Hoheneck Castle Youth Education Center

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• Ipsheim train station is approx. 2 km from the castle.
• There is a general parking lot in front of the castle grounds, but no designated parking space for people with disabilities. A parking space can be reserved by prior arrangement.
• The paths in the castle courtyard are not easy to walk or drive on.
• All evaluated passageways/doors available to the guests are at least 70 cm wide.

Building A

• The building is accessible via a 3 cm high threshold.
• All evaluated rooms and facilities (registration, dining room, room 7, leisure room, conference and meeting rooms, Knights' Hall, kitchenette) are only accessible via stairs.

Building E

• The building is accessible via a 2.5 cm high threshold.
• The large and small group rooms (door thresholds 2.5 cm), the workroom (door threshold 4 cm) and the public WC for people with disabilities are accessible at ground level. Room 28 is only accessible via stairs.

Public WC in building E (ground floor)

• The door is 82 cm wide.
• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of the washbasin 121 cm x 180 cm; in front of the WC 121 cm x 163 cm;
  to the left of the WC 95 cm x 77 cm; to the right of the WC 27 cm x 54 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC. Both grab rails can be folded up.
• The washbasin has limited access. The mirror cannot be seen when seated.
• There is no alarm trigger.

Other rooms and facilities on the castle grounds

• Castle parlor: Door threshold 2.5 cm high, one 16 cm high step in the room, narrowest door/narrowest passage 100 cm wide
• Kiosk/table tennis room: threshold 4.5 cm high, narrowest doorway/passageway 80 cm wide
• "Hütte" conference room: accessible via 2 steps, door threshold 2 cm high, narrowest door/narrowest passage 88 cm wide
• Bowling alley in front of the castle: accessible via 2 steps
• Soccer pitch and a beach volleyball court in front of the castle; entrances strewn with mulch, paths in between without steps with few inclines

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• Assistance dogs are not permitted.
• Almost all elevated areas that can be used by guests are well lit, i.e. bright and glare-free.
• The signage is designed in easily legible and high-contrast lettering.
• Stairs/steps are not visually rich in contrast. Handrails are not always present.
• Information is not available in Braille or prismatic writing.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• There is no clearly perceptible visual alarm.
• There is no inductive hearing system.
• There are tables in the dining room with bright and glare-free lighting, with no lamps standing or hanging that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact. There are no seating areas with low ambient noise levels.
• In the elevated rooms, there is at least one freely available socket near the bed.
• Ringing or knocking on the room door is not indicated by a flashing signal that can be heard in all rooms.
• Wi-Fi is offered.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• The name or logo of the facility is clearly recognizable from the outside.
• There is no colored or pictorial guidance system.
• There is no information in easy language.