Swabian Educational Centre Irsee

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

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

• There are two marked parking spaces for people with disabilities at the convent building - side entrance (parking space size: 350 cm x 500 cm).
• The bus stop "Am Kriegerdenkmal" is 250 m away. 

Convent building

• The path from the parking lot to the side entrance of the convent building is 5 m long. 
• The convent building is accessible without steps via the main entrance with a ramp and via the side entrance with an elevator.
• The ramp has a slope of 6% and a total length of 6 m.
• Glass elevator at the side entrance is 119 cm x 216 cm. The elevator door is 100 cm wide.
• All rooms and facilities (rooms, dining room, toilets, conference area in the convent building) that can be used and elevated by guests are accessible without steps or by elevator.
• The elevator cabin is 110 cm x 140 cm. 
• Almost all doors/passages that can be used and raised for the guest are at least 90 cm wide. Exceptions: The bathroom door in room 109 is 87 cm wide.
• The reception desk is 85 cm high at its lowest point.
• In the restaurant there are wheelchair accessible tables (maximum height 80 cm, wheelchair accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of 30 cm).
• In the banquet hall, a mobile ramp is available to overcome the door threshold (length: 180 cm, width 80 cm, longitudinal gradient 7%).

Rooms 109 and 110 (double rooms, upper floor)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of essential, fixed furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) at least 150 cm x 150 cm;
  to the left and right of the bed 72 cm x 200 cm.
• The bed is 55 cm high.
• A nursing bed is not available.
• The manoeuvring spaces in the bathroom are:
  in front of/behind the door, in front of the WC and the washbasin at least 150 cm x 150 cm;
  Room 109: to the left of the WC at least 90 cm x 70 cm, the WC is not accessible on the right;
  Room 110: to the right of the WC at least 90 cm x 70 cm, to the left the WC is not accessible.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC. The grab rails are flipped up.
• The washbasin is wheelchair compatible.
• The mirror can be seen while standing or sitting.
• The shower has no threshold and is 147 cm x 142 cm.
• A shower seat is available or can be provided if needed.
• Grab rails are provided in the shower.
• There is an alarm trigger available.

Public WC for people with disabilities - men and women (upper floor)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  Ladies: in front of the WC and in front of the washbasin at least 145 cm x 200 cm;
  to the left of the WC 100 cm x 55 cm and to the right of the WC 32 cm x 55 cm.
  Men: in front of the WC 133 cm x 223 cm; in front of the washbasin 120 cm x 200 cm;
  to the left of the WC 33 cm x 55 cm and to the right of the WC 88 cm x 55 cm. 
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC. The grab rails are flipped up.
• The washbasin is wheelchair compatible .
• The mirror is visible in standing and sitting position.
• There is an alarm trigger.
• Studio building (with, among other things, conference room 325)
• The external path from the parking lot to the studio building is 80 meters. It is not easy to walk or drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 3.5% over a distance of 71 meters.
• The studio building is accessible without steps.
• All rooms and facilities that can be used and raised for guests are accessible without steps or via an elevator.
• The elevator is 140 cm x 145 cm. 

Studio building (with among others meeting room 325)

• The external path from the parking lot to the studio building is 80 m long. It is not easy to walk or drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 3.5% over a distance of 71m.
• The studio building is accessible without steps.
• All rooms and facilities that can be used and elevated for guests are accessible without steps or via an elevator.
• The elevator is 140 cm x 145 cm.

 Cooperage 

• The path from the parking lot to the cooperage is 65 m long. It is easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 2% over a distance of 40 meters.
• The cooperage is accessible without steps (level 2).
• All rooms and facilities that can be used and elevated for guests are accessible without steps or via an elevator.
• The elevator cabin is 105 cm x 170 cm.
• All doors/passages that can be used and raised for the guest are at least 90 cm wide.

Rooms 533 and 537 (single room, level 3)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  120 cm x 160 cm in front of essential furnishings (e.g., cabinets);
  Room 533: to the left of the bed 160 cm x 218 cm; to the right of the bed 40 cm x 218 cm;
  Room 537: to the left of the bed 40 cm x 218 cm; to the right of the bed 160 cm x 218 cm.
• The bed is 50 cm high.
• The manoeuvring spaces in the bathroom are:   
  in front of the sink and in front of the WC 230 cm x 123 cm;
  Room 533: to the left of the WC 167 cm x 70 cm; to the right of the WC 42 cm x 70 cm;
  Room 537: to the left of the WC 42 cm x 70 cm; to the right of the WC 167 cm x 70 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC.
• Both grab rails are flipped up. 
• The washbasin is wheelchair compatible  .
• The mirror is visible in sitting and standing position.
• The shower has no threshold and is 120 cm x 120 cm.
• Grab rails are available in the shower.
• A shower seat is available or can be provided if needed (fixed, folding, hook-in or mobile and stable).'
• There is an alarm release device available. 

Public WC for people with disabilities (level -1)

• The manoeuvring spaces are:
  in front of the washbasin and in front of the WC 161 cm x 196 cm;
  to the left and right of the WC 91 cm x 70 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC.
• Both grab rails are flipped up. 
• The washbasin is wheelchair compatible  .
• The mirror is visible in sitting and standing position.
• There is a cord as an alarm trigger.

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

• Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas/rooms.
• Exterior walkways usually do not have a visually contrasting and tactilely detectable walkway boundary.
• Entrances are visually contrasting.
• There are glass doors without security markings.
• All raised areas that can be used by guests are well lit, i.e., bright and glare-free.
• There are no visually contrasting or tactile floor indicators.
• Signage is designed in legible, high-contrast lettering.
• An outgoing emergency call is acknowledged acoustically in all elevators.
• In the elevators, the stop position is announced by voice, except in the elevator in the studio building.
• Stairs are not visually contrasting, except in the Cooperage, stairs have visually contrasting edges on the first and last steps.   
• Stairs have handrails on both sides. Exceptions: the stairs at the main entrance to the Convent building. 
• Information is not available in Braille or prismatic letters.

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

• There is no clearly visible alarm.
• There is no audio induction loop system.
• An outgoing emergency call in the elevator is confirmed audibly.
• In the restaurant 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 with low background noises (e.g. corner seating, separate room).
• In the elevated rooms Rooms 109 and 110 in the Convent Building (double rooms) and Rooms 533 and 537 in the Cooperage (single rooms), there is at least one freely available electrical outlet near the bed.
• There is at least one electrical outlet available near the bed.
• The ringing or knocking on the door is not indicated by a flashing signal which can be detected 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 establishment is not clearly recognizable from the outside.
• The destinations of the routes are within sight or there is an uninterrupted guidance system (road signs, signposts) at a constantly visible distance.
• There is no colored or pictorial guidance system available.
• There is no information in easy language.
• Information is not displayed with pictograms or images.