Bathhouse in the wine pool

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View from the eastern side of the Neisse to the river pool in the Weinlache below the vineyard with the vineyard tower
Building with changing facilities and diving platform (right)

The bathing establishment in the Weinlache , also called Weinlachebad , was a river bath in the Weinlache, a dead tributary of the Lusatian Neisse below the vineyard in Görlitz . It opened in 1907. Between 1909 and 1912, the city had the standing water expanded into an outdoor swimming pool . For this purpose, the puddle of wine was desludged by workers and river sand was brought in for the beach.

When entering the striking wooden building with a red tile roof, you first came into an anteroom with the cash register and a refreshment room. From the anteroom you entered the bathing establishment, which was divided into a section for women and men. The department for women was on the Leschwitz side (since 1936: Weinhübel). An inn was also housed in the building. The onshore construction was partly on land and partly on 56 piles in the water. A large clock was enthroned on the somewhat higher central building, which showed the time to the bathers.

Steps led down to the floating part of the bath, which could be adjusted to the respective water level via hinges. As a result, the floating part was firmly anchored to prevent it from drifting away during floods. Rails prevented the floating part from being pressed against the landside part.

There was also a non-swimmer pool where the water was shallow at the front and then gradually got deeper. The bottom of the pool was adjustable by means of winches. The 15 bath cells for men and women were on the sunny side of the bath. There was also a diving platform on both sides. The diving platform for the men was about ten meters high and had several mezzanines. The water depth at this point was around five meters, with the rest of the bath being around 3.5 meters deep. The water depth at the women's diving tower was also five meters, although the tower was a little lower.

The river bathing establishment was demolished after the border was drawn by the Neisse as a result of the Potsdam Agreement in 1945. Today only a few remains of the wall on the banks of the Neisse River on Inselweg are reminiscent of the former bathing establishment.

In 1946, the Volksbad was set up further west . Bathing has been prohibited here for years.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 712 f .
  2. ^ Ernst-Heinz Lemper : Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 3-932693-63-9 , p. 249 .
  3. ↑ Hans Schulz, Ralph Schermann: Where the Görlitzers once bathed lively . In: Saxon newspaper . July 19, 2008 ( online [accessed May 24, 2012]).
  4. ↑ a b c Hans Schulz, Ralph Schermann: Where the Görlitzers once bathed lively . In: Saxon newspaper . July 19, 2008 ( online [accessed May 24, 2012]).
  5. ↑ Ingo Kramer: A simple bath is enough . In: Saxon newspaper . November 30, 2006 ( online [accessed May 24, 2012]).
  6. ↑ a b dresden-und-sachsen.de: old town belt . Retrieved May 24, 2012 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 16.2 "  N , 14 ° 59 ′ 33.7"  E