Youth Hostel Castle Wernfels

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities".

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

• There are no marked parking spaces for people with disabilities.
• The path from the car park to the entrance is 80 m long and has a maximum longitudinal slope of up to 12% over a distance of 30 m.
• External paths are in most cases easy to walk on and drive on and have a maximum longitudinal gradient of up to 12 %.
• The building is steplessly accessible via the main entrance.
• Almost all evaluated rooms and facilities available to the guests are steplessly accessible at ground level or via an elevator.
• The elevator cabin main entrance measures 110 cm x 153 cm.
• The elevator cabin ballroom measures 110 cm x 153 cm.
• All evaluated passageways/doors available to the guests are at least 80 cm wide.
• The reception desk is 114 cm high. There is another, equivalent communication possibility while in a sitting position.
• In the Bauernstube and Kemenate dining rooms, wheelchair accessible tables are available (maximum height 80 cm, wheelchair accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of 30 cm).
• There are no tables in the Alte Kanzley dining room that can be moved underneath 

Room W3 (double room, ground floor)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of essential stationary furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) 200 cm x 180 cm;
  left of the bed 55 cm x 160 cm; right of the bed 150 cm x 150 cm.
• The manoeuvring spaces in front of/behind the door are at least 70 cm x 130 cm.
• The narrowest passageway in the bedroom is 83 cm wide.
• The bed is 54 cm high.
• A nursing bed is not available.
• The bathroom door is 69 cm wide. The bathroom is not designed for people with disabilities (very small manoeuvring spaces, no grab rails, etc.).

Room K1 (multi-bed room, ground floor)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of essential stationary furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) and left and right of the bed are at least 150 cm x 150 cm.
• The manoeuvring spaces in front of/behind the door are at least 112 cm x 200 cm.
• The bed is 50 cm high.
• A nursing bed is not available.
• The bathroom door is 68 cm wide. The bathroom is not designed for people with disabilities (very small manoeuvring spaces, no grab rails, etc.).

Room N3 (two bed room, 3rd upper floor)

• The room door is 75 cm wide.
• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of essential stationary furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) 130 cm x 200 cm;
  left and right of the bed 75 cm x 200 cm.
• The bed is 50 cm high.
• A nursing bed is not available.
• The bathroom door is 55 cm wide. The bathroom is not designed for people with disabilities (very small manoeuvring spaces, no grab rails, etc.).

Public toilet and shower for people with disabilities (ground floor)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of/behind the door 130 cm x 157 cm;
  in front of the toilet 120 cm x 120 cm;
  in front of the washbasin 120 cm x 112 cm;
  left of the toilet 30 cm x 54 cm and right of the toilet 130 cm x 54 cm.
• There are grab rails available on the right and left of the toilet. The grab rails can be flipped-up.
• The sink is wheelchair compatible.
• The mirror can be seen while standing or sitting.
• The shower is accessible without thresholds.
• The manoeuvring space in the shower is 120 cm x 120 cm.
• A shower seat is available or can be provided if required.
• There are no grab rails available in the shower.
• An alarm trigger is not available.

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

• Assistance dogs are allowed in relevant areas/rooms, except: in the dining room
• External paths usually do not have visually contrasting or tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
• The entrance is not visually rich in contrast.
• All evaluated and usable areas for the guest are well illuminated, i.e. bright and glare-free.
• There are no visually contrasting or tactilely detectable floor indicators available.
• The signage is not designed in clearly legible and contrasting font.
• There are glass doors without safety markings.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevators main building and ballroom is confirmed audibly. The break position is not announced by spoken commands. The operating controls are not visually rich in contrast, but tactilely detectable.
• Alternatively stairs are available.
• Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
• Stairs have at least a handrail on one side.
• Information is not available in Braille or prismatic font. 

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

• The alarm is clearly visible in the following rooms: On the room doors in house W 
• There is no audio induction loop system.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed audibly. 
• Alternatively stairs are available.
• In all dining rooms there are tables with bright and glare-free lighting, on which there are no lamps standing or hanging that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact.
• There is a seating area in the Alte Kanzley with low background noises (e.g. corner seating, separate room).

Zimmer N3, W3, K1 (Doppelzimmer/Mehrbettzimmer)

• In rooms N3 and W3 there is at least one freely available power socket near the bed, but not in room K1.
• W-LAN is offered. 

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

• The name or logo of the youth hostel is not clearly recognizable from the outside.
• The objectives of the paths are always within sight or signs in visible distance are available.
• There is no information available in easy language.
• Information is not displayed with pictograms or images.