Moving from Berlin to Homburg: 695 km to the Saarpfalz – and back

A move from Berlin to Homburg often has to do with Saarland University Hospital: Homburg is home to the Faculty of Medicine of Saarland University and the university hospital, one of the city's largest employers. Then there are three Bosch plants and the Karlsberg brewery. With a good 43,000 inhabitants, the university town is the third-largest city in Saarland and the district town of the Saarpfalz district. We handle the entire organisation, from packing in Berlin to assembling furniture in Homburg.

The return move from Homburg to Berlin often comes at the end of specialist medical training, studies or a fixed-term contract. Others move back because family and friends live in Berlin. We plan both directions with the same survey, the same fixed-price model and the same driver planning – only the loading and unloading locations swap.

From Moabit the route goes via the A100, A115 and the Berlin ring road onto the A9 to the Hermsdorfer Kreuz, then via the A4 through Thuringia and on the A5 to the Frankfurter Kreuz. Via short stretches of the A3, A67 and A60 the lorry reaches Mainz, crosses the Rhine on the Weisenau Bridge and takes the A63 at the Mainz-Süd interchange, past Alzey and the Donnersberg to the Kaiserslautern junction. It drives the last kilometres on the A6: around Ramstein, over the Landstuhl-West interchange and at Waldmohr into Saarland – around 695 kilometres in total.

At a maximum of 80 km/h for lorries over 3.5 t, that is a good nine hours of pure driving time, more than EU Regulation 561/2006 allows per day. We calculate approx. 11 h of driving with breaks and plan two drivers or an overnight stay; we set this during the survey. The same applies to the route from Homburg to Berlin.

Homburg consists of the city centre and nine districts: Beeden, Bruchhof-Sanddorf, Einöd, Erbach, Jägersburg, Kirrberg, Reiskirchen, Schwarzenbach and Wörschweiler. The western parts lie in the valley of the Blies – Homburg is not on the Saar. The addition “(Saar)” stands for the former Saar territory and is not an official part of the city's name; until then the city was called Homburg (Pfalz). Above the old town lies the Schlossberg with the ruins of the Hohenburg and the Schlossberg caves. Where the lorry can stop outside your front door is checked during the survey.

Below the Schlossberg lie the Schlossberg caves, the largest red sandstone caves in Europe; the Faculty of Medicine works partly in the Art Nouveau building of the former mental hospital. If you later feel drawn back to Berlin, we submit the parking restriction application to the district office of your new address and fix the date as soon as the tenancy agreement is signed.

From the apartment at the university hospital to the house in Kirrberg: for a move from Berlin to Homburg and from Homburg to Berlin, it is above all the volume that determines the price. A first orientation:

For the roughly 695 km via the A9, A4, A5, A63 and A6 we give a guide price from €2,650 in both directions. It becomes binding after a free survey.

The volume weighs most heavily because it determines the lorry size and team strength. With a long-distance move Berlin–Homburg come the roughly 695 km and the decision between two drivers and two days. After that follow floors, lift, carrying routes and extras such as furniture assembly or a parking restriction zone. If you take little with you, a part load is cheaper.

We take on the move to Homburg in full or in part:

• Private move – flat or house all the way to Homburg
• Company move – practice or office with an inventory list
• Furniture transport – grand piano, wall unit, single items
• Part load – a ride along for small quantities
• Move with assembly – dismantling in Berlin, assembly in the Saarpfalz
• Clearance – clearing and disposal beforehand

Besides Homburg we drive to many cities across the country, always from Stromstraße. A list of all places is in the locations overview; all long routes are listed under long-distance moves.

The fastest way to a fixed price: call briefly on 01625978461, describe the scope and preferred date, arrange a survey. After that you receive a written quote with fixed driver planning for the roughly 695 kilometres from Berlin to Homburg – or from Homburg back to Berlin. Liability is under the HGB; optional additional insurance is possible.