All-weather pool (Osterholz-Scharmbeck)

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The all-weather pool in Osterholz-Scharmbeck is a modernized former outdoor pool and, as an all-weather pool, the first telescopic hall for swimming pools in Germany, which was built based on the Dutch model.

history

prehistory

According to economic theory, a medium -sized center like Osterholz-Scharmbeck also has to provide a swimming pool .

The beginnings of bathing go back a long way. The Hamme , Beek and the Lehmkuhlen in Settenbeck had long been used as popular bathing places; for non-swimmers the Scharmbecker Bach , the “Fankstaken” in Osterholz and the Wienbeck in Lintel were available. The first “artificial” bathing establishment (bathing area) was built around 125 years ago in the “sand basin break” above Gut Sandbeck , where there were a few changing rooms and even a diving board.

In 1908 the master bricklayer Torbohm built a bathing establishment on his property in "Bördestrasse" . It had to close in 1935 for hygienic reasons, as it got its water directly from the Scharmbeck brook .

In 1926 a bathing establishment was built on the street “Am Deich” by the old pond of the “Röhrichtenschen Kornmühle”. This bathhouse was destroyed by a British bomb at the beginning of the Second World War and was never restored.

The city ​​officially closed the associated bathhouse with massive bathtubs and showers in 1977 after it had been out of service for a long time.

With the increase in swimming in the first few years after the war, a solution had to be found. At “Tietjens Hütte”, two pontoons were therefore anchored in such a way that a closed swimming area measuring 50 m × 10 m was created; the larger, overgrown shore area served as a non-swimmer area. On land, sanitary and changing barracks were soon added. The DLRG -Ortsgruppe-Osterholz-Scharmbeck took over the swimming supervision on a voluntary basis .

Before this "official provisional " could develop into a real bathing establishment, it had to be closed in 1953 as well, as the water quality of the Hamme had deteriorated due to E. coli bacteria . This was downright catastrophic , especially for the emerging swimming sport ; a meeting of the citizens' association formed a "swimming pool working committee" in 1955, which organized a fundraising campaign.

As early as 1956, construction work could begin on the acquired “Am Barkhof” site, and in June 1957 the outdoor pool , which forms the basis of today's all-weather pool , was put into operation.

Even by today's standards, the facility can be rated as generous:

  • 50 meter × 21 meter wide swimming pool (8 lanes)
  • adjoining jumping pool with a 10-meter tower, 3-meter board and 1-meter board. Since the 10-meter platform was located directly above the 5-meter platform, it was usually blocked - also because of the high risk of injury.
  • large non-swimmer pool and small paddling pool
  • 1000 m² lawn for sunbathing

In 1967, a water heating system was installed to extend the use of the outdoor pool by two months. The block heating plant, which heats the surrounding schools, serves as the energy supplier.

Despite this measure, plans arose to build a 25-meter indoor swimming pool in the 1970s . However, there was no financial basis, as construction costs were estimated to be around 4.5 million German marks. The neighboring municipality of Hambergen then built such a swimming pool .

As an alternative and transitional solution, the 50-meter swimming pool with the exclusion of the diving tower was therefore spanned with a white air dome (vernacular: " Moby Dick ") from 1972 for 750,000 DM, making it an indoor air pool . A small pool was created in the head area of ​​the air dome for non-swimmers.

This solution had a planning horizon of ten years, a sauna with tub system and a modernized water treatment system expanded the environment. However, the plans had to be accelerated because in late autumn 1977 ( hurricane autumn in Germany) a storm irreparably damaged the air dome.

All-weather pool

On March 14, 1977, the city ​​council decided to build a movable "telescope hall" based on the Dutch model; Citizens of the city were invited to take a bus trip to the Netherlands in the summer of 1978 to see such a construction in operation. The three-part telescope hall was built in 1979; it spans the area of ​​the old air dome, but this time there was also space for the 10 m diving platform in the hall.

However, the 10 meter platform of the tower could not be used when the hall was closed, as the hall ceiling only rises above the platform by about 1 m and the railings therefore had to be put down to close the hall roof. Since the old pool was only newly bricked up and the water level was raised in order to ensure the water exchange now through overflow, it would also have been necessary to lower the water level by about 10 cm in jumping competitions.

Outsourcing

Because of the heavy cost burden, the city handed the bath over to the municipal utilities in 1993. A necessary renovation of the pool was used to convert it into a "fun pool" by mid-1997. However, the measure met with greater skepticism among the population; In contrast to the previous construction work, this time there were no initiatives or surveys of the citizens or support was sought. A drastic price increase was feared; In addition, an economically deficient bathroom would ultimately be subsidized by the electricity, gas and sewage prices, so that the population would not only have to pay higher entrance fees, but also more to the municipal utilities .

The construction phase and therefore downtime was almost two years: the "original" outdoor pool itself had a construction period of 13 months.

Further modifications and renovations

At the beginning of the 2000s, the tower was shortened to a jump height of 5 m to improve its statics and safety in the jump pit, which is why the independent 3 m diving board next to it disappeared because it was too close to the edge of the pool. Of the original eight 50 m lanes, three remained, which severely restricted the location as a sports venue.

The aim of the expansion was to ensure the commercial success of the pool. New buildings replaced all of the old porches. The previous outdoor swimming pool for small children has been replaced; In addition, a swimming pool was built that can be used both inside and outside the hall through a diving tunnel. The small swimming pool was connected in a similar way by a tunnel - albeit over water - which later proved to be prone to accidents and was closed for safety reasons.

In order to strengthen the wellness area , a Kneipp pool and various water massage areas have been integrated in various areas of the pool. In 2006, the diving pit had to be renovated due to an accident - a high diver had injured himself on the transition edge to the swimming area under water.

In 2017, another eight-month renovation - six months were planned - was carried out, which cost around 2.5 million euros. In particular, this time the railways of the 500-ton telescopic hall were renovated. New guidelines for fire protection were implemented during the renovations . In order to improve the energy balance , it was converted to LED technology and the diving tunnel from an outdoor to an indoor pool can now be closed by a gate, even underwater, to save energy.

All of the tiles were replaced and a new gradient plan was implemented in order to be able to better drain away the drag water of the bathers in the future. The color scheme of white, blue and turquoise on the walls that had been implemented since the last renovation was replaced by muted red, gray and blue tones; The floor tiles and the checkout area are now beige. Shower feed lines and shower heads are now disinfected outside of opening times by an automatic hot water system.

numbers

In 2008, 357,454 guests visited the all-weather pool: 300,121 were used for swimming, which broke the 2003 record. Compared to 2007, this was an increase of 1.8% (+ 5,909 visitors). 72,695 of these were participants in sporting groups who use the all-weather pool as a sports facility. The sauna had 37,333 visitors, an increase of 2.7% (+ 975) on 2007. The facility was operated in 2008 by a swimming master with twenty other employees. The fitness studio “Balance”, which is integrated into the facility, was frequented by 72,695 visitors.

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literature

  • Allwetterbad Osterholz-Scharmbeck: (opening December 6, 1979) Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1979 , Verlag Saade, City of Osterholz-Scharmbeck Main Office (publisher)
  • Johann Segelken: Osterholz-Scharmbeck Heimatbuch. Saade publishing house, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1987

Newspapers

  • "New start after eight months" by Heiko Bosse in the Hamme Report of September 3, 2017, p.2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Osterholzer Anzeiger of January 11, 2009; P.4: "Sauna crowns the annual balance"

Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 10 ″  E