CONTACT

Office hours:

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.,
Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

We can be reached during our office hours by telephone. We can be reached by Fax or Email at any time.

Rainhard Gerharz: 0221 7200694
Prof. Dr. Astrid Funke: 0221 7200695

For visitors

Our office is located north of Cologne’s city center. It can easily be reached by public transportation or by car. The instructions below can provide orientation, sketches of the area can also be viewed under: Lageplan.

Access by public transportation

  • • Tramline (Metro) 16 and 18 to the station Reichenspergerplatz
  • • Bus line 140, bus stop Reichensperger Platz

After leaving the station or the bus stop you will see a building on the right at the corner of Riehler Straße / Merlostraße. The entrance to our office is located at Merlostraße 2, to the left of a restaurant.

If you are traveling by train, you can switch to the metro (U-Bahn) line 16 or 18 at the central train station (Hauptbahnhof).

Access by car:

There is ample parking in the vicinity of Merlostraße, Reichenspergerplatz and in the surrounding streets (tickets for display in the car can be purchased from vending machines).

1. Access from Overath/Olpe (A 4)

  • • Proceed straight at the Köln-Ost junction in the direction of the “Zentrum”
  • • Use the right lane on the Zoo bridge for the Rheinuferstraße exit
  • • Keep right on the exit in order to take the first right (away from the river)
  • • Left at the next traffic light in the direction of the “Zentrum”
  • • Right at the third traffic light (parallel to the metro/U-Bahn station Reichenspergerplatz)
  • • The office is located in the building on the right at the corner of Riehler Straße / Merlostraße. The entrance to our office is located at Merlostraße 2, to the left of a restaurant.

2. Access from the direction of Leverkusen (A3)

  • • At the Köln-Ost junction proceed towards the “Zentrum”
  • • Proceed according to the driving instructions (1.) above

3. Access from Lohmar (A3)

  • • At the Köln-Ost junction proceed towards the “Zentrum”
  • • Proceed according to the driving instructions (1.) above

4. Access from CGN Airport

  • • Proceed onto Autobahn A 59 in the direction of Köln
  • • At the Heumarer Dreieck junction proceed in the direction of Leverkusen/Olpe onto the A3
  • • At the Köln-Ost junction proceed towards the “Zentrum”

5. Access from Aachen (A4)

  • • At the junction Köln-West take the A 1 in the direction of Dortmund/Leverkusen to the junction Köln-Nord
  • • Turn onto the A 47 in the direction of “Köln-Zentrum”
  • • At the end of this access route proceed in the direction of Messe/Rheinbrücken (not “Zentrum”)
  • • Continue on straight and then, after the Niehler Straße intersection, take a right in the direction of the Rheinuferstraße/Zentrum
  • • Immediately take a right at the traffic light (Riehler Straße)
  • • Take a right at the second light (parallel to the metro/U-Bahn station Reichenspergerplatz,) onto Merlostraße
  • • The office is located in the building on the right at the corner of Riehler Straße / Merlostraße. The entrance to our office is located at Merlostraße 2, to the left of a restaurant.

6. Access from Bonn (A 555)

  • • Proceed straight from the “Köln-Süd” junction towards the major roundabout
  • • Take the first right onto the Militärring in the direction of the Rheinuferstraße
  • • Follow the Rheinuferstraße straight through the tunnel and beyond
  • • Take a left across from the Bastei restaurant (located directly on the Rhine) onto the Theodor-Heuss-Ring
  • • At the Riehler Straße intersection (on the right a six-cornered high rise can be seen), take a right onto the Riehler Straße
  • • Use the arrow at the second light on the Riehler Straße to take a left onto Merlostraße

Access by train

  • • From Cologne’s main train station (HBf), take the metro/U-Bahn line 16 or 18 to the station Reichenspergerplatz.