Map | Biomindz

Biomindz

Traffic
Areas available in the short to medium term
Campus of University, University Medical Center and University of Applied Sciences
Perspective areas

Wiesbaden

Area: 203 sq. km
Inhabitants (September 30, 2022): 295,980
Universities and colleges: 3
Students: 12,000

Wiesbaden

Area: 203 sq. km
Inhabitants (September 30, 2022): 295,980
Universities and colleges: 3
Students: 12,000

Wiesbaden is home to the state government of Hesse as well as two important federal authorities: the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The city’s economy combines both traditional and dynamic business models. Alongside medium-sized companies such as Mewa and Vitronic, the European and German headquarters of international corporations such as Ferrari, Panasonic, SGL Group and Henkell are also located in Wiesbaden.

New medical and biotechnology products and services can be found in the city as well. AbbVie (Locations in Germany | AbbVie (in German)) has its German headquarters in Wiesbaden, along with a research and development site in Ludwigshafen and an office in Berlin. The biopharma research company offers a comprehensive range of services in Germany, covering the entire value chain from research and development to production and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products. Abbott Deutschland (Abbott in Germany | Abbott in Germany (in German)) also has its head office in Wiesbaden.

(Source: City of Wiesbaden, Abbvie, Abbott)

Bingen

Area: 38 sq. km
Inhabitants (January 01, 2023): 27,323
Universities and colleges: 1
Students: 2,700

Bingen

Area: 38 sq. km
Inhabitants (January 01, 2023): 27,323
Universities and colleges: 1
Students: 2,700

Bingen am Rhein is a vibrant, mid-sized town around 30 km from Mainz. A lively cultural scene and magnificent surroundings make it a popular place to live in the Rhine-Main area.

Bingen is also home to the Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH Bingen) (https://www.th-bingen.de/), which offers applied degrees in 30 different engineering and natural science subjects. Students from 50 different countries are enrolled there. TH Bingen has a variety of courses on life science subjects such as biotechnology, medical biotechnology and applied bioinformatics (Study at Bingen UAS | TH Bingen (th-bingen.de)).

(Source: Town administration of Bingen, TH Bingen)

Ingelheim

Area: 73 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 35,486

Ingelheim

Area: 73 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 35,486

Ingelheim am Rhein is a young town with a rich history that has undergone rapid economic and social development in recent years. This business location offers not only impressive hard factors, but also a very high quality of life, including a wide range of leisure and cultural activities.

Ingelheim am Rhein’s history is entwined with that of Boehringer Ingelheim (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/), one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical research companies. The business has been headquartered in Ingelheim since 1885 and even bears the town’s name. Boehringer Ingelheim employs some 52,000 people worldwide in its three business areas of Human Pharma, Animal Health and Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing, with around 9,300 of them living in Ingelheim itself. Through its Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (boehringer-ingelheim-venture.com)), the company invests in biotech start-ups that perform research into promising therapies and technologies, and supports a large number of them before and during their formation.

Besides Boehringer Ingelheim, the town is also home to several other biotechnology and life science companies, such as Midas Pharma GmbH (Midas Pharma: Products, services and expertise / Midas Pharma (midas-pharma.com)) and Bioscientia Healthcare GmbH (https://www.bioscientia.de/), which both have their headquarters there.

(Source: Town administration of Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Funds, Midas Pharma, Bioscientia)

Darmstadt

Area: 122 sq. km
Inhabitants (2021): 162,287
Universities and colleges: 4
Students: 43,000

Darmstadt

Area: 122 sq. km
Inhabitants (2021): 162,287
Universities and colleges: 4
Students: 43,000

Darmstadt is home to a large number of research institutions. Over 30 scientific organizations and research companies are based there (Scientific organizations: Darmstadt (in German)), with many of them performing research and development in the field of biotechnology.

The chemical and pharmaceutical group Merck KGaA (Darmstadt Site – Darmstadt – Company | Merck in Germany (merckgroup.com)) plays a particularly important role by providing employment and supporting the economy in Darmstadt. The company’s global headquarters are located in the city and employ around 11,000 people from 80 countries in production, R&D and central functions. In its Advance Biotech Grant program (Grant Programs | Emerging Biotech | Merck (merckmillipore.com)), Merck supports selected up-and-coming biotech companies with its wide range of technologies, services and expertise. Merck also contributes to the fight against COVID-19 as a global life science provider.

