
All further information about the visa procedure and relevant documents (invitation letter) will be sent to you after you have been selected and after we have received your participation fee!
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