The XRD-1 station is a 6-circle diffractometer (Huber Diffraktionstechnik GmbH) equipped to analyze well-defined single reflexes with high resolution, and is hence suited for high-resolution powder diffraction as well as for surface diffraction. The diffractometer is equipped with a Pilatus 100k detector mounted on a rigid detector arm, which can freely rotate in relation to the sample mount. The diffractometer construction is based on the classical Eulerian cradle geometry. The detector arm can be moved in the horizontal and in the vertical scattering plane, as well as in any direction combing the horizontal and vertical movements.