Youth Hostel Wunsiedel

View from Above Youth Hostel Wunsiedel ( DJH Landesverband Bayern e.V.)

Wunsiedel Youth Hostel - room for ideas, space to try things out! Whether mountain hiking, relaxing at the bathing lake, mountain biking & downhill park, family bike tours or skiing, cross-country skiing, tobogganing and snowshoeing in winter - immerse yourself in the diversity of our low mountain landscape in the Fichtelgebirge!

The youth hostel has 127 beds in 32 rooms. There are many double and family rooms with their own shower and WC, as well as 2 rooms suitable for disabled guests.
Special features: Behind the youth hostel is the Lernort-Natur and bird of prey park with special programmes for disabled groups.
When visiting the Luisenburg Festival, a disabled lift can be used and individual seats can be reserved.
Enjoying the community without barriers - To enable people with walking difficulties to enjoy their stay unhindered, these youth hostels are equipped to meet the needs of wheelchair users who can move their wheelchairs themselves.
Our tip: Youth hostels cannot always be correctly assigned to the terms "wheelchair accessible" and "wheelchair-friendly". Before you decide on a stay, get detailed advice from the hostel team.

Our house offers:

  • 2 dormitories for wheelchair users. The room sizes are designed to meet the needs of wheelchair users. Access to the sleeping wing via the outside area
  • 1 sanitary unit m/f each in the sleeping wing
  • The youth hostel is built on a slope, so wheelchair users will need help to negotiate slopes in the outdoor area. Stepless access is available to almost all conference and common rooms.

Certified in the period

December 2022 - November 2025

Accessibility certified People with walking disabilities Wheelchair users

Barrier-free information

Short Report as PDF

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

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

  • There is space for people with disabilities (parking space size: 600 cm x 500 cm).
  • The path from the car park to the entrance is 50 m long. It is not easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 8 % over a distance of 25 m.
  • The bus stop "Jugendherberge Wunsiedel" is 100 m away.
  • The path from the bus stop to the entrance is easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal gradient of 14 % over a distance of 50 m.
  • The building is steplessly accessible via the main entrance with a threshold of 1.5 cm height and via the side entrances 1 (1st basement) and 2 (2nd basement) with a threshold of 5 cm.
  • All evaluated rooms and facilities available to the guests are steplessly accessible at ground level.
  • Almost all evaluated passageways/doors available to the guests are at least 90 cm wide.
  • The reception desk is 110 cm high at its lowest point. There is another, equivalent communication possibility while in a sitting position.
  • Outdoor paths are at least 160 m wide and easy to walk on and drive on and have a maximum longitudinal gradient of up to 8 %.
  • There are wheelchair accessible tables in the dining room (maximum height 80 cm, wheelchair accessible at a height of 67 cm and a depth of 30 cm).

Room 105 (double bedroom/single bedroom/multi-bedroom, 1st upper floor)

  • The maneuvering spaces in front of essential immobile furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) and left and right of the bed are at least 150 cm x 150 cm.
  • The bed is 46 cm high.
  • A nursing bed cannot be provided.

Room 107 (multi-bedroom, 1st upper floor)

  • The maneuvering spaces in front of essential immobile furnishings (e.g. wardrobe) and left and right of the bed are at least 150 cm x 150 cm.
  • The bed is 46 cm high.
  • A nursing bed cannot be provided.

Public toilet for people with disabilities and toilet/shower to the rooms 105 and 107 (1st upper floor)

  • The maneuvering spaces in the bathroom are:
    in front of the sink 160 cm x 160 cm;
    in front of the toilet 160 cm x 160 cm;
    to the left of the toilet 105 cm x 54 cm;
    to the right of the toilet 49 cm x 54 cm. 
  • There are grab rails which can be flipped-up on the right and left of the toilet.
  • The sink is wheelchair accessible.
  • The mirror can be seen while standing or sitting.
  • An alarm trigger is present.
  • The shower is accessible without thresholds.
  • The maneuvering space in the shower is 105 cm x 200 cm.
  • A shower seat is available or can be provided if required.
  • There are no grab handles in the shower.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

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.
  • In the dining room there are tables with bright and glare-free lighting, on which there are no lamps standing or hanging that restrict the field of vision or eye contact.
  • There is no seating area with low background noises (e.g. seating corner, separate room).

Room 105 and 107 (multi-bedroom)

  • There is no electrical outlet available near the bed.
  • The ringing or knocking on the door is not indicated by a flashing signal which can be perceived in all rooms.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

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

  • Assistance dogs are allowed in relevant areas/rooms.
  • Outdoor paths usually do not have visually contrasting or tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
  • The entrances are visually rich in contrast, but not recognizable by a tactile change of floor covering.
  • Almost all evaluated areas usable by the guest are well illuminated, i.e. bright and glare-free. Exceptions: the corridors in the 1st upper floor, 1st lower floor, 2nd lower floor as well as the supply wing are poorly lit. The same applies to the path outdoors to the corridor on the 1st floor.
  • There are no visually contrasting or tactilely detectable floor indicators.
  • The signage is not designed in clearly legible and contrasting font.
  • There are glass doors without safety markings.
  • Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
  • Stairs have at least a handrail on one side.
  • Information is not available in Braille or prismatic writing.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

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

  • The name or logo of the establishment is clearly recognizable from the outside.
  • The destinations of the paths are always within sight or there are signs at a visible distance.
  • There is no colored or pictorial guidance system.
  • There is no information in easy language.
  • Information is not displayed with pictograms or pictures.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

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