Person measuring station for measuring a side contour of a person for adjusting a lying system of a bed, comprising - a rear wall, which delimits a measuring space of the person measuring station at the rear, - at least one side wall (4, 5), which delimits the measuring space at the side, - a standing surface, which delimits the measuring space at the bottom, and on which a person, whose side contour is to be measured, can position himself in a measuring position, in which the back of the person faces the rear wall or faces away from the latter and a side of the person faces the respective side wall (4, 5), - a distance measuring device for measuring a distance from a prespecified area of the side of the person to the facing side wall (4, 5), - an evaluating unit, which is coupled to the distance measuring device for transmitting the signal, - wherein the person measuring station is configured as a unit for placing in a space or room of a building, characterised in that - the distance measuring device has a rear end and a front end, - the distance measuring device for measuring the respective distance at the rear end can be brought into contact with the side of the person and at the front end measures the distance contactlessly, - at the front end of the distance measuring device for measuring the distance a measuring beam is emitted which impinges on the side wall (4, 5), - the distance measuring device has a measuring unit which is configured so that it detects a reflection of the measuring beam arriving at the distance measuring device and measures the time that the measuring beam needs from the distance measuring device to the side wall (4, 5) and back and with reference to this time calculates the distance from the rear end to the side wall (4, 5). - a rear wall, which delimits a measuring space of the person measuring station at the rear, - at least one side wall (4, 5), which delimits the measuring space at the side, - a standing surface, which delimits the measuring space at the bottom, and on which a person, whose side contour is to be measured, can position himself in a measuring position, in which the back of the person faces the rear wall or faces away from the latter and a side of the person faces the respective side wall (4, 5), - a distance measuring device for measuring a distance from a prespecified area of the side of the person to the facing side wall (4, 5), - an evaluating unit, which is coupled to the distance measuring device for transmitting the signal, - wherein the person measuring station is configured as a unit for placing in a space or room of a building, - the distance measuring device has a rear end and a front end, - the distance measuring device for measuring the respective distance at the rear end can be brought into contact with the side of the person and at the front end measures the distance contactlessly, - at the front end of the distance measuring device for measuring the distance a measuring beam is emitted which impinges on the side wall (4, 5), - the distance measuring device has a measuring unit which is configured so that it detects a reflection of the measuring beam arriving at the distance measuring device and measures the time that the measuring beam needs from the distance measuring device to the side wall (4, 5) and back and with reference to this time calculates the distance from the rear end to the side wall (4, 5).