The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is well connected to the railway service and to the international airports of Berlin. From Berlin to Potsdam there is an easy access by public transport. In addition to our main location at Potsdam Telegrafenberg there are three more GFZ locations within Potsdam, and three others outside of Potsdam.
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg
D-14473 Potsdam
Tel.: +49 (0)331 288-0
Coordinates:
52° 22´57 N
13° 03´51 E
MSL 81 m
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14473 Potsdam
14473 Potsdam
14473 Potsdam
14467 Potsdam
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By car
From Berlin take B1 from Berlin-Wannsee or the motorway "Autobahn" A115 to Hannover/Leipzig, Exit Potsdam-Babelsberg; follow the signs to "Zentrum" and "GeoForschungsZentrum".
From Hannover or Leipzig on motorway "Autobahn A110/E30", take exit "Potsdam-Süd/Michendorf" to Potsdam follow the B2 northbound, turn right at "Am Brauhausberg" till "Albert-Einstein-Straße"
From Hamburg or Rostock on motorway "A10/E55", take exit "Marquardt" to Potsdam along B273, follow in Potsdam the signs "Zentrum" to "Albert-Einstein-Straße".
By public transport
Departure Ostbahnhof / Berlin-Hauptbahnhof / Berlin Friedrichstraße / Zoologischer Garten / Berlin Charlottenburg / Berlin Wannsee:
Regionalexpress RE1 (direction: Magdeburg Hbf or Brandenburg Hbf)
or Regionalbahn RB21/22 (only starts in Berlin Friedrichstraße! Direction: Potsdam, Golm Bhf)
or S Bahn S7 (direction Potsdam Hbf),
destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof.
Departure S Steglitz:
S-Bahn S1 destination Berlin Wannsee (direction: Berlin Wannsee). Change here to RE1, RB21/22 or S7 to Potsdam Hbf.
From Potsdam Main Station take the bus line 691 to GFZ Campus on Telegrafenberg. Or take the footpath (duration circa 15 minutes).
Departure Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER):
Take the Regionalbahn RB22 (direction: Potsdam Hbf or Potsdam Griebnitzsee),
destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof.
By car
From Berlin take B1 from Berlin-Wannsee or the motorway "Autobahn" A115 to Hannover/Leipzig, Exit Potsdam-Babelsberg; follow the signs to "Zentrum" and "GeoForschungsZentrum".
From Hannover or Leipzig on motorway "Autobahn A110/E30", take exit "Potsdam-Süd/Michendorf" to Potsdam follow the B2 northbound, turn right at "Am Brauhausberg" till "Albert-Einstein-Straße"
From Hamburg or Rostock on motorway "A10/E55", take exit "Marquardt" to Potsdam along B273, follow in Potsdam the signs "Zentrum" to "Albert-Einstein-Straße".
By public transport
Departure Ostbahnhof / Berlin-Hauptbahnhof / Berlin Friedrichstraße / Zoologischer Garten / Berlin Charlottenburg / Berlin Wannsee:
Regionalexpress RE1 (direction: Magdeburg Hbf or Brandenburg Hbf)
or Regionalbahn RB21/22 (only starts in Berlin Friedrichstraße! Direction: Potsdam, Golm Bhf)
or S Bahn S7 (direction Potsdam Hbf),
destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof.
Departure S Steglitz:
S-Bahn S1 destination Berlin Wannsee (direction: Berlin Wannsee). Change here to RE1, RB21/22 or S7 to Potsdam Hbf.
From Potsdam Main Station take the bus line 691 to stop "zum Telegrafenberg". Or take the footpath (duration circa 10 minutes).
Departure Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER):
Take the Regionalbahn RB22 (direction: Potsdam Hbf or Potsdam Griebnitzsee),
destination Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof.
By car
By car the GFZ location in Heinrich-Mann-Allee 18/19 (14473 Potsdam; Section Geodynamic Modelling) can only be reached from "Leipziger Dreieck". Leave the entrance of the street „Brauhausberg“ 30 m behind you then turn right (speed limit 30 km/h!).
Coming from east direction via "Heinrich-Mann-Allee" turn right into „Friedhofsgasse“ then left into "Friedrich-Engels-Straße", and left again at "Leipziger Dreieck" into Heinrich-Mann-Allee.
By public transport
Starting from Potsdam Main Station cross "Friedrich-Engels-Straße" in southward direction and take the footpath towards "Heinrich-Mann-Allee". Cross the street, stay left and follow the footpath up to Nr. 18/19.
By public transport
The GFZ location in Helmholtzstraße 6/7 (14467 Potsdam; section Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, section Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics) can be reached from Berlin Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) with local train RE1 (every 30 minutes) or S-Bahn line S7 (every 10 minutes) to Potsdam Main Station (Hauptbahnhof). Then take tram line 93 (to "Glienicker Brücke") to "Schiffbauergasse/Berliner Straße".
Departure Schönefeld Airport (BER):
take local train RB destination Potsdam Main Station (Hauptbahnhof; see above).