Heidelberg Bahnstadt - City of Science

Heidelberg Technology Park (HTP) is the oldest and largest German Technology Park focused on Life Sciences. Actually it operates 800,000 sqft at five sites within the City borders. The most important academic partner is the Ruperto Carola Universität established in 1386. The research and education pool and was later on accompanied by University Hospitals and world renowned research infrastructure, e.g. DKFZ and EMBL plus collaborative industry projects. Heidelberg´s positive experience with setting up and running the HTP led to the decision to create not only a new STP but a whole district aiming at the integration of science and commercialization of knowledge in the center of a city suburb. Heidelberg repurposed the freight yard area and built up the Bahnstadt district from the scratch. Here science and industry will be growing within an energy efficient residential district adjacent to the Old Town. The project will be supplemented by the conversion of American Forces barracks starting in 2014.