Notes on using the wiesbaden.de website
Declaration on accessibility for www.wiesbaden.de
This is the declaration on accessibility for.
- The website www.wiesbaden.de
- For further Internet pages that belong to it.
The state capital Wiesbaden must make its Internet pages
barrier-free.
In doing so, it observes the rules of this European law:
EU 2016/2102.
This also applies to websites for cell phones.
With our Internet offers we observe these
laws and regulations:
- Hessian Disability Equality Act.
- Hessian ordinance on barrier-free
information technology.
This declaration is valid for the website www.wiesbaden.de
and for sub-pages belonging to this website.
This declaration is not valid for offers and services
from other providers.
The rules on accessibility are in place:
- In the Disability Equality Act in section 3, paragraphs 1 to 4.
- In the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance in paragraph 4.
The basis for these rules is section 12 d of the
Disability Equality Act.
1. how the rules are observed at the moment
The state capital Wiesbaden is working on this:
So that all rules on accessibility are observed.
Most of the rules are observed.
But there are some exceptions.
You can read more about this under
Non-accessible content
2. non-barrier-free content
Some areas of the website are not yet fully accessible.
These errors and deficiencies still exist:
- Some PDF documents are not yet barrier-free.
For example papers or protocols.
- Sometimes there are videos on the website.
These videos are sometimes not barrier-free.
- Sometimes the background image of the website changes.
Then the difference between light and dark is too indistinct.
And it is not easy to click on these areas:
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- Logo of the state capital.
- Menu.
- Some texts are not suitable for describing images.
- Some links lead to content that is not barrier-free.
3. information on this declaration
This declaration is dated February 25, 2025.
It is still being written.
New information will be added:
So that the declaration is always up to date.
A paper was used for this declaration.
In it, the website was checked for accessibility.
It was checked whether the rules from BITV 2.0 were observed.
The audit was commissioned by the state capital of Wiesbaden.
The audit was carried out by the company working on the website.
Accessibility was tested with this self-test:
https://studio.bitvtest.de/ (opens in a new tab)
Further information on accessibility has been available since the self-test of February 11, 2025.
4. contact data and reporting of barriers
If you find barriers on this website:
Please send an e-mail to:
wwiesbaden.deredaktionwicmde n.deredaktion@wicm.de
Please also write to us:
→ If you have any suggestions regarding accessibility.
→ If you have any questions.
→ If you need help.
You can also give us a call.
Or you can contact us by post.
These are our contact details:
Wiesbaden Congress & Marketing GmbH
wiesbaden.de editorial office
P.O. Box 3840
65028 Wiesbaden
Telephone: 0611 1729750
E-Mail: wiesbaden.deredaktionwicmde
Reporting a barrier
5. enforcement procedure
You can have it checked:
The rules for accessibility are observed.
This check is called the enforcement procedure.
If you find:
The content of this website is not barrier-free.
Then you can inform a body about this.
You will find the details of this body under point 4.
We will endeavor to respond to your request as quickly as possible.
If you have not received an answer 4 weeks after your request:
Then contact the state representative for barrier-free IT.
She is responsible for barrier-free websites.
She works at the regional council in Giessen.
There she heads the
Enforcement and Monitoring Center for Accessible Information Technology.
She will take care of your request.
Please also contact her:
If you are not satisfied with our response to your request.
Contact details of the state representatives for barrier-free IT:
Giessen Regional Council
State representative for barrier-free IT
Prof. Dr. Erdmuthe Meyer zu Bexten
Landgraf-Philipp-Platz 1-7
35390 Giessen
Phone: 0641 3032901
Fax: 0611 32764 4036
E-mail: lbitrpgi.hessende
Internet: https://rp-giessen.hessen.de (opens in a new tab)
The technical supervision of the office has the
Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration (opens in a new tab)