Bachfest for wheelchair users

Gewandhaus
Places for wheelchair users are located on the right side »Saalempore« which can be reached with an elevator (row 9 place 3, accompanying person row 8 place 13) as well as next doors the doors C and J where bigger electric wheelchairs can be placed.
Entry for wheelchair users ist the he main entrance of the Gewandhaus.
Handicapped accessible toilets are located on the ground floor between the main foyer and the Mendelssohn Foyer.

Nikolaikirche
Places for wheelchair users are located on the left and right of the centre aisle next to rows 17 and 22. The place next to the aisle of theses rows are for accompanying persons.
Entry for wheelchair users ist the he main entrance of the Nikolaikirche.
There are no handicapped accessible toilets in the church, the nearest is located on the east side of Augustplatz next to Georgiring.

Thomaskirche
Places for wheelchair users are located in the crossing as long as the music is performed from the choir loft. The chairs next to these places are for accompanying persons. If the music is performed from the crossing, places for wheelchair users are located in the centre aisle.
Entry for wheelchair users ist the entrance of the Thomaskirche next to Burgstraße.
There are no handicapped accessible toilets in the church, the nearest is located next to Martin-Luther-Ring between Petersstraße and Hugo-Licht-Straße.

Rollators
If you need a rollator, please be aware that all galleries in the church can only be reached by stairs. Please book seats at the end of the rows. It might be neccessary for our staff to move the rollator to keep the escape routes free from obstruction.

Public toilets in the city centre
(The information has been taken from the following web page:
https://stadtfuehrer.behindertenverband-leipzig.de/bwc.htm)

• Augustusplatz (low-rise builing opposite Paulinum)
• Augustusplatz / Georgiring
• Goethestraße / Brühl
• Main station – LOO & ME (1st level opposite platform 24): 6.00 am – 12.00 midnight
• Main station – Parkhaus Ost in den Promenaden Hbf: 5.00 am – 11.00 pm
• Main station – LOO & ME (underground, reachable with elevator from Kleinen Willy-Brandt-Platz zu erreichen): 6.00 am – 12.00 midnight
• Johannapark (Friedrich-Ebert-Str. / entrance to Johannapark, approx.. 40 m left to No 19a)
• Martin-Luther-Ring (between Peterstraße and Hugo-Licht-Straße)
• Petersbogen (underground, reachable with elevator) 9.00–20.00 h

Further information
https://stadtfuehrer.behindertenverband-leipzig.de/inhalt.htm