Institute
The entrance doors of the Institute at Wetterkreuz 15 are usually open as follows:
| Main entrance: | 7.00 – 20.30 |
| Entrances 1 & 3 to seminar rooms: | 7.30 – 20.30 |
| Institute: | Monday – Thursday 8.30 – 17.00 Friday: 8.30 – 15.00 |
Petra Santer
Fax: +49 9131 85-22013
E-Mail: geographie@fau.de
Study Matters:
(Substitute: )
Office hours:
Tuesday 9.30 bis 12.00 h
Thursday 9.30 bis 12.00 h
Friday 11.00 bis 14.00 h
Office hours for student assistants in room 2.041
(Substitute: )
Tuesday & Thursday 11.00 -14.00 h
The institute is managed by a board of several members:
![]() | Prof. Dr. Rupert Bäumler | Professors | Professorship for Geography | Email: rupert.baeumler@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun | Professors | Professorship for Geography (Remote Sensing and GIS) | Email: matthias.h.braun@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Achim Bräuning | Professors | Institute of Geography | Email: achim.braeuning@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Tobias Chilla | Professors | Professorship for Geography | Email: tobias.chilla@fau.de | |||
![]() | Dr. Johannes Fürst | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Phone: +49 9131 85-26680 | Email: johannes.fuerst@fau.de | ||
![]() | PD Dr. Klaus Geiselhart | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Email: klaus.geiselhart@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze | Professors | Chair of Geography (Cultural and Political Geography) | Email: georg.glasze@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Sandra Jasper | Head | Chair of Geography (Cultural Geography and Development Research) | Email: sandra.jasper@fau.de | |||
![]() | Moritz Koch | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Email: moritz.koch@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Fred Krüger | Retired professors | Faculty of Sciences | Email: fred.krueger@fau.de | |||
![]() | PD Dr. Christoph Mayr | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Email: christoph.mayr@fau.de | |||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Thomas Mölg | Professors | Institute of Geography | Phone: +49 9131 85-26325 | Email: thomas.moelg@fau.de | ||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Schubert | Professors | Chair of Geography Education Research | Phone: +49 911 5302-95523Phone: +49 911 5302-95587 | Email: jan.christoph.schubert@fau.de | ||
![]() | PD Dr. Alexandra Titz | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Phone: +49 9131 85-22011 | Email: alexandra.titz@fau.de | URL: www.geographie.nat.fau.de/person/alexandra-titz/ | |
![]() | PD Dr. Kim Vanselow | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Phone: +49 9131 85-22009 | Email: kim.vanselow@fau.de | ||
![]() | Prof. Dr. Blake Walker | Professors | Professorship for Geography (Digital Geography/Cultural Geography) | Phone: +49 9131 85-22367 | Email: blake.walker@fau.de | URL: www.geographie.nat.fau.de/faudir/blake-walker/ | |
![]() | Antonia Warnstedt | Research associates | Institute of Geography | Email: antonia.warnstedt@fau.de |
The Institute of Geography is located in the southern Erlangen suburb of Tennenlohe.
Individual route to the Institute (with OpenRouteService.org)
Bike
Covered parking facilities for bicycles are available in and behind the car park next to the institute building (Am Weichselgarten). Employees and students can use the garage for their cars.
Public transport
As connection between the Campus Bismarckstraße (lecture hall C of geography, seminar rooms 01.053/055, laboratories of physical geography) to the institute in Tennenlohe serves the busline 20 via the stop Stubenlohstraße (footpath approx. 9 +5 minutes, travel time approx. 16 minutes to the stop Wetterkreuz). Alternatively, line 290 can be used via the Hindenburgstraße stop (approx. 2 + 5 minutes on foot, journey time approx. 40 minutes).
From Erlangen main station
Line 295 – direction Tennenlohe, get off at Am Weichselgarten (journey time approx. 21 minutes)
Line 290 – direction Nürnberg-Thon, get off at the Wetterkreuz stop (journey time approx. 29 minutes)
From Erlangen-Arcaden
Line 20 in the direction of Nuremberg-Thon, via the stops Langemarckplatz, Stubenlohstraße and Technische Fakultät to the Wetterkreuz stop (journey time approx. 19 minutes)
From Nuremberg Central Station
Line U3 direction Nürnberg Friedrich-Ebert-Pl. to stop Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, change to tram line 4 direction Nürnberg Am Wegfeld, get off at the last stop Am Wegfeld, change to bus line 20 direction Erlangen-Arcaden, get off at the stop Wetterkreuz. (journey time approx. 40 minutes)
Or you can take the ICE, Regionalexpress or S-Bahn to Erlangen main station and then the Erlangen city bus as described. (Travel time depends on the selected connection – approx. 40 to 50 minutes in total.)
From Nuremberg Airport
Bus line 33 in the direction of Rathaus Fürth to bus stop Am Wegfeld, change to bus line 20 in the direction of Erlangen-Arcaden, get off at the Wetterkreuz stop. (journey time 28 minutes)
Train
Travelling by train is possible via the stops Erlangen Hauptbahnhof or Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (ICE). Then take the public transport as described to the bus-stop “Wetterkreuz” or “Am Weichselgarten”.
Long distance coaches
With the long-distance bus providers you can use the stops Erlangen or Nuremberg (ZOB). Then take the public transport as described above.

















