WISTA

The scientific and economic Adlershof, short WISTA, located in Berlin's Adlershof district in the district of Treptow-Köpenick. Since 1991, a new science city is (as of end of 2009 ) on a 4.2 square kilometer area created 819 companies and 14,000 employees. According to Spiegel, the field of " largest science and technology cluster in Germany ".

Development

From the former site of the television of the GDR, the Academy of Sciences of the GDR and Feliks Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment was built with next -lying media center with the help of public funding of 200 million euros a science and technology park. The development company Adlershof mbH ( EGA ), founded by the State of Berlin in 1991 was renamed in 1994 WISTA Management GmbH and is responsible for the operation and development of science and technology parks. Her responsibilities include communication and marketing, promotion fields of technology and acquisition. It acts as complying incubator ( business incubator ) for the site. The management strives to establish the concept Adlershof as a synonym for this site to take but without regard to the much older center of Adlershof.

As an independent project of the Expo 2000, it was under the project name Berlin Adlershof - City of Science completed, industry and the media for the most part. Since 2001, the Facilities Management is a subsidiary of WISTA Management GmbH provided by the Adlershof Facility Management GmbH ( AFM).

The end of 2007 WISTA was discharged from the development law. The expansion is in accordance with the bezirklich designated projects continue, including the Bauvorleistungen on the northern edge to the new Hermann- Dorner -Allee ( completed in 2008 ). There are still some undeveloped larger areas for development in reserve.

Traffic and transport

Southwest of the site, the Federal Highway runs 113 and east of it the federal highway 96a.

Public transportation

On the eastern edge of the WISTA is the S- Bahn stop Adlershof. Here keep the S -Bahn lines S45, S46, S8, S85 and S9.

From the S- Bahn stop the bus tap 162, 163,164, 260 and the N60 night bus to the site.

Since 4 September 2011, lines 60 and 61 tram from the tram stop on the Rudow Chaussee and Max - Born-Straße were extended into the Karl- Ziegler Street, in the WISTA site.

Traffic

The future Berlin Brandenburg Airport is located about seven kilometers from the scientific and economic location away.

Water transport

The site is bounded by the south Teltow Canal. Nearest port is Rudow -east.

Current Data

The end of 2009 hosted WISTA 819 companies, research institutions and academic institutions with € 1.789 billion revenue and 13,981 employees.

• 6 scientific institutes of the Humboldt -Universität zu Berlin (chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, geography ) with 6,824 students and 893 employees ( including 130 professors ) Joint Initiative of Non-University Research Institutions in Adlershof ( IGAFA )
• More than 600 researchers in the BESSY synchrotron