App "Monument BW"DECLARATION ON BARRIER-FREE ACCESS

1. Current compliance with requirements

This/These mobile application (app) is only partially compliant with § 10 (1) of the L-BGG due to the following contradictions and exceptions.

2. Content lacking barrier-free accessibility

Exceptions based on disproportionate burden according to Section 10 (2) L-BGG apply temporarily to the following content and functions.

The following features are not accessible or only partially accessible:

• Display and text size: Adjusting the font size is currently only possible on a limited scale; however, most of the content is available as an audio track.
• Screen reader compatibility: The app is currently only fully accessible with a screen reader. Content items created in the rich text editor of the content management system (CMS) and not statically embedded in the app cannot yet be correctly interpreted by screen readers in terms of their role and value (headline types H1, H2, H3, bold, italics and links). This also applies to the 360° panoramas in certain sections.
• Focus order: The correct focus order has not yet been logically implemented across all screen views; this affects keyboard navigation and voice control.
• Keyboard navigation: Not all sections of the app can currently be fully controlled using a keyboard.
• Orientation: The app is primarily designed for use in portrait mode. A full adaptation for landscape orientation would require a fundamental redesign of the app, which would constitute a disproportionate burden under Section 10 (2) L-BGG (Landes-Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz – State Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities). However, for certain features such as detailed views of videos and images or views that require keyboard input, the screen does adjust its orientation.
  
  We are making every effort to improve these aspects as quickly as possible. 

3. Creation of this declaration on accessibility

This declaration was issued on June 21, 2021.

It was last updated on March 18, 2025.

4. Feedback and contact info

If you notice any shortcomings concerning the accessibility of the “Monument BW” app, please get in touch with us. Please use the contact form below to do so.
We will be happy to call you back.
   

You can also contact us by mail:

Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten
Baden-Württemberg
Schlossraum 22a
76646 Bruchsal, Germany

5. Implementation procedure

In order to enable us to ensure that the “Monument BW” app meets the requirements set forth in Section 10 (1) L-BGG, you can contact the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg and provide us with relevant feedback. See Section 4 of this declaration for the contact details.

If the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg do not respond to your inquiry within the period stipulated in Section 8 sentence 1 L-BGG-DVO Verordnung zur Durchführung des Landes-Behindertengleichstellungsgesetzes –Ordinance on the Implementation of the State Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities), you may contact the State Commissioner for the Disabled or the locally responsible officer for the disabled within the scope of the ombud/advocate role described in Section 14 (2) L-BGG and Section 15 (3) sentence 2 L-BGG.
   

The State Commissioner for the Disabled can be contacted at:

State Commissioner for the Interests of People with Disabilities Simone Fischer
Office of the State Commissioner for the Interests of People with Disabilities
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6
70173 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711 279 3360
E-mail: Poststelle@bfbmb.bwl.de

    
The contact details for the locally responsible officer for the disabled can be found on the website of the respective town or district in which you permanently reside.

Reference is made to the right of associations to initiate legal action as per Section 12 (1) sentence 1 no. 4 L-BGG.