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The University of Stuttgart Library is located at the Campus City Center and Campus Vaihingen.

Postal address

Postal address of
University of Stuttgart Library UB

📩 Letters: Postfach 10 49 41, 70043 Stuttgart
📦 Packages: Holzgartenstr. 16, 70174 Stuttgart 

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University Library City Center

Holzgartenstraße 16
70174 Stuttgart

Entrance: Max-Kade-Weg in the "Stadtgarten"

Directions

Stops around the library:

  • Lindenmuseum: bus lines 40, 42, 43
  • Börsenplatz: city railway lines U29, U14, U11
  • Berliner Platz (Liederhalle): bus lines 41, 43 + city railway lines U29, U14, U11
  • Berliner Platz (Hohe Straße): city railway lines U2, U4, U11, U 14, U29

Timetables for bus and train connections in the Stuttgart region are available here.

Both locations of the University of Stuttgart Library (City Center and Vaihingen) belong to the Environmental Zone of Stuttgart (Information on the Environmental Zone). If necessary, please take this into account for your journey.

It is best if you start from the main station.
Turn at Kriegsbergstraße (directon of Katharinenhospital and Lindenmuseum).
Cross Keplerstraße and get into the left lane.
Turn around before the next intersection (turn lane). 
The building of the University Library with the delivery entrance is on the right. 
Approx. 50 meters further on, before the gas station, there is the entrance to a public parking garage.

Parking around the library:

Underground garage Katharinenhospital, Kriegsbergstraße
Parking garage KKL, Schloßstraße
Unterground garage KKL, Holzgartenstraße
Underground garage KKL, Breitscheidstraße
Hofdienergarage, Schellingstraße
Underground garage Friedrichsbau, Huberstraße

From the airport to the main station:
It is best to use public transportation to get from the airport to the city. The S-Bahn station is located directly under the airport, sign-posted S. 

Choose the direction of the main station (“Hauptbahnhof”). Buy a ticket for 2 zones at one of the ticket vending machines and validate it. Travel to the station “Hauptbahnhof”. From here you can use other public transportation (VVS). 

An accessible journey with public transportation is possible via: Train stop Börsenplatz (city railway lines U29, U14, U11) > exit Friedrichsbau > Stadtgarten.

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University Library Vaihingen

Pfaffenwaldring 55
70569 Stuttgart

Directions

From the main station (Hauptbahnhof) to the University Library Vaihingen
From Stuttgart main station, take one of the S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S3 to the destination stop "Universität" (= fourth stop after main station, travel time approx. 10 min.). The directions Böblingen, Herrenberg, Filderstadt, Airport or Vaihingen are all equally correct.

Take the exit "Universitätszentrum" here. Go up two (escalator) staircases, then take the small staircase straight ahead. Turn right and after about 30 meters you will find the main entrance of the University Library (revolving doors) on the left side.

Both areas of the University of Stuttgart Library (City Center and Vaihingen) belong to the Environmental Zone of Stuttgart (Information about the Environmental Zone). If necessary, please take this into account for your journey.

Leave the freeway A8 (Munich-Karlsruhe) at the junction Stuttgart-Vaihingen in the direction of Stuttgart. The second exit, Universität, leads to the university campus.

It is best to use public transportation to get from the airport to Vaihingen. The S-Bahn station is located directly under the airport, sign-posted S.

Chose the direction of the main station ("Hauptbahnhof"). Buy a ticket for 2 zones at one of the ticket vending machines and validate it. All departing lines go to the destination stop "Universität" (about 15 min.).

Take the exit "Universitätszentrum" here. Go up two (escalator) staircases, then take the small staircase straight ahead. Turn right and after about 30 meters you will find the main entrance of the University Library (revolving doors) on the left side.

An accessible journey with public transportation is possible via: Train stop S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S3 "Universität".

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University Library
(Temporary) Offices Herdweg

Herdweg 51
70174 Stuttgart

Directions

Stops around the University Library’s (temporary) offices on Herdweg 51:

  • Dillmannstraße: bus line 43
  • Hölderlinstraße: bus line 43
  • Russische Kirche: bus line 40 + city railway line U4

Timetables for bus and train connections in the Stuttgart region are available here.

All locations of the University of Stuttgart Library (City Center, Vaihingen and Herdweg) belong to the Environmental Zone of Stuttgart (Information on the Environmental Zone). If necessary, please take this into account for your journey.

It is best if you start from the main station.
Turn at Kriegsbergstraße (directon of Katharinenhospital and Lindenmuseum).
Cross Keplerstraße and get into the left lane.
Turn right into Herdweg.
After the second traffic light, you will find the building Herdweg 51 on the left.

Parking around the library:

There are only public parking spaces available.
On weekdays, Monday through Saturday betweeen 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., parking is subject to a fee.
In zones marked in blue, you may part up to 14 hours, in parking zones marked in orange, short-term parking is possible. Free parking is possible starting from Herdweg 88 and on Lenzhalde street.

Please allow for enough time to find a parking spot when arriving!

„Nearby“ parking garages:
Hofdiener parking garage, Schellingstraße 25 B, 70174 Stuttgart
APCOA Tivoli parking garage, Seidenstraße 23, 70174 Stuttgart
Liederhalle parking garage, Breitscheidstraße, 70174 Stuttgart

We recommend using public transportation.

From the airport to the main station:
It is best to use public transportation to get from the airport to the city. The S-Bahn station is located directly under the airport, sign-posted S. 

Choose the direction of the main station (“Hauptbahnhof”). Buy a ticket for 2 zones at one of the ticket vending machines and validate it. Travel to the station “Hauptbahnhof”. From here you can use other public transportation (VVS). 

 

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