Information for visitors with reduced mobility and wheelchair users

There is a disabled parking space on Aschaffenburger Straße, in front of the entrance to the monastery. The nearest car park with designated disabled parking spaces is the ‘Parkdeck Kloster’ at 58 Aschaffenburger Straße.

The nearest bus stop is ‘Seligenstadt Würzburger Straße (Kleingärten)’. From there, it is about 550 metres via ‘Am Riegelsbach’ and Aschaffenburger Straße to the Klosterhof. From Seligenstadt railway station, it is about 850 metres via Bahnhofstraße and Freihofstraße to the Klosterhof.

There is an accessible toilet (door width 99 cm) in the monastery courtyard next to the monastery shop. The key to the accessible toilet is available from the monastery shop. The toilet is accessible during the monastery shop’s opening hours. The door to the accessible toilet does not open automatically.

Access to the monastery courtyard is either via the gate on Aschaffenburger Straße (gate width 150 cm) or via the gate on Freihofplatz (gate width 115 cm). The monastery courtyard is accessible via a paved path with no steps and gravel paths. The monastery shop, including the (disabled) toilets, can be reached without steps via the accessible paved path. The door to the monastery shop does not open automatically; the door width is 101 cm.

The path to the zoo runs along cobblestones for a distance of approximately 7 metres. The door to the zoo is 106 cm wide and has a 4 cm high threshold. Inside the zoo, there is a gravel path. The Belvedere can only be reached via a flight of stairs (16 steps with a handrail).

The Convent Garden can be reached from the Apothecary Garden via a gravel path and a flight of four steps without a handrail. From the Main, the Convent Garden is accessible through a 110 cm wide gate.

The Apothecary Garden can be accessed via two entrances. One entrance leads along a paved path through a 146 cm wide gate with a 5 cm high threshold. Alternatively, the Apothecary Garden can be accessed via a gravel path through a 123 cm wide gate with no threshold.

The Orangery is not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. A flight of five steps without a handrail leads up to the entrance door (door width 99 cm). Inside the Orangery, there is another flight of four steps without a handrail.

The guided tour of the Prelature building is not accessible to people with disabilities. A flight of three steps leads up to the entrance door (door width 150 cm, threshold 4 cm). The upper floor of the Prelature is accessed via an iron grille (width 90 cm) and the staircase behind it (13 steps, landing, 2 steps, landing, 12 steps with handrails). The doors in the Prelature are between 81 and 130 cm wide and all have thresholds ranging in height from 4 to 10 cm. The summer dining room is accessed via a door (door width 107 cm) with a 5 cm high threshold. From the dining room, a door (door width 108 cm) with a 4 cm high threshold leads into the cloister.

The tour of the monastery is not accessible. A flight of stairs (three steps with a handrail) leads up to the door (width 112 cm) of the pharmacy. The entrance door (door width 86 cm) to the mill can also only be reached via stairs (three steps without a handrail). There is a further step beyond the entrance door. The summer dining room is accessed via a door (width 107 cm) with a 5 cm high threshold. From the dining room, a door (width 108 cm) with a 4 cm high threshold leads into the cloister.

The Prelature Garden can be reached via a paved path. The garden gate is 160 cm wide. Gravel paths run through the Prelature Garden.

The cloister is not accessible to people with reduced mobility. From the monastery courtyard, a flight of stairs (five steps with a handrail) leads to the entrance door (door width 99 cm). In the passageway, there is another flight of stairs (four steps, a landing, three steps with a handrail).

Access to the wine cellar is not wheelchair-accessible. From the cloister, a flight of stairs (11 steps with a handrail) leads to the entrance door (door width 83 cm). This is followed by another flight of stairs (four steps without a handrail). The wine cellar has its own toilets, which are accessible to people with disabilities but are not equipped for disabled use. The toilet doors are 68 cm wide.

The interior of the monastery café can be reached via a cobbled path; the entrance door to the café is 103 cm wide. Access to the terrace is only possible via stairs. From inside the monastery café, a flight of stairs (five steps with a handrail) leads down. From the convent garden, two flights of stairs lead to the terrace. The first flight of stairs has three steps; the second has five. Neither flight has a handrail.