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Information for people with mobility impairment

Disabled parking

Johannisburg Palace and Pompeiianum

There is no parking directly at the houses; please use the public car parks/ parking garages. The nearest marked disabled parking space is opposite St Elisabeth's Church on Kapuzinerplatz.

Schönbusch Palace

"Kleine Schönbuschallee" car park (350 parking spaces); two disabled parking spaces on the partially asphalted part of the car park east of the street. Distance from the car park to Schönbusch Palace (via Kleine Schönbuschallee) approx. 850 m; slight inclines on the path (surface: paved gravel, cobbles, asphalt).

Disabled toilets

• Johannisburg Palace: Barrier-free WC on the ground floor (door width: 91 cm)

• Pompeiianum: No disabled toilet available; visitor WCs at the entrance (door width: 65 cm)

• Schönbusch Park: Barrier-free WC near the beer garden (accessible with Euro key)

Johannisburg Palace

Entrance

Access via a step (pavement in the courtyard: granite cobblestones)

Interior

• Lift available (door width: 100 cm; length: 165 cm; width: 125 cm), please contact the staff at the cash desk

• Seats available

Access to the palace chapel via the palace courtyard; one step at the entrance

Pompejanum

Entrance

Access via a step (height approx. 15 cm); if required, a mobile ramp can be installed by the museum staff (telephone registration recommended on +49 6021 218012). The double-leaf door has a clear width of 157 cm when both leaves are open.

Interior

• Ground floor largely barrier-free; upper floor only accessible via stairs

• Doors at least 80 cm wide

• Level, non-slip flooring

Palace Gardens

• Western part of the park (surrounding area of the Pompejanum to the Breakfast Temple): Barrier-free access via gates on Pompejanumstraße and Ziegelbergstraße.

• Eastern part of the park (surroundings of Johannisburg Palace): No direct barrier-free access from the palace/ palace square; barrier-free access via gate at the corner of Schloßberg/ Ridingerstraße

• No barrier-free passage (stairs) between western and eastern garden sections

• Paths mostly easily accessible by wheelchair (slight inclines); some areas only accessible via steep paths (over 6% incline) and steps

• Path surface mostly paved gravel

• Seats available

Schönbusch Palace

Entrance

Access via six steps

Interior

• Upper floor only accessible via stairs

• Level, non-slip flooring

• Seats available

Schönbusch Park

• With a few exceptions, well passable with few gradients; individual areas (e.g. mountain with observation tower; railway crossing between northern and southern part of the park) only accessible via steep paths (over 6% gradient) and steps.

• Path surface mostly paved gravel

• Seats available

• Garden exhibition in the visitor centre accessible via one step (height approx. 15 cm); if necessary, a mobile ramp can be installed by the supervisory staff

• The park buildings (Temple of Friendship, Philosopher's House etc.) can only be visited from the outside.

• Observation tower: access and viewing only possible as part of special guided tours; platform only accessible via steps; access to the tower not barrier-free

Information for the visually impaired

• No guidance system for the visually impaired available

• Regular guided tours at Schönbusch Palace

• No regular guided tours at Johannisburg Palace and at the Pompeiianum

Information for the hearing impaired

• No induction loop for hearing aids available

• Written information available