Method and device for parking assistance for a vehicle

A method for assisting a parking process of a vehicle into a parking space which is arranged transversely with respect to a carriageway and which is bounded on both sides by, in each case, one associated boundary, the method comprising:

• measuring the parking space using a measuring device;
• defining a parked position of the vehicle inside the parking space using an evaluation device;
• and
• determining a parking path of the vehicle into the parked position using the evaluation device,
• Wherein the evaluation device is configured to compare the measured space from the measuring device with a predefined minimum width stored in the evaluation device, determine a parked position at a negligible distance from a center longitudinal axis of the parking space when the width of the parking space is less than or equal to the predefined minimum width,
• determine a parked position at a lateral distance from the center longitudinal axis of the parking space when the width of the parking space exceeds the predefined minimum width.