(Source: City of Darmstadt, Merck KGaA)

Frankfurt Airport

311 destinations in 97 countries
Up to 70 million passengers per year (2018)
Europe’s leading cargo airport handling 2.2 million tonnes of freight annually

Frankfurt Airport

311 destinations in 97 countries
Up to 70 million passengers per year (2018)
Europe’s leading cargo airport handling 2.2 million tonnes of freight annually

Frankfurt International Airport (Frankfurt Airport (frankfurt-airport.com)) is one of the world’s main air traffic hubs, with up to 70 million passengers passing through it every year (prior to the coronavirus pandemic). It is the fourth-largest passenger airport in Europe, after London Heathrow, Paris Charles De Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol, and also the largest cargo airport in continental Europe.

Frankfurt Airport offers excellent intermodal links to regional rail and the high-speed ICE network. The Frankfurter Kreuz intersection is where two of the busiest highways in Germany meet (the A3 and A5). The confluence of the Rhine and the Main, the most important inland waterway in Europe, is also close by.

(Source: Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt am Main, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH, Fraport AG)

Frankfurt am Main

Area: 248 sq. km
Inhabitants (June 30, 2020): 764,319
Universities and colleges: 10
Students: 58,000

Frankfurt am Main

Area: 248 sq. km
Inhabitants (June 30, 2020): 764,319
Universities and colleges: 10
Students: 58,000

Frankfurt is one of the world’s top financial centers, boasting the presence of well-known German lenders and international banks. The Bundesbank and the European Central Bank are both based in Frankfurt. Trading marketplace Deutsche Börse AG and offices of central banks from other countries make the city an important hub of the financial industry in continental Europe.

The Frankfurt-Rhine-Main region is also a leading hub of medical, pharmaceutical and industrial biotechnology and pharmaceutical development in Germany. The House of Pharma (House of Pharma — House of Pharma) and the Frankfurt Innovation Center (FiZ) (Home — FIZ (fiz-biotech.de)) both offer fledgling companies laboratory and office space to foster innovation and growth in the life science sector. Industriepark Höchst (Industriepark Höchst: Homepage | Industriepark Höchst (industriepark-hoechst.com) is an innovative chemical and pharmaceutical site with more than 90 companies and some 22,000 workers. Frankfurt’s Höchst district is also home to Sanofi’s German headquarters (Sanofi locations in Germany (in German)).

(Source: Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt am Main, FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH, Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt am Main)

Mannheim

Area: 144 sq. km
Inhabitants (2021): 326,008
Universities and colleges: 12
Students: 30,800

Mannheim

Area: 144 sq. km
Inhabitants (2021): 326,008
Universities and colleges: 12
Students: 30,800

Mannheim sees itself as the cultural and economic capital of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. A total of 2.25 % of the working population are employed in research and development at the various universities and over 30 non-university research institutions located in the city (Research & Development | Mannheim.de (in German)).

Mannheim pursues a broad-based cluster strategy that aims to boost technologies of the future and forge close links between science and industry. The regional Mannheim Medical Technology Cluster (Medical Technology Cluster (medtech-mannheim.de)) promotes networking among businesses, start-ups, hospitals and research in the medical technology field.

(Source: City of Mannheim)

Ludwigshafen

Area: 78 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 172,145
Universities and colleges: 1
Students: 4,800

Ludwigshafen

Area: 78 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 172,145
Universities and colleges: 1
Students: 4,800

Ludwigshafen is a young, international city and the second-largest conurbation in Rhineland-Palatinate, after Mainz. It is one of three major cities in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.

A number of global companies, particularly in the chemical industry, are based in Ludwigshafen, including BASF SE (https://www.basf.com ) and biotech company AbbVie (AbbVie | Pharmaceutical Research & Development), which has its largest strategic research site outside of the U.S. in the city. Ludwigshafen is an economic powerhouse and a key center of employment for the entire region. People from over 140 different countries call the city their home.

(Source: City of Ludwigshafen)

Kaiserslautern

Area: 140 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 101,566
Universities and colleges: 2
Students: 20,200

Kaiserslautern

Area: 140 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 101,566
Universities and colleges: 2
Students: 20,200

The Kaiserslautern region in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate is a hub for technology and innovative thinking. Technology transfer is both well established and practiced by small and medium-sized enterprises there. The technologies of tomorrow can be found everywhere in the Kaiserslautern region — in laboratories as well as in use at businesses and organizations. Several thousand people, including specialists who are in demand all over the world, are employed in this high-tech sector.

Businesses in the region also have the opportunity to benefit directly from the latest technological innovations emerging from the technical university (Imprint - RPTU Rheinland Pfälzische-Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau), the university of applied sciences (Home – University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern (hs-kl.de)) and a range of major research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) (Fraunhofer IESE Kaiserslautern – Fraunhofer IESE), the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM (Home Fraunhofer ITWM – Fraunhofer ITWM) and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) (AI for humans – intelligent solutions for the knowledge society (dfki.de)).

(Source: City of Kaiserslautern, WFK Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH)

Heidelberg

Area: 109 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 159,245
Universities and colleges: 10
Students: 39,000

Heidelberg

Area: 109 sq. km
Inhabitants (December 31, 2021): 159,245
Universities and colleges: 10
Students: 39,000

Located in the heart of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, Heidelberg sees itself as a hotspot for science and is home to Germany’s oldest university, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/) as well as a number of other higher-education institutions. A number of globally acclaimed research organizations and companies are also based in Heidelberg.

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (https://www.dkfz.de/) — the country’s largest biomedical research institution — is a global leader in its field. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) (Heidelberg | EMBL.org) is a collaborative project supported by more than 20 European countries and conducts fundamental molecular biology research. In addition, some 240 researchers work at the Center for Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University (ZMBH) (Center for Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University (ZMBH) (uni-heidelberg.de)), and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research employs more than 310 people at its location in the city. Heidelberg supports the development of research- and knowledge-intensive sectors with many specialized infrastructures and networks.

(Source: City of Heidelberg)

An der Goldgrube (GFZ-Kaserne)

The “GFZ-Kaserne” planning area comprises the current headquarters of BioNTech and the spaces still being used for military purposes

An der Goldgrube (GFZ-Kaserne)

The “GFZ-Kaserne” planning area comprises the current BioNTech headquarters as well as land that will remain in military use until 2023. The aim is to acquire the land through the city of Mainz. In the medium term, a socio-ecological quarter with research, work, housing and social and public facilities is planned in one place.

The planning area covers around 11 hectares.
The site includes the headquarters of BioNTech. The university hospital is less than a 10-minute walk away.
Part of the site has been reserved by BioNTech for its expansion; additional construction activity by BioNTech is already underway.
The area is very close to downtown Mainz and easy to reach with public transport.
Along with the land earmarked for BioNTech’s expansion, the current framework plan includes a housing development project and a mixed-use area that could also accommodate life science and biotech firms.
The existing green space, including the adjacent community gardens, will be retained.

Campus of the JGU university hospital

The city’s university hospital, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, is known for closely combining top-class medicine, research and teaching.

Campus of the JGU university hospital

The city’s university hospital, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, is known for closely combining top-class medicine, research and teaching. As the only university hospital in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, it pioneers the medicine of tomorrow and ensures that patients quickly benefit from the latest medical research findings.

Numerous specialists in some 60 clinics, institutes and departments work together across disciplines to treat more than 300,000 people on an in- and outpatient basis every year.
Approximately 3,300 medical and dentistry students are trained at the university hospital. In addition, 660 young people study a wide variety of healthcare disciplines as well as commercial and technical professions.
With around 8,000 staff, the university hospital is the biggest employer in Mainz and one of the largest in Rhineland-Palatinate.
In the coming years, it will be transformed and expanded into one of the most modern university hospitals in Germany and beyond thanks to an investment of over 2 billion euros. Information on the master construction plan can be found here (in German): www.unimedizin-mainz.de/ueber-uns/bau-masterplan/
The new facility for TRON – Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz gGmbH is also set to be built on the university hospital campus. Further information under: New laboratory and research building creates more space for cutting-edge research (tron-mainz.de)

Campus of Johannes Gutenberg University

Campus der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Campus of Johannes Gutenberg University

With around 33,000 students from over 130 countries, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of Germany’s largest universities and the only full-fledged university in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It combines almost all academic disciplines, including the university hospital and two art schools, and is the only German university of its size to house almost all its departments on one campus close to the city center, as well as four partner institutes belonging to leading non-academic research organizations. Student housing and childcare facilities are also located on the campus.

More information on JGU is available here: About JGU (uni-mainz.de)

Mainz University of Applied Sciences

Mainz University of Applied Sciences

Mainz University of Applied Sciences is located right next to the JGU campus and the future life science campus. It also lies in the planning area earmarked for the expansion of the university to the south of the “Europakreisel” traffic circle. An initial section of the project was completed in 2009. With the further expansion, all faculties of Mainz University of Applied Sciences are now united at one location. The remaining southwest quadrant of the site (approximately 6 hectares) will be available as space for long-term expansion.

Mainz University of Applied Sciences is home to research and development projects on a broad range of topics, including architecture, civil engineering, geoinformatics and surveying, communication, media and interior design, and economics. Around 5,800 students are currently enrolled there. Close cooperation with industry and constant innovation of study programs to reflect changes on the labor market mean that Mainz University of Applied Sciences can offer attractive and forward-looking training with good career prospects.

More information on Mainz University of Applied Sciences can be found here: Mainz University of Applied Sciences (hs-mainz.de)

Life science campus

Plans are in place to expand the university of applied sciences to the south of the “Europakreisel” traffic circle.

Life science campus

Plans are in place to expand the university of applied sciences to the south of the “Europakreisel” traffic circle. The western end of the planning area borders the campus of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. In the coming years, a campus for biotechnology and related life sciences, as well as facilities related to the university, will be built on the nothern two quadrants of the plan area.

The campus covers around 12 hectares.
The site is right next to Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and close to the institutes and core facilities on the campus.
It is easy to reach thanks to the on-ramp to Mainz’s belt highway and excellent public transport connections (around 10 minutes from Mainz central station).
The existing development plan makes it possible for biotech companies and research organizations to move in immediately; information on the site and the building rights can be viewed here (in German): Business premises close to the university (available) — GVG-Mainz.de
Work has already begun to connect the site to the local public infrastructure.
LAB 1, the first laboratory building on the site, is already under construction. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 3, 2023. Flexible units from approx. 150 m² - approx. 3000 m² will be developed in LAB 1. The second laboratory building LAB 2 is currently being planned. In total, LAB 2 will offer around 9,000 m² of future-oriented laboratory and office space (gif). Available areas from approx. 150 m² up to 9,000 m², that can be split in flexible units. The building permit for LAB 2 has already been granted. Both buildings are project developments of Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG.: https://www.molitor-immobilien.de/innovationlabz/en/ Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG is a joint venture of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbH and G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH.
Kadans Science Partner Germany GmbH is planning to realise around 19,000 m² of state-of-the-art laboratory and office space on an 11,000 m² site by the end of 2027. The planned laboratory building will also be home to Life Science Zentrum Mainz GmbH (LZM), which is jointly funded by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the state capital Mainz. The LZM has already entered into a co-operation agreement with the Dutch company. The aim is to jointly attract further biotechnology companies, support new startups and network with the scientific community.
The pedestrian bridge across Saarstrasse provides quick access to Innovationspark Kisselberg, where facilities such as Novo Nordisk’s new building can be found.

If you are interested in a site on the new campus or would like more detailed information, don’t hesitate to contact us. Olaf Heinrich, Campus Development

Space for long-term expansion

Space for long-term expansion

To make it possible for the life science hub to keep growing in the future, and to provide a space for additional life science and biotechnology activities in the long term directly adjacent to the existing location, options for developing the site to the west of the university expansion project up to the regional train line were examined. The area under consideration comprises approximately 50 hectares. An international competition carried out by the urban planning department produced the following results:

A sustainable and innovative quarter with minimal impact on the cold air corridors is feasible.

The winning design provides that buildings are placed in five groups, with farmland and green spaces between them.

The subdivision allows for a gradual development of the area in the long term.

The area to the west of the university expansion site continues the existing biotechnology axis.

This enables the necessary proximity between research, development and application.

Enter the virtual Model

R&D organizations and institutions
Life science and biotechnology companies
Project developers
Childcare & schools
Sport & Culture
Leisure & recreation
Public institutions & offices

R&D organizations and institutions

Life science and biotechnology companies

Project developers

The overview of stakeholders does not claim to be exhaustive. Are you a life science or biotech company based in Mainz and are not included in the list? Talk to us!

ApiThinking GmbH

Mombacher Straße 68 55122 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

bioprotech GmbH

Julius-Leber-Straße 15 55257 Budenheim

Google Maps

Homepage

BS-Partikel GmbH

Nestlestraße 41 55120 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

KHR Biotec GmbH

Building 911, Room 02-319

Obere Zahlbacher Straße 63 55131 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

HI-TRON Mainz

Homepage

Schott Pharma AG & Co. KGaA.

Glasprodukte für die Pharmaindustrie

Hattenbergstraße 10 55122 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

GANZIMMUN Diagnostics GmbH

Hans-Böckler-Straße 109/111 55128 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

IBWF

Institut für Biotechnologie und Wirkstoff-Forschung

Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17 55128 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Rahlfs Immobilien GmbH,
Lindenstraße 30,
31535 Neustadt,
Phone: +49 5032 9820-0

GANZIMMUN Diagnostics GmbH,
Hans-Böckler-Straße 109,
55128 Mainz,
Phone: +49 6131 7205-0

Erich-Dombrowski-Straße 3 55127 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Xylem Analytics Germany GmbH

New construction for Xylem Analytics Germany GmbH

For the internationally leading manufacturer of analytical measurement technology for laboratory, process and field, a three-part building complex for offices, research and production with storage areas is being built on a site of approx. 9,330 m² for approx. 150 employees. Investment volume approx. 25 million Completion of the project is planned for 2025.

Contact details:

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH,
Robert-Bosch-Str. 40,
55129 Mainz,
Tel. +49 6131 9568-0,
E-Mail info@karrieprojektentwicklung.de

Xylem Analytics Germany GmbH,
Hattenbergstraße 10,
55118 Mainz,
Tel. +49 6131 665111,
E-Mail info.XAGS@xylem.com

Erich-Dombrowski-Straße 55127 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Association for Cancer Immunotherapy CIMT e.V.

Göttelmannstr. 17 55130 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG

With the LAB 1 laboratory building, Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG gave the starting signal for the construction of the new Life Science Campus in Mainz. The areas with a sustainable building concept are being built in the immediate vicinity of the university, university of applied sciences and renowned research institutes. The next laboratory building - LAB 2 - is already in concrete planning.

Eugen-Salomon-Straße 55128 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH

Isaac-Fulda-Allee 24 55124 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

LiS/Q Life Science und Biotech-Campus

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH has plots of land of measuring approx. 3 hectares on Mainz's Lerchenberg, on which a campus for life science and biotech is to be developed. Innovative, central, connected, sustainable.

This is where work and life come together. A place for visionaries that can be flexibly designed.

Contact details:

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH,
Robert-Bosch-Str. 40,
55129 Mainz,
Tel. +49 6131 9568-0,
E-Mail info@karrieprojektentwicklung.de

Erich-Dombrowski-Straße 55127 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH has approx. 3 hectares of land at Lerchenberg in Mainz, on which a campus for life science and biotech is set to be developed. Innovative, central, connected, sustainable. This is where work and life come together. A place for visionaries that can be designed flexibly.

A modern diagnostics center is being built on an 8,000 m² site for the internationally operating company Ganzimmun. For Xylem, the leading international manufacturer of analytical measurement technology for laboratories, processes and the field, a three-part building complex for around 150 employees is being built on a plot of approx. 9,330 m².

Contact details:

Karrié Projektentwicklung GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Str. 40, 55129 Mainz,
Phone +49 6131 9568-0,
E-Mail info@karrieprojektentwicklung.de

www.lisq.de

Erich-Dombrowski-Straße 55127 Mainz

Google Maps

Homepage

Kadans Science Partner

Plus Ultra Mainz is a modern building complex that offers an optimal combination of lab and office spaces. The 19,000 square meter, multi-tenant building will provide shared areas that include meeting rooms, a catering area and rental spaces. Kadans supplies both custom-made laboratories and offices, on the floors away from the shared areas. The complex promotes innovation and creation of qualified jobs in the fields of Life Sciences and biotechnology.

About Kadans:

With the Plus Ultra Mainz building, Kadans Science Partner continues to promote their spaces for innovation within Life Science and Health. The sustainability of their buildings in combination with the proximity to the university aims to connect tenants within the international Kadans community, highlighting the commitment to innovation and scientific research.

Jakob-Heinz-Straße 55128 Mainz

Homepage