Berlin baths companies

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Berlin baths companies

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legal form Institute of public right
founding 1996
Seat Berlin , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Johannes Kleinsorg (CEO),
Annette Siering (CEO)
Number of employees 724 (annual average 2018)
sales € 19.3 million (2018)
(state grant: € 58.1 million)
Website www.berlinerbaederbetriebe.de
Status: September 2019

The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (BBB) ​​are the largest municipal swimming pool operator in Europe. They manage 26 swimming pools, 4 combined pools (indoor and summer pools) for public bathing, a further 7 non-public swimming pools for schools and clubs, as well as 26 outdoor and summer swimming pools, about a third of which are leased to private operators (in total, are subject to the BBB 61 baths). In addition, the Berlin baths companies own 22 saunas, three of which are leased. Around six million people visit these facilities every year (as of the 2016/2017 financial year).

history

The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe were founded in 1996 as an institution under public law . They took over the sponsorship of the baths from the Berlin districts responsible until then . Since then, the funding of the subsidy company has been falling continuously. While the districts received around 79 million euros for their pools in 1995 , the state of Berlin reduced the subsidy to 55.8 million euros in 2000 and to 37.3 million euros in 2006. As a result, eleven pools had to be closed in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, the entrance fees were increased and discounts were reduced. In 2014 prices were raised again.

There was hardly any investment in the maintenance or even the technical renewal of the swimming pools, there is a high renovation backlog. This will be estimated at around 230 million euros in spring 2019. This is why the Holzmarktstrasse swimming pool had to close forever in the summer of 2018 . Experts had determined that the roof was in danger of collapsing and determined the need for renovation at twelve million euros. That would be more expensive than a new building. The hall had already been closed to the general public in 2008 and was then used by schools and clubs to secure the compulsory subject of swimming. The continued existence of other swimming pools is at risk.

The private swimming pool for school and club swimming accounts for around 50 percent of the total swimming pool.

It is noteworthy that with the investment package decided in 2018, in addition to the renovation work described in the following section, the pool companies will also build two new pools from scratch:

  • Multifunctional bath Mariendorf: to replace the old combined bath; Cost: 31 million euros; Expected commissioning: 2024 Template: future / in 4 years(in March 2019 still in the planning and coordination phase)
  • Multifunctional pool Pankow: Extension to the existing summer pool; Cost: 29 million euros; Expected commissioning: 2024 Template: future / in 4 years(in March 2019 still in the planning and coordination phase)

Refurbishment and modernization from 2019

At the end of 2018, the baths companies received a capital commitment from the Senate, so that three urgent investments can be started from 2019: from June 2019 renovation work can begin in the Tiergarten and Paracelsusbad swimming pools, and at the beginning of 2020 the Spreewaldbad in the Kreuzberg district will be open for two years Complete renovation closed. As early as the summer of 2018, students were taken to swimming pools in Tempelhof and Schöneberg by bus. Minor construction work will also take place in other pools in 2019 without them having to be closed.

The renovation program is expected to last until the end of 2021. The individual measures are as follows (selection of properties that cost more than one million euros):

  • Tiergarten: basic repairs and construction of an outdoor pool; Start of work: June 2019; Cost: 12.1 million euros
  • Paracelsus in Reinickendorf: comprehensive repairs; Duration of the work: probably from June 2019 to June 2021; Cost: approx. 8 million euros
  • Wave pool at Spreewaldplatz in Kreuzberg: basic repairs and barrier-free expansion; Duration of the work: probably from the beginning of 2020 to summer 2022 Template: future / in 2 years; Cost: approx. 15 million euros
  • Marzahn swimming pool at Helene-Weigel-Platz : installation of a stainless steel pool ; Duration of the work: May to November 2019; Cost: 2 million euros
  • Stadtbad Schöneberg: replacement of ventilation systems, removal of damaged tiles, reconstruction of the sauna; Duration of the work: June to November 2019; Cost: around 3.5 million euros
  • Swimming pool in Buch: comprehensive modernization of the water systems and the building, extension of the sauna; expected completion: spring 2020; Cost: 6.2 million euros
  • SSE, Prenzlauer Berg: Completion of the renovation of the competition pool by June 2019; Cost: 1.2 million euros
  • Creation of interim solutions for the Prinzenbad (construction of an interim swimming pool) and for the Kombibad Seestraße (construction of an air dome over two outdoor pools in December 2019)

Existing outdoor pools and indoor swimming pools (selection)

(sorted alphabetically according to districts)

literature

  • Uta Maria Bräuer and Jost Lehne: pool construction in Berlin. Architectural water worlds from 1800 to today . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86732-129-7 .
  • Susanne Rost, Gerhard Lehrke: Swimming more beautifully . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 21. P. 9.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report 2018 (PDF), 90 pages , accessed on April 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Homepage of the bathing companies with some data
  3. ↑ a b BBB aktuell , information brochure from the Berl. Pools companies, issue 1/2019.
  4. ↑ a b More beautiful swimming ... (see literature )
  5. ↑ Susanne Lenz: The swimming pool on Holzmarktstrasse closes. In: Berliner Zeitung , April 19, 2018, p. 15.