Information for people with a handicap

Willibaldsburg Castle at Eichstätt with Bastion Garden

The two museums at Willibaldsburg Castle are not run by the Bavarian Palace Administration.
Therefore, if you have any questions – even if you are visually or hearing impaired – please enquire directly at the respective museum:

Jura-Museum: www.jura-museum.de

Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Pre- and Early History): www.histver.de

 

 

Information for people with mobility impairment

Disabled parking

There are two disabled parking spaces in the car park in the outer bailey; from there you can reach the Schaumberg courtyard (ticket office building and castle restaurant) without barriers.

 

Tactile model
(in front of the bridge on the way from the car park to the castle)

With the help of a tactile model made of patinated bronze and stainless steel on a scale of around 1:500, the entire dimensions of the imposing castle complex can be grasped with your hands. The model, measuring around 140 x 90 cm, stands on a plinth whose height is suitable for children and people in wheelchairs.

 

Disabled toilets

There are two barrier-free toilets available: One toilet can be found in the restaurant, the other directly after the passage to the Gemmingen courtyard on the right-hand side.

 

Willibaldsburg Castle

From the Schaumberg courtyard (ticket office and castle restaurant) to the museums and viewing rooms

The ticket office building, the castle restaurant and the banqueting hall are accessible at ground level and without steps from the Schaumberg courtyard. The entrance doors to the ticket office can be opened automatically using a button; the thresholds of the outer doors are 2.5 cm high.

The barrier-free interior, which also houses the museum shop, is accessed via a vestibule (inner door width 94 cm). From the ticket office, you can reach the Schildmauer courtyard via a second vestibule and from there the museums in the Gemmingen courtyard via a level natural stone paved path.

 

Jura-Museum
(Responsible: Stiftung Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)

There is a 15 cm step at the main entrance to the museum; barrier-free access (inner door width 94 cm) is located a few metres to the left of the main entrance in the arcade.

• The tour of the exhibition rooms is barrier-free; however, a gallery that extends over several rooms is only accessible via stairs.

• Level, non-slip flooring

• Seats available

• The two rooms for temporary exhibitions, which are separate from the main museum, are not barrier-free (door threshold height 9 to 15 cm).

 

Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Pre- and Early History)
(Responsible: Historischer Verein Eichstätt e. V.)

The museum is located on the first floor of the Gemmingen building and is only accessible via stairs.

 

Observation tower (south tower)

Access via the Gemmingen courtyard; the viewing platform is only accessible via stairs.

 

Deep well

Access to the deep well via the Gemmingen courtyard is not barrier-free. Unfortunately, it is not possible to look into the deep well (diameter 3.25 m, depth 76.5 m) from a wheelchair.

 

Bastion Garden

The Bastion Garden can be reached without steps; however, there are stretches on the path with a gradient of over 6%. The path surface is mainly paved gravel; seating is available.