Declaration of accessibility

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH strives to make its website accessible in accordance with the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) and the Regulation on the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSGV). This statement applies to https://www.hamburg-open.de.

 

Status of compatibility with the requirements

The website is currently not fully compliant with the technical requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 and the Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung (BITV 2.0).

 

Non-accessible content

The following content is not accessible because it is not compatible with the underlying harmonized standard EN 301 549:

  • On single pages there are images without captions. It is difficult to navigate to the images with screen readers. | WCAG: 1.1.1
  • There are links without link text on all pages. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On all pages, the contrast between text and background is too low. | WCAG: 1.4.3
  • On single pages there are 'iframe' elements without labelling. Navigation with screen readers to the iframes is difficult. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On single pages there are headings that have no caption or contain the aria-hidden attribute and are therefore not accessible to screen readers. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • On single pages, a parent element lacks the appropriate child elements. This can confuse screen reader users because content is expected but none is there. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • On single pages there are elements with the Aria-hidden attribute that can be focused at the same time. This makes these elements accessible to assistive technologies, even though they should be hidden. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On several pages, links are indistinguishable from the surrounding text. | WCAG: 1.4.1
  • There are elements on a page whose Aria ID occurs several times. This makes it difficult to navigate the website with screen readers. | WCAG: 4.1.2


This declaration was created on 23.06.2025.

 

Feedback and contact details

Do you have a comment or a note about barriers on this website? Please get in touch with us. We will answer your questions as quickly as possible, but at the latest within the statutory period of six weeks. Thank you for your feedback. You can contact us at the following address: 

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH
- DBU: Accessibility -
Messeplatz 1
20357 Hamburg

 accessibility(at)hamburg-messe(dot)de

 

Arbitration

Schlichtungsstelle HmbBGG
Dammtorstraße 14
20354 Hamburg

 +49 40 428 43 3056
 schlichtungsstelle-hmbbgg(at)soziales.hamburg(dot)de

www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/sozialbehoerde/themen/behinderung/schlichtungsstelle-behinderung

 

Note on § 36 VSBG: We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board and are not obliged to do so.