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