The future paired with tradition – a contradiction? No, it is the motto of the biggest and oldest educational institution in Saxony-Anhalt, the Martin Luther Univers
The school city of August Hermann Francke, the Francke Foundations, and our university, which is over 500 years old, opened doors to the world early, and this has rem
Together with its sister city of Leipzig, Halle forms the core of the powerful Central German economic region with a total of 1.7 million residents. It is enhanced by a s
The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina was founded in 1652 as the Academia Naturae Curiosorum in the Free and Imperial City of Schweinfurt by the far-sighted involveme
In 2008 the German Research Foundation approved a further funding period for four special research areas (SFR) in which the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenb
And the winner is: photovoltaics in Central Germany! In the top cluster competition sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the tri-state “Solarval
In spring of 2008, the bioscience project “HALOmem – membrane protein structure & dynamics” was chosen as the “Centre for Innovation Competence” (ZIK) under
Low temperatures in the desert state of Dubai Carrying liquids has been the focal point of the work of pump manufacturer KSB for 138 years, whose competence centre is b
As big as a bungalow, as heavy as a Boeing 747 with the noise-level of a constantly roaring motorcycle – compared with a modern mobile telephone, a transformer looks lik
The Stadtwerke Halle (Halle Municipal Utilities) is not only a reliable and economical local utilities supplier and waste disposal company, it has also proven its abili
The idea of revolutionizing conventional storage systems in pharmacies began while Daniel Gollmann was still studying mechatronics at the Merseburg Institute of Tech
BMW, Porsche, Quelle, Amazon, Dow Chemical and Dell – all these global multi-players have one thing in common: They are all located around Leipzig/Halle Airport.
In tandem with rapid developments in science and manufacturing in the fields of chemistry, renewable energies, mechanical engineering, the foodstuffs industry, com
Art and design are economic factors, or, to be precise, art and design are also economic factors. The concept of “creative industries” has continued to haunt the media fo
A flair for entertainment at Studio Halle The building complex of the Fernsehstudio Halle, which was founded in 1964 and belonged to former East German Television
Let’s be honest – has your reading behaviour changed over the last few years? Many people only read a good book on holiday or long public holidays such as Easter or Chr
The Central German Broadcasting Corporation (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, or MDR) was born of the German reunification. After reunification it came back to life where t
The right choice and planning of a location are crucial for a successful relocation of an IT company such as Dell. At the same time, the IT industry does not have the pro
In 2008, GISA broke all previous company records for sales revenue. Together with the company’s 15th anniversary, it has two major reasons to celebrate and many reaso
The dividing line between success and failure in business often lies in individual companies cultivating relationships with their customers. To maximize this effect, sect
The qualified trades – an underestimated local economic force When people talk about “the commercial sector”, they often mean major, publicly listed company groups
Spring 2009 – Optimism in spite of “crisis” Everyone is talking about “crisis”: the property crisis, the banking crisis, the finance crisis, the motor vehicle industry cr
Halle is a city of many unique features. The house where Georg Friedrich Händel was born, the Sky Disc of Nebra, Martin Luther’s death mask, the biggest surface architect