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Service Contacts in Leipzig

Leipzig's Tourist Information, in cooperation with the "Behindertenverband Leipzig e.V.", the local association for people with disabilities, publishes a guidebook about the accessibility of certain facilities throughout Leipzig. It is available in English. Click here to download the guide book.

Landesdolmetscher Zentrale fuer Gehörlose
Translation Service for Deaf People in Saxony
Ebersbrunner Str. 25
08064 Zwickau 
Videophone: +49 375 77044 -62 or -63
Fax: +49 375 7074410
E-Mail: ldz.sachsen@t-online.de
www.deaf-sachsen.de
The headquarters for deaf people in Zwickau, Saxony, offers translation service and sign language interpreters.

Accessible Leipzig

Old Town Hall and Market Square in Leipzig, Copyright GNTO
Leipzig, the city of music and culture, is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony with a population of 500,000. It is an extremely disabled-friendly city and offers many facilities to make your trip more comfortable. Most of the sights and public areas are accessible for visitors with disabilities. For further information contact the Leipzig Tourist Information.

Leipzig Tourist Information:

Leipzig Tourist Service e.V.
Richard-Wagner-Strasse 1
04109 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 341 7104260
Fax: +49 341 7104271
E-Mail: Info@LTS-Leipzig.de

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Accessible Accommodation in Leipzig

The City of Leipzig accommodates its visitors with a wide range of accommodations. Whether you are coming to town as a tourist or for business at the Leipziger Messe trade fair and exhibition center, find your accessible place to stay here.
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Accessible Restaurants in Leipzig

Leipzigers are known for their love of coffee, which is regarded as the "national" drink in Saxony. As early as 1695, the coffee-houses were popular meeting places in the city. Around each street corner you will find plenty of pubs which serve both traditional Saxon cuisine as well as international menus.
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Accessible Art and Culture in Leipzig

Leipzig is well known as a vibrant city which is proud of its past and yet equally receptive to the spirit of the new age. Visitors to Leipzig never fail to rave about the city's rich arts and entertainment scene.
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Accessible Events and Entertainment in Leipzig

Leipzig has an especially lively satirical revue and cabaret scene and a symbiosis of theaters and bars for the in crowd has sprung up in the district around the Schauspielhaus theater. Read on for a selection of accessible venues and events.
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Accessible Transportation

Public Transportation

Traffic lights with an acoustic signal for the blind have been installed throughout the city center. All busses are accessible for wheelchair users. Please ask the bus driver for assistance if there is no ramp. Most of the train stations are equipped with elevators and wheelchair-friendly restrooms and corrugated guidance stripes mark the edge of the platforms. At the main station (Hauptbahnhof), the German Red Cross (DRK) offers a mobility service for disabled people traveling by train. For reservations, please call Tel.: +49 341 9602281. 

Special Transportation Services

Malteser Leipzig
Order of Malta, Leipzig
Meusdorfer Str. 10
04277 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 341 3920100
This service run by the Order of Malta in Leipzig offers transportation for persons with disabilities upon request.
Hours: 7.30am - 4pm, daily

Behindertenfahrdienst des Mobilen Behindertendienstes Leipzig
Driving Service for Disabled People of the Mobile Handicapped Services, Leipzig
Tauchaer Str. 12
04357 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 341 6091013
Hours: 5.30am - 10pm, daily

Behindertenfahrdienst des DRK
Driving Service for Disabled People of the German Red Cross
Brandvorwerkstr. 36 a
04275 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 341 3035300
Hours: 6am - 10pm, daily