Accessibility statement

The Herder Institute for Historical Research on Eastern Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association strives to make its website accessible without barriers in accordance with the Hessian Ordinance on Accessible Information Technology (HVBIT) of September 16, 2019 implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Hessian Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act (HessBGG).

This declaration applies to the website of the Herder Institute , which can be accessed at https://www.herder-institut.de/.

Status of compatibility with the requirements

This website is partially compatible with the Hessian Ordinance on Barrier-Free Information Technology (HVBIT) of September 16, 2019 and the Ordinance on the Creation of Barrier-Free Information Technology in Accordance with the Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance – BITV 2.0) due to the following exceptions.

Not accessible contents

• Alternative texts for images, graphics and maps are sometimes missing.
• Links can be incomprehensible.
• the hierarchy of headings is partly not respected.
• Some tables are not correctly labeled.
• Some lists have only one entry or are not correctly labeled.
• Not all documents (e.g. PDF files) are available in an accessible form.
• On the start page, no information is provided in German sign language and easy-to-understand language.

Reason

Most of the content has been migrated from a previous website. We are endeavoring to revise this content and make it as accessible as possible.

Creation of this accessibility statement

This statement was created on 11/12/2025.
It was reviewed through a self-assessment.
The statement was last reviewed and updated on 11/12/2025